And the 2020 Inspirational Citizen is ... Every year for the last few years Westfield Parish Council has been looking to recognise the extraordinary achievements of a person that can be seen to have been an inspiration in the parish of Westfield – either by small but kind acts of generosity to neighbours and friends or promoting Westfield on a grander scale. Normally what would happen, after we have taken nominations from the public, is that the winner of the award would be honoured at the Annual Parish meeting in March and given the cup to keep for the year.
B&NES. Items like pet food pouches, toothbrushes, contact lenses and even cheese packaging! Catherine said she was initially motivated by concern for the environment and knowing that these things were being recycled was comforting.
This year has proved, of course, to be very different. Lockdown came into force just before the Annual Parish meeting so the award had to be delayed.
There has obviously been a lull in activities with lockdown in the area, but Terracycle is back up and running and Catherine welcomes anyone who has any items on the list.
However, the Parish Council had already made the decision about the recipient and that person is Catherine Cooper for her tireless work with Terracycle, sending items for recycling that cannot be recycled on the normal pavement collection by
This list can be found on Facebook under Westfield Terracycle, or you can go to Terracycle.com and scroll through the different locations and collection items.
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