Winning a Stroud Town Community Champion Award 2014

Whiteshill resident, Vanessa Price was delighted to win an Award at Stroud Town Councils "local Community Champions Awards 2014" for her work at Assured Mobility in Stroud and for her contribution to the community through her many voluntary roles.  

The awards, organised by Stroud Town Council, are an opportunity to praise those people who go the extra mile and make the town unique.

Vanessa has worked in the town for over 25 years and she joined the shop in Union Street 2 years ago. 

Vanessa is also a Parish Councillor for Whiteshill and Ruscombe as well as a School Governor at Whiteshill Primary School. 
Vanessa said " I am overwhelmed to have won this award, I love doing my job, which provides solutions for independent living."

Vanessa is also standing as Labour's candidate for the District Elections for Randwick, Whiteshill and Ruscombe on May 22nd. 

"Stroud is full of amazing unsung heroes, who go out of their way to make our town such a strong and vibrant community" said Town Major, Amanda Moriarty. 

The winners were announced at a special town meeting on Thursday 8th May 2014

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In Our Towns campaign

The IN OUR TOWNS campaign is an initiative funded jointly by BIS and Stroud District Council in response to the Portas Review of the High Street. It will focus initially on Dursley, Painswick, Stroud and Wotton under Edge but welcomes the participation of any town in the District.

The aim of the campaign is to encourage more people to visit their local town.

I attended the Promote your local business event which showed delegates how easy it is to use their smartphone to create high quality promotional videos which can be updated quickly to showcase special promotions or festivals, using free tools/apps.

Split over two days, the first part was about how to make media using your own smart phone or tablet.

Then we used the next day to practice and make media at our own businesses. 

The following evening, we met up again to learn how to share media with minimum effort and cost. 

This was a practical course about gaining confidence and learning new skills to work socially to gain new customers and engage more with existing customers.

I found the event really useful both for my own business, Bumble Bee Face Painting and for my role at Assured Mobility. 

Stroud in Bloom Window Competition

In July I entered the Stroud in Bloom window competition for Assured Mobility where I work.

The theme this year was "edible gardens" and my display included lots of edible plants like tomatoes, beans and some lovely lettuce plants. They were planted in all sorts of recycled containers. 

I was so pleased to achieve a gold medal when the window was later judged.