Last week to enter Garden Competition: Best Gardeners 2010
Green fingered residents at Cheshire West and Chester’s largest housing association are being encouraged to enter their annual gardening competition.
As gardens are approaching their prime, Chester & District Housing Trust (CDHT) is reminding their residents that the closing date for their fourth Garden Competition, which is free to enter, is Friday July 9.
So far, organisers have received more than 100 entries and judging will be on Thursday July 15. Last year, there were more than 70 entries and the standard was extremely high.
First, second and third prizes for Garden Competition 2010 winners will be awarded in each of CDHT’s six neighbourhoods and an overall winner will also be announced. Categories include Best Window Box or Balcony, Best Sheltered Scheme, Best Vegetable Garden, Best Improved Garden, Best Communal Garden/Open Space, Best Group of Gardens and Young Gardener Award, with the winner receiving the special Nora Coote Award.
Organiser Sara Morley, CDHT Neighbourhood Services Manager, said:
“We have had a record breaking response so far for the garden competition, but there is still time to enter. You can also nominate a garden that you feel is a winner. We are particularly encouraging children to enter the Young Person’s Award, which is being awarded in memory of Nora Coote.”
Winners will receive vouchers and the overall champion will receive an engraved Scandinavian rose-bowl glass trophy, which is donated by CDHT contractor Seddons. The overall winner of the Garden Competition for 2009 was for the second year running Evelyn Jackson, of Stamford Road, Blacon.
Application forms for the Garden Competition 2010 are available from Centurion House, Northgate Street, Chester and from the Blacon office, The Parade, Blacon and the Lache office, Cliveden Road, Blacon. Forms can also be downloaded from www.cdht.net or for a form to be posted contact the Trust on 0808 1007701.
The closing date is Friday 9th July 2010.
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The overall winner of the 2009 Garden Competition Evelyn Jackson, with her granddaughter Lydia Jackson, aged six, who won the Best Young Gardener Award 2009
Notes to editors
Chester & District Housing Trust (CDHT) is a dynamic and enterprising organisation at the forefront of delivering positive impacts in the communities with which it works. The Trust’s homes span six communities – Blacon North; Blacon South; Chester City Area; The Rurals; Lache and Handbridge; Upton, Hoole, Newton and Plas Newton.
Committed to the best principles of social enterprise with over 14,000 local customers in 6,200 properties and 53% of its 275 colleagues living within its communities, the Trust adheres to key commitments and principles relating to people, places, partnerships and performance which underpin the Vision to ‘create opportunity’, through its mission, ‘by doing the right thing’.
The Trust is about being transparent and accountable in everything that is done and to this end is one of the first organisations nationally to have established a Residents’ Board, with full delegated powers from the Trust Board, to direct services which impact upon their lives.
The Trust has a comprehensive development programme delivering over 330 new homes including the £12million regeneration of the Treborth Road area of Chester providing new homes for rent, sale and shared ownership, as well as a village green and wildlife habitats.
CDHT also provides services on a partnership basis, to a number of other customers e.g. Telecare services, TrustWorks Maintenance Services, Housing Options advice, waiting list management and choice based lettings to neighbouring local authorities and registered social landlords.
The Trust is rated as two Star excellent by the Audit Commission, has the highest possible rating from Telecare Services Association and is also credited Investors in People and is the overall Employer of the Year For Cheshire West. It has been in the ‘Top 100 Sunday Times best companies to work for’ for the last 3 years, reaching its highest position of 47th this year.
For more details please visit www.cdht.org or request a copy of CDHT’s Corporate Plan 2009-2014.
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