Climate and Biodiversity Champion Award Winners announced

On Thursday 20 March, the winners of the South Hams Community Award winners for 2025 were announced.

For the second year running, South Hams District Council have been shining a spotlight on organisations and individuals who are doing great things for their local communities.

Two winners were announced for the Climate and Biodiversity Champion Award. Peter Brown for bringing people together to address local climate issues in and around Newton and Noss Mayo, and Ross Kennerley of Sustainable South Brent for his tireless work to drive forward the delivery of Hope Wood, a joint project with SHDC to plant a new woodland in South Brent along with Sustainable South Brent's own community market garden and orchard.

Cllr Bernard Taylor said: “It is so important that we recognise those who work hard for our communities.

“We had an overwhelming number of nominations this year, which is testament to the amazing work our people and organisations do across the South Hams – congratulations to all of our winners.”

Congratulations to Pete and Ross!