Green Oscar for Roots and Shoots
Roots and Shoots won the Access Category in the prestigious Sustainable City Awards, the City of London’s ‘Green Oscars’. At an event at the Mansion House in February, Director Linda Phillips was received the award for Roots and Shoots environmental education programme on issues such as biodiversity and sustainability within local communitues in Lambeth and Southwark.
The citation reads:
“This small independent charity was established in 1982 and took over a site at Walnut Tree Walk, where they provide work placements and vocational training in Horticulture and Retail for troubled young people.
“Over the years, they have transformed this ex industrial site into an award winning wild life garden and eco-centre, and when their extensive work with the local community, on issues such as sustainable food production and biodiversity, are taken into account, it is apparent that this gem of a project is a worthy winner of this category.”
The winning team:
Back row left to right: Matt Brownlee, David Perkins, Yvonne Najair-Bellinfante, Greg Smith.
Front row from left to right: Ruth Mitchell, Hayley Topley, Linda Phillips (Director with trophy) and Elsa Cole
Front row from left to right: Ruth Mitchell, Hayley Topley, Linda Phillips (Director with trophy) and Elsa Cole