We were very surprised and pleased to receive this in the post yesterday! We didn’t know that we had been nominated for the Best Community Group category, and are so grateful to be a finalist. Huge thanks to whoever nominated us, we will keep working hard to try to improve our environment, from our local parks to our harbours and wider seas.

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