Nominations have opened in Peasedown St John for the village’s annual Sara Holley Community Award, launched eight years ago in memory of one of its most popular residents.
In April 2011 Sara Holley, who was well known and respected for her love of the community, unexpectedly passed away at the age of forty-three.
Over many years she played a key part in numerous community projects, including her involvement with the first Party in the Park festival in 2009.
To remember Sara, the Party in the Park festival team, in partnership with her family, introduced the Sara Holley Community Award.
Sara’s son, Scott Holley, said: “We can’t believe 8 years have passed by already. A day doesn’t go by when we don’t think about Mum, and so are grateful that Nathan and the Party in the Park team organise this award every year.
“I know that our Mum loved the village and would have felt great pride having a community award named after her.”
In order to be nominated as a potential recipient of the award, candidates must have:
- Showed a visible display of community activism in Peasedown St John for, at least, the last 12 months;
- Carried out their public service in a voluntary capacity with no financial gain;
- Demonstrated a considerable amount of community activism that has made a difference to other members of the local community.
Chairman of Peasedown’s Party in the Park, Nathan Hartley, said: “As a Peasedown native, Sara loved our village immensely and always wanted the very best for it, and for those that live here.
“Those that had the pleasure of knowing Sara will have many happy memories that they’ll cherish forever.
“She is missed by everyone who had the opportunity to meet her, and those who are active in the community can continue to make the village she loved a better place.”
The award itself will be presented at the village’s Party in the Park festival on Saturday 8th June, in front of a crowd of over a thousand people.
Any member of the community can nominate anyone they believe meets the criteria.
All nominations must be received by the Party in the Park team by 5pm on Friday 31st May. The Management Committee and Sara’s family will then use the criteria set to go through the nominations.
Nomination forms can be collected by:
- Contacting Nathan Hartley through [email protected],
- Downloading a copy from www.peasedownpartyinthepark.org.uk, or
- Picking up a one up from Karen Walker, 34 Church Road, Peasedown St John.