At the AGM in June 2024, Tony Franklin (HDC Councillor) presented the Leonard Crosbie Awards for Service to the Community to:
The 2nd Horsham Scout Group, a youth group run entirely by volunteers, which has leaders, trustees and helpers who generously give their time in the Trafalgar area by offering 8 different sections of scouting to young people from 4 -18 years. In addition to weekly meetings where scouting activities are enjoyed, the group takes part in various community projects and gives our local young people the necessary ‘skills for life’. Caroline Mc Curragh is a team leader.
Ann Turner, who almost single-handedly looks after the Trafalgar Recreation Ground central flowerbed and supports the Trinity Church community in many ways. Although she is now in her 80s, Ann helps with Holy Trinity Church Gardening Club, with the Holy Trinity Church Cleaning, with the Trinity Church Players the Trinity Tots. She also knits items for premature babies. Ann has only lived in the area for around 4-years but has thrown herself into community projects with contagious enthusiasm and resilience, embracing others with her kindness, chuckles and chat, Knit and Natter at Horsham Library, making teas for the Trinity pantomime rehearsals, helping the children with Messy Church, and organises and runs the Trinity Ladies’ evening group. She is always cheerful and wise, has a kind word for everyone. She is a real asset to our community.
Tony Kneale from Tony Kneale Cars on Victory Road who has providing a great service for 30-40 years. Tony’s business is well respected and recommended by many of the residents within the Horsham Trafalgar area as a trusted, reliable, long standing, hardworking member of our community. Sady Tony was unable to join us and have a photo taken.
Boldings Brook Conservation Group which was founded in 1997 by a small band of interested Redford Avenue neighbours who take responsibility, in conjunction with Horsham District Council, for maintaining the free flow of water in the Brook and preserving the wildlife corridor from Warnham Nature Reserve along the Red River to Onion Island near Irwin Drive. Regular work over almost 30 years has involved cutting back and composting overgrown vegetation from the brook and its banks, litter picking and wildlife surveys. One-off projects include the securing of a grant for the construction of the Millennium Bridge on the Riverside Walk in 2000. Meeting once a month from September to March, work parties usually comprise around a dozen helpers. Daphne Mitchell is the lead.
Hannah Urpeth willingly and regularly helped out over several weeks in the summer term 2023 to sort out the raised allotment beds at Trafalgar School and planted, weeded and watered with the children alongside Morag of Sussex Green Living. She also worked on her own initiative, tidying up the central courtyard area within the school, single-handedly clearing, tidying and planting.
Horsham Trafalgar Neighbourhood Council 