The Town Council’s Community Awards were launched in 2011 to celebrate the people 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 nominees are then considered by the Awards Panel, 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.
2024 Community Awards
The winners of 2024’s Awards were officially announced at the Corsham Celebrates event on Thursday 18 April. They are: 11-year-old Georgia Mitchell who champions the importance of being proud to be your true self; Paul Jackson, for his years of grounds keeping at Corsham Cricket Club; Corsham ASC for its sporting achievements and community swimming programme; the volunteer who run Corsham Primary – Broadwood’s Knitting Club and Anne Hooper for her fund-raising for Wiltshire Air Ambulance.
The volunteers of The Brunel Shed received a special Chair’s Award for their commuity work, from setting up The Memory Shed to building play equipment for schools.
Previous Winners
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 – Chairman’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 (Chairman’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 (Chairman’s Award)
2021
Corsham Churches Foodbank
John Maloney – Corsham Historian/Civic Society
Chris Reid – Almshouses Trustee and Community Work
Natalie Sherman – Wiltshire Digital Drive
2020
John Bolland – AFC Corsham
Julian Carosi – Corsham Historian
Barry Cox – Services to Walking Projects
Phyllis Fry – St Bart’s Verger/Local Volunteer
Zahid Mahmood – Corsham ASC
Sharon Shackleford – Helping Local Families
2019
Sanjeevan Garcha – Barnett Bros
John Gale – Corsham Cricket Club
Peter Greenwood – Corsham Cricket Club
Jane Roberton – Transcoco/Clean Up Corsham
Corsham 2k and 10k Committee
Mark Unwin – Corsham Fire Service
2018
Jean Hartley – Volunteering roles in Neston/Corsham Link
John Price – Volunteering roles with young people/Corsham Town FC
Leonora Martin – Volunteer work in the creative arts, particularly the Peacock Arts Trail
Rodney Veazey and the Brunel Shed
