Pupils and teachers representing Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School’s Eco-School Group travelled to Preston on 22nd March 2007 for the presentation ceremony for Lancashire’s Young Citizen of the Year Award. Deputy Head Lynda Taylor had nominated the volunteers for the Group section of the Award and she was delighted to be told that they had reached the final stages. The Eco-School Group were highly commended for all the work they have done recently. Well done!

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Photo1: The nine representatives – Sam Walton, Thomas Fallows, Tiffany Thomas, Hamzah Hamid, Hannah Newby, Li Sou, Laura Proctor, Mona Mohamed and Emma Owens.
Photo 2: Sam Walton with the Award Certificate.

The nine pupils pictured above represented the many who had taken part in a variety of environmental activities during the last year. Some had helped with the many tree-planting and conservation tasks both in the school grounds and with community projects around Rossendale while others had built and maintained garden areas at BRGS. Other activities have included the collection of unwanted mobile phones to raise money for both eco-school projects and the Cystic Fibrosis Trust, devising energy-saving schemes for the school and developing a School Travel Plan. As a result of the Group’s efforts the school has increased its recycling of paper, cardboard, cans and plastic bottles.


Photo1: Laura Proctor with the Award Certificate Photo 2: The nine representatives

The representatives of the Group were presented with a certificate of commendation by Lancashire’s High Sheriff, Peter Robinson, and Assistant Chief Constable Wendy Walker.

The teacher who helps organise the Group’s activities, David Archer(da@brgs.org.uk), said: “The students enjoyed their day out and came back inspired by the descriptions of the work of the other groups and individuals who had been nominated for the awards. It is a pleasure to work with such enthusiastic, thoughtful and dedicated young people.”