Previous entries:
My Place Community Champion Award
View details of previous winning, commended and shortlisted entries for the Scottish Civic Trust My Place Community Champion Award. This category celebrates individuals across Scotland who have made a significant contribution to their communities through achieving positive change in the local area.
Elaine Collins
Shortlisted
Fife
Elaine Collins from Cardenden, Fife, is a volunteer with a keen interest in maintaining and upgrading paths, developing routes and addressing access issues. She took early retirement in 2009, intending to do the Munro circuit but tragically her mother became very ill in 2010 and as an only child she provided essential care and support till her mother passed away in 2013. Thereafter, Elaine joined Ramblers Scotland where she started to become aware of Scottish access rights and the Scottish Ou...
Philip Kerr
Shortlisted
Scottish Borders
Philip has been a dedicated and long-standing member of Southdean Community Council, championing rural voices with unwavering commitment. For many years, he has worked tirelessly to ensure that local needs are represented in decisions made by large-scale developers and national agencies.
Despite personal challenges, including a battle with serious illness, he has remained a steady and determined presence, volunteering countless hours to attend meetings, scrutinise planning proposals, a...
Sandra Macinnes
Shortlisted
Na h-Eileanan Siar
Sandra has been the driving force behind the rescue of the Isle of Eriskay’s former school building, spearheading the campaign to bring the building back into community use through the Ionad Eilean na h-Òige’ (Centre of the Isle of Youth) project. Her successes broke through at a time when that opportunity looked to have been lost and where no one else thought the idea would work.
Community Need & Historical Context
The school building was originally built c.1878 and...