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Best Environmental Improvement

The Best Environmental Improvement award will recognise an individual or group making a lasting contribution to Salford’s environment.

Our Judges have shortlisted the following finalists for 2025. The winner of this award will be announced at the awards ceremony on 3 April 2025.

Alberts of Salford

Alberts of Salford

Alberts of Salford has successfully refurbished a 3g artificial grass pitch and upgraded the changing rooms at Albert Park in partnership with Salford City Council. The project has attracted grants from bodies like the Football Foundation, Albert Gubay Foundation, Bernard Sunley Foundation, and Booths Charities, and led to an improvement to Albert Park worth more than £700,000. Communities close to the Park are now able to hire high quality facilities at an affordable cost.

Buile Hill Mansion Association

Buile Hill Mansion Association

Buile Hill Mansion Association has worked with the council since 2018 to restore Buile Hill Mansion, as well as to animate and improve Buile Hill Park. In recent years, they have invested over £30,000 into the park through various projects and hosted free community events, including Santa visits and Easter egg hunts. They have allowed local non-profit groups to raise funds at their events, including a £10,000 family picnic and beacon lighting ceremony for the Queen's platinum jubilee. The group was gifted a tree from the Queen's platinum jubilee tree of trees for their exceptional community work, they have achieved their mission of reopening the mansion to the public.

Alethea Matts

Alethea Matts

Alethea runs Prince's Park Garden centre, a fabulous community asset offering horticultural and environmental activities and training to adults with learning difficulties. The centre is involved in important environmental projects like regenerating local mosslands and has an onsite charity shop and cafe. Alethea has been highly praised for her work at the centre, in particular for her work in putting on fabulous community events including an Easter egg hunt, a summer beach party, Halloween trail, and a huge Christmas event complete with reindeer and presents for over 300 children.

Wardley Gardeners

Wardley Gardeners

Wardley Gardeners have made a lasting improvement to their local greenspace, Wardley Park. They are a friendly and welcoming group which runs twice weekly volunteering days in the park, helping with maintenance and improvements and ensuring that the flower beds, grass, picnic and play areas are all well cared for. They also organise popular Easter and Christmas events for local children and families, as well as an annual Joe Cox Great Get Together event every June.

Spirit of Salford Community Awards 2025

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