Kent Village of the Year Competition

Well done to Elham for scooping the village of the year award at the presentation evening in Dunkirk.

Judges were very impressed - well done to you.

With grateful thanks to our sponsors, Kent County Agricultural Society and the Kent Men of the Trees.

The judges said of Elham -

"This community has shown a real breadth of support and services for residents and businesses alike which includes a brand new adventure playground, which has co-opted some teenagers onto the charity running the play area. See www.playforelham.co.uk.

KEVVG (Kent's Elham Valley visitors Group) is a collection of people from local business and organizations, giving them a chance to network with other businesses, distributing 6,700 leaflets across East Kent, plus 900 in France (one being spotted in the Eurostar office in Paris) and 2,00 being distributed within Elham Valley itself, see www.kentselhamvalley.co.uk for further information.

Social Action is demonstrated by the Elham Valley Vineyard Garden Centre which offers meaningful employment to adults with learning disabilities. They work from 9-5 every day building confidence and skills to further their career options. See www.vineyardgardencentre.co.uk.

In addition they have a wide range of sporting activities including Cricket, Tennis and football Clubs and they are looking at expanding their facilities to include Badminton, Table Tennis and basketball among others in coming months."

Comments on the individual category winners can be found in the Winter 2011 edition of Oast to Coast.

Look out for entry forms for the 2012 competition which will be available on the website early in 2012.