2015 CEF Awards

Nominate Local Environmental Heroes for an Award- scroll down for entry forms!

Cork Environmental Forum is seeking nominations for their annual Environmental Awards. CEF has held its Environmental Awards ceremony since 2001 which aims to acknowledge and honour the sometimes little known actions of groups, organisations and individuals around the county that have contributed to the health or richness of the Cork environment.
Deadline for receipt of applications extended to midnight Sunday 1st November 2015 .
Nominations Open for the 2015 Environmental Awards
The CEF Annual Environmental Awards are presented to mark the outstanding contribution of individual citizens, voluntary and community organisations, public sector bodies and businesses to the preservation or improvement of the environment of Cork City and/or County.
This year as always CEF is looking for nominations within these the 4 pillars of society (as listed below) as well as the Community Garden Award – open to community gardens, allotments and other growing initiatives. The Community Garden Award now has 2 categories a school entry category and a general entry category.
There is a huge amount of wonderful environmental care and action being carried out in Cork, often under the radar by public institutions, the business and commercial sector, community groups and individuals. The Annual Environmental Awards is an opportunity to shine a light on this work.
All nominations will be considered by the selection panel which consists of members of the CEF Management Committee and Michael Ewing from the Irish Environmental Network.
So if you know of a person, group, business, public body or community garden that is contributing in a positive way to the environment, please acknowledge this by nominating them for a CEF Environmental Award.
The following forms can be completed easily on line.
Please note that in the first 4 categories below, nominations are for specific projects or actions.
–          Community and Voluntary sector
–          Commercial and Business sector
–          Public sector
–          Outstanding individual actions
–          Community Garden (see separate form)
Nominations are accepted from CEF members and members of the public for actions that are in keeping with the spirit of sustainable development and community resilience. The Awards have proven to be a very positive public acknowledgement of the work that groups, individuals, communities and businesses undertake every day to improve their environment and that of the wider community.
CEF invites you to nominate those people, groups, public bodies and private companies who are making a difference and deserve an appreciation of their work. The nomination process is very straight forward, forms can be completed and submitted on-line on the CEF website at www.cef.ie. You are also encouraged to submit photos or supporting material to bernadette@cef.ie. Deadline for receipt of nominations is Friday 23rd October 2015.
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Additional information may be requested following receipt of the initial nomination and it is always useful to submit any photos or other supporting material that may be available.
The award presentation will be the Firkin Crane Theatre in Shandon on 3rd December 2015.