Community Awards
The Town Council’s Community Awards were launched in 2011 to celebrate those who make a difference to the Corsham community. Over the years, clubs, groups, hard-working volunteers, young people and local sports stars have all been recognised.
The search for award recipients runs from January to March when nomination forms for that year’s competition are available. The Awards Panel then considers the nominees, made up of four Town Councillors, who choose the winners. The certificates are handed out at a special Corsham Celebrates event (previously the Annual Town Meeting) in April.
Nominations for 2026’s Community Awards are now open! You can download the Nomination Form, pick up a copy from the Town Hall or contact sthomas@corsham.gov.uk to be emailed the form. Anyone who has won an award in the last five years is not eligible to be nominated again in 2026. A list of those winners is available below:
Community Awards Previous Winners 2021-2025
2025 Community Awards
The winners of 2025’s Awards are: Sheena Awdry for all she does for Gastard Village Hall; Simon Bray and Andrew Simpson for all they do for AFC Corsham; David Bolton for being Corsham’s First Responder; Sarah Gilmartin for running Creative Lunch for the community’s older and vulnerable people and The Clones for their fundraising musical performances and for supporting young musicians as part of that.
Emma Drage and Rachel White received a special Chair’s Award for setting up and running Corsham Youth Zone for the town’s young people.
Previous Winners
2025
- Sheena Awdry – Gastard Village Hall
- Simon Bray and Andrew Simpson – AFC Corsham
- David Bolton – First Responder
- Sarah Gilmartin – Creative Lunch
- The Clones – Fundraising/Supporting Young Musicians
- Emma Drage and Rachel White – Corsham Youth Zone (Chair’s Award)
2024
- Georgia Mitchell – Our youngest ever winner, for her work with her peers
- Paul Jackson – Corsham Cricket Club Corsham Amateur Swimming Club
- Sue Canham, Lynn Fathers, Margaret Gibbs and Linda Winnan – Corsham Primary School Broadwood’s Knitting Club Volunteers
- Anne Hooper – Fundraising for Wiltshire Air Ambulance
- The Brunel Shed – Chair’s Award
2023
- Julian Barefoot – Freewheelers Blood Bikes
- Colin Whiting and the Souper Friday Volunteers
- John Connelly – Corsham Bowls Club
- Karen Viner – Corsham Community Club
- Chris Denton – Chair of Governors, Corsham Regis Primary School
- Sonia Blandford and Corsham Windband
- Steve Drew – Corsham Churches Foodbank (Chair’s Award)
2022
- Judith Hible – Public Rights of Way
- Lynda Ormandy – Corsham Cricket Club
- Nikki Kenna – Fairtrade
- Peter Harper – Corsham Climate Action/Community Garden
- Hilary Light – Corsham Link (Chair’s Award)
2021
- Corsham Churches Foodbank
- John Maloney – Corsham Historian/Civic Society
- Chris Reid – Almshouses Trustee and Community Work
- Natalie Sherman – Wiltshire Digital Drive