The Award

The Creme of Nature Community Action Award is all about giving something back to the community that has supported one of the most well known brands in the hair and beauty market for the past 30 years. If you or your organisation has a dream, now is the chance to make it a reality. Imagine what £10,000 cash could do and what it could achieve, then tell us why you need it, and what you intend to do with it.
Applications are welcome from individuals to small groups, but priority will be given to those who have an annual turnover of less than £50,000.

This Award is all about making a real difference. So if you are small with a big idea and just lacking funding, the Creme of Nature Community Action Award could be just what you need to make your dreams come true and start to make a real difference to the community you serve.

New for 2010

The 2010 Award will be £10,000 and there will also be 4 runners up who will also receive cash awards. The Judges will choose the 5 Community Action Award Finalists.

The public will then be invited to vote for their preferred finalist in knock-out rounds of online voting during May 2010. The cash prizes will be awarded as follows:

• Winner £10,000
• 1st runner up £1,750
• 2nd runner up £1,000
• 3rd runner up £750
• 4th runner up £500

It will be up to each finalist to promote their cause and get the most online votes. Votes can come from anywhere and only one vote per person or single email address will be counted – it could be a lot of fun, and a great way to get your local community to find out what you do now and what you could do in the future if you won the award.

If you have any questions then call the Creme of Nature Community Action Award Team on 01264 355 846.

2009 Winner

The 2009 Creme of Nature Community Action Award was won by the Shern Hall Youth Methodist Steel Band.

The annual award now into its second year drew applications from around the UK and is specifically focused on great ideas that enhance social cohesion and giving something back to the community that has supported one of the most well known brands in the hair and beauty market for the past 30 years.

Evangelica Brumant the Youth and Musical Leader for the Shern Hall Youth Methodist Steel Band along with Dr Lionel McCalman from Nostalgia Steel Band and the committee members applied for the award because of a desperate need to purchase a set of new steel pans rather than borrowing pans from Nostalgia. Evangelica summed it up: “for over three years we have been nurtured and developed by Nostalgia Steel Band using their instruments. We have dreamed of having our own so that we can grow and fulfill our potential and make a real difference to those in our community. Today all our prayers have been answered. This award makes so much possible, we are absolutely thrilled. We wish to thank the organisers, adjudicators and fellow applicants for making this event possible. We hope our endeavours will prove us worthy winners of this prestigious award.”

The presentation took place on July 10th at The Galleria in Bromley. The Galleria is a community hair and beauty training salon that was created with the help of last year’s award and is now able to offer skills for life to many who otherwise would have little or no chance of becoming economically independent.

2008 Winner

Last years winner was Be Totally You, based in Lewisham to support their goal of providing training in creative arts and beauty for young women in the local community. Beverly Ejimofo, Chair of Be Totally You on receiving the award said “We are thrilled to have received such a prestigious award fro a company we have known for many years. We have such a high level of creativity in the community but this rarely translates into high quality opportunities for ordinary folks to access good jobs or business; which contributes to better standards of living for them and their families”

Be Totally You have used the Community Award to set up Galleria a training hair and beauty salon in Bromley.

All it takes is a great idea. You could really help the community close to you.

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What can the money be used for?

There are very few limitations.

It’s up to you to decide what you could do with £10,000. Remember the Community Action Award is a single payment of £10,000. That takes any organisation a long time to save. It can transform the work you do today into the work you dream of doing in the community you serve.