Nominations Open for National Trust Awards In Bermuda

Nominations are now open for the Bermuda National Trust’s annual awards, and members of the public are invited to nominate individuals, organisations or schools. The national trust is seeking entries across several categories, with nomination forms available from the trust’s website or from its Waterville headquarters in Paget and submissions due by midnight on April 10.

National Trust Awards: How To Nominate

Anyone in the public can put forward nominees for the awards, which recognise long-term work to preserve Bermuda’s heritage. BNT committees will research and consider all submissions ahead of an awards presentation scheduled for June 25.

Nomination forms can be downloaded from the trust’s website or collected in person at the Waterville headquarters in Paget. For more information, contact Dörte Horsfield, head of development and programming, by phone at 236-6483 ext 222.

Award Categories And What Qualifies

The awards programme includes five named categories plus the trust’s highest honour, the Palmetto Award. The listed categories and the qualifying activities are:

• Cultural Heritage: nominees advocate for cultural heritage, restore or sensitively add to historic buildings, participate in programmes that raise awareness and appreciation for Bermuda’s heritage, conserve heritage sites or artefacts and conduct research that adds to the understanding of the island’s culture.
• Natural Heritage: nominees work to restore, advocate for and protect the environment, inspire awareness and appreciation for Bermuda’s natural heritage and conduct research relating to the island’s natural heritage.
• Outstanding Young Environmentalist: an individual aged 26 or younger who has contributed to Bermuda’s natural heritage for a considerable length of time.
• Heritage Education: given to schools and after-school clubs for programmes, projects or initiatives that show care for Bermuda’s natural and cultural heritage.
• Young Heritage Leadership: someone aged 26 or younger who has contributed to Bermuda’s cultural heritage for a considerable length of time.
• Palmetto Award: presented for outstanding service to the community in areas of concern to the trust, or service to the trust itself.

The awards are intended to recognise those who work “year after year to preserve our heritage in a variety of ways, ” a statement from the trust noted.

Local National Trust Sites And West Midlands Features To Explore This Spring

Alongside the Bermuda awards news, recent content highlights notable National Trust sites and historic villages in the West Midlands that are popular in spring. Examples of trust-managed and historic places mentioned include the Roundhouse, a grade II* listed building at the heart of Birmingham’s canals that has been renovated for office use and is free to enter; the Back to Backs, a restored 19th-century courtyard of working people’s houses with a second-hand bookshop; and a Victorian half-timbered manor house once home to the Mander family with notable interiors and an art collection.

One countryside haven invites visitors to stroll through woodland to a hill summit by the Four Stones with views toward the Welsh Black Mountains. Separate coverage of West Midlands villages notes that many settlements were recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086. Examples include Tipton, which was listed with 5. 5 households in 1086 and now has a population of 44, 125 in the 2021 census; Aston, first recorded as Estone with 44 households in 1086 and now a large part of the city with landmarks such as Aston Hall and Aston Villa Football Club; and Cannock, which had 14 households in 1086 and now has a population of 100, 000.

The nomination window and the June awards presentation offer a timeline for recognition, and interested nominators should submit materials by midnight on April 10 to ensure consideration.