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The 2010 Awards are open - nominate now

Welcome to the Countryside Alliance Awards

The incredible team at The Shop@Stanwick in Northamptonshire

The 2010 Countryside Alliance Awards, nicknamed "The Rural Oscars" have opened to nominations.

The Awards are the Countryside Alliance's annual celebration of rural skills, produce, heritage and enterprise through the people who work so hard to make our countryside flourish. We have enough awards for produce, but what about the characters behind the business?

The Awards are public nomination led and we welcome tales told in as much detail as possible about the colour, eccentricity and British grit and determination of rural people, whether they are the local Post Mistress or butcher, farmer, shop-keeper, teacher, nurse or gamekeeper. We have introduced a 15 years and under Rural Hero category this year, sponsored by Hunter Boot, enabling us to celebrate the contribution being made by youngsters towards country life. In addition, there is a Grassroots Award for Countryside Alliance members in 2010, recognising the contribution our 100,000+ members make to rural life and the Alliance's own campaigns.
The categories for the Awards are as follows:
1. Local Food Award
2. Village Shop/ Post Office Award
3. Enterprise Award
4. Daily Telegraph Traditional Business Award
5. Butcher Award
6. Hunter Boot Rural Hero (16 years and over)
7. Hunter Boot Rural Hero (15 years and under)
8. Grassroots Award for the Countryside Alliance member who has done the most to enhance our rural campaigns

Gillian of Churchfields ice-cream in Worcestershire

Clarkes of Queniborough in Leicestershire

Award winning fishery gets seal of approval

Welsh Rural Affairs Minister, Elin Jones, has paid a visit to the Llyn y Fan fishery in Carmarthenshire to make up for them being unable to collect their Countryside Alliance Award at the Senedd in Cardiff back in January when snow prevented the owners from attending the winners' reception. Better late than never! Read more here.
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Hunter supports Countryside Alliance Awards

The Countryside Alliance is delighted to announce that Hunter Boot will be sponsoring the Rural Hero categories of its Countryside Alliance Awards in 2010. The sixth annual Countryside Alliance Awards, nicknamed the Rural Oscars, will be launched in early September across eight categories, and Hunter will be joining Clarissa Dickson Wright, Farmers Guardian and the Daily Telegraph in their support. The Awards are nomination-led and were set up to honour those who go the extra mile for the countryside, its communities, skills, heritage and enterprise.