2008 North West in Bloom Neighbourhood Awards

On Monday 6th & Tuesday 7th October a group of Trafford Housing Trust residents travelled to Liverpool’s stunning new BT Convention Centre for the 2008 North West in Bloom Neighbourhood Awards, hosted this year by Liverpool City Council: Liverpool Mutual Homes & Tweed Associates.

The aim of the competition is to reward neighbourhoods, communities, residents and businesses who have improved the local environment by investing their time and effort in creating beautiful gardens and floral displays.
The North West Neighbourhood Awards are part of the Government’s ‘Cleaner, Safer, Greener’ campaign and they reward communities who are playing a part in urban regeneration. A record number of groups from housing associations have entered this year’s awards.The main category awards on day two concentrate on civic awards for villages, towns, cities, resorts and even extends to caravan parks, hospital grounds and hotels..

This year we almost doubled the number of neighbourhoods that were entered by the Trust with a fantastic sixteen neighbourhoods flying the flag for Trafford. The Trust also sponsored two trophies this year, one for each day and was represented with a stand bearing the legend “Trafford Housing Trust -Growing communities to be proud of” in our distinctive branding logo which was easily the most popular stand during both days.

Matthew Gardiner, Trafford Housing Trust’s Chief Executive, said: “Neighbourhoods are at the heart of what we do, so we were very pleased at the number of our neighbourhoods who entered and scooped a record number of awards. In creating and preparing entries our residents and staff have once more excelled themselves and cultivated an increased sense of community pride on the Trust’s estates.”

(Above - L to R) Trafford Mayor, Councillor Adshead; Mr & Mrs Jackson; Trust Board Member, Councillor Edward Kelson

On Day two Trafford fielded another star turn in Mr Ronald Jackson of Barkway Road in Stretford who was entered by the judges in a discretionary award for Best Private Front Garden winning the Linden Homes Trophy. This was Mr Jackson’s third accolade received this year as he’d won Best Front & Back Garden in the Stretford heat of the Trust’s gardening competition and then went on to win the Best Front & Back Garden in Trafford.

Please click below to see a full list of all of the awards given to THT Neighbourhoods