Charity's boost after winning Golden Apple award

Charity's boost after winning Golden Apple award A Cumbrian charity working across a large swathe of the county has received a welcome boost after scooping a prestigious Golden Apple Award. The North Allerdale Development Trust (NADT) won the community involvement award at last October's ceremony. It was in recognition of the success and impact of its two year wartime history project Footprints of our Fathers not only on those taking part, but local people. Researched and developed by teenagers and young people, it has also become a legacy of local tales revealing the effect World War One had on its local community. Their findings have been preserved for generations to come. Working alongside a professional production company, youngsters created a short film. Winning a Golden Apple Award has had a positive impact on the trust, which develops schemes to provide new opportunities or http://www.chungcuminihanoi.org improve facilities for residents living across the Solway Plain. New volunteers joined the charity as a result of its heightened profile following the award win. Trust manager Sandra Keaveney said: "Winning the Community Involvement Award at last year's Golden Apple Awards meant an enormous amount to the 'Footprints of our Fathers' project. "After two years of hard work and dedication to be recognised with the award gave everyone involved a huge sense of pride for what they had achieved. "The profile of our charity and the work we do in other areas was raised by the award and has led to us gaining volunteers." She added: "From cheap authentic nfl jerseys the interest generated by the profile and success of 'Footprints of our Fathers' which completed last year it led directly to a desire from volunteers in the community to explore more of their heritage from this time. "As a result of this NADT secured new funding from the Heritage LotteryFund (HLF) and an exciting new community project has begun called 'To Stay And To Serve (Life cheap hockey jerseys on Wigton's Homefront). "'Footprints of our Fathers' continues to garner interest and was recently screened at the May Film Fling in Carlisle. Currently we are nervously awaiting to hear if the http://www.MotherGroveTemple.org film has made the shortlist of this year's Imperial War Museum Film Festival." The trust's objectives include providing community buildings, promoting the voluntary sector, providing support to the unemployed and Cheap nfl authentic jerseys offering educational opportunities. This year's awards include a Best Community Initiative category. Judges will award it to a school, college, university, training provider or other organisation which has successfully engaged its community and encouraged others to participate in learning. They are keen to hear more about the creative schemes which aim to provide Cheap authentic jerseys opportunities for hard to reach groups and those that help people to deliver new skills. Best Community Initiative is one of 20 categories in this year's Golden Apple Awards, brought to you by CN Group which publishes The Cumberland News. July 28 is the closing date for entries. Judges will consider nominations in August before shortlisted finalists are revealed in early September. Finalists will be invited to the awards evening taking place at The Cube, at the University of Cumbria's Fusehill Street campus in Carlisle, on Friday, October 6.