Recent winners of High Sheriff Awards are listed below.
26th Annual High Sheriff Awards, March 2021
High Sheriff - Henry Holland-Hibbert
Following a quite extraordinary year the 26th High Sheriff awards ceremony was held virtually on the 11th March 2021, to recognise and celebrate those groups who have demonstrated excellence in supporting their local communities or beneficiaries during the last 12 months of this pandemic.
High Sheriff Award winners
DRUM (Disability Recreation Unity Movement) Website
Electric Umbrella Website
Hospice of St Francis Website
Playskill Website
Small Acts of Kindness Website
Sunnyside Rural Trust Website
High Sheriff’s Personal Award Winners
Feed Up Warm Up Website
Herts Fire and Rescue Services - Youth Engagement Team and Volunteers Website
The Prince’s Trust Award
Heather Collier Website
25th Annual High Sheriff Awards, March 2020
High Sheriff - Sarah Beazley
Prince’s Trust Award
Winner - Alan Davies (princes-trust.org.uk)
National Crimebeat
Operation Edge, a project run by the Hertfordshire Constabulary with secondary schools in Stevenage, received a Highly Commended Award from National Crimebeat for their short film about knife crime (youtu.be/59jGe-E_aWM)
High Sheriff Awards
Faith based Community Projects
Winner - Camp Unity (facebook.com/groups/559603791245069)
Winner - Open Door St Albans (opendoorstalbans.org)
Winner - One Vision Project (onevisionproject.org)
Winner - South Hill Centre (considered outstanding) (southhillcentre.co.uk)
Integration
Winner - Chexs (chexs.co.uk)
Winner - Jackie’s Drop-In (jackiesdropin.org.uk)
Winner - Recover Team (considered outstanding) (recoverteam.co.uk)
Social Justice
Winner - Stand by me (stand-by-me.org.uk)
Winner - Young Carers’ Crew (young-carers-crew.org)
Winner - Resolve (considered outstanding) (resolve-online.org)
Stronger Communities
Winner - Gratitude (gratitude.charity)
Winner - Best Before Café (bestbeforecafe.co.uk)
Winner - INS (irishnetworkstevenage.org.uk)
Winner - Citizens Advice St Albans and District (considered outstanding) (castad.org.uk)
High Sheriff’s Personal Award winners
Phil Abrey, managing chaplain at HMP The Mount
Emma Gardner, team leader at Watford County Court
Harjit Singh, Community Development worker for the Fire Service
Duncan Wallace, recently retired East Herts Rural Neighbourhood team Police Sergeant
24th Annual High Sheriff Awards, March 2019
High Sheriff - Suzy Harvey DL
Prince’s Trust Award
Winner - Danielle Church (princes-trust.org.uk)
2018 Building Effectiveness Programme
Joint Winner- Resolve (resolve-online.org)
Joint Winner - Watford Workshop (watfordworkshop.co.uk)
National Crimebeat Awards
Finalist and 3rd place in the 'Youth Led' Category for their short film ‘Break the Chain’ - Students from Oaklands College (https://youtu.be/2vpbT5Lx_Mg)
Finalist and Runner Up in the ‘Adult Led’ Category for their ‘Achieve Care’ project - East Herts Volunteer Police Cadets (herts.police.uk/Information-and-services/Get-involved/Cadets/Cadets)
High Sheriff Awards
Winner- East Herts Volunteer Police Cadets (herts.police.uk/Information-and-services/Get-involved/Cadets/Cadets)
Winner - Future Living Hertford (futurelivinghertford.co.uk)
Winner- Herts Inclusive Theatre (hit-theatre.org.uk)
Winner- Herts Young Homeless (hyh.org.uk)
Winner - Insider Access (insider-access.org)
Winner- North Mymms Youth Project (nmyouth.org.uk)
Winner- The Gifted (thegifted.org.uk)
High Sheriff’s Personal Award Winners
Verity Bramwell - for her work with the Ollie Foundation, a charity devoted to stopping teenage and young people from taking their own lives.
Andrea Hill- for being the driving force behind the very successful St Albans Legacy Project which commemorated the Armistice Centenary in the St Albans district
Ben Wallace- for his involvement in Grove Cottage Mencap, Bishop’s Stortford, to recognise his personal growth and development gained through his ongoing volunteering at the charity’s café and nursery.
The ‘Fit, Fed and Read’ initiative, Herts Sports Partnership- which confronts the growing issues of hunger, isolation and physical inactivity in children in low income families during school holidays by providing free programmes in disadvantaged neighbourhoods.
23rd Annual High Sheriff Awards, March 2018
High Sheriff - Will Hobhouse Esq
Prince’s Trust Award
Winner - Levi Springs (www.princes-trust.org.uk)
2017 Building Effectiveness Programme
Winner - Home-Start Watford and Three Rivers (www.home-start.org.uk/home-start-watford-three-rivers)
Runner Up - Watford FC’s Community Sports and Education Trust (www.watfordfccsetrust.com)
Social Justice Award
Winner - Herts Domestic Abuse Helpline (www.hertsdomesticabusehelpline.org)
Runner Up - Herts Welcomes Syrian Families (www.hwsf.org.uk)
Volunteering Award - Community Led
Winner - St Albans and District Foodbank (www.stalbansdistrict.foodbank.org.uk)
Runner Up - Colne Valley Special Sailors (www.cvssailors.org.uk)
Volunteering Award - Elderly
Winner - RVS Rickmansworth (www.royalvoluntaryservice.org.uk/hubs/1474-hertfordshire)
Runner Up - Sarratt Care (www.sarrattvillage.co.uk/places/united-kingdom/hertfordshire/sarratt/clubs-societies-organisations/sarratt-care/)
Volunteering Award - Family
Winner - Cruse Bereavement Care Hertfordshire (www.cruse-hertfordshire.org.uk)
Runner Up - Carers in Hertfordshire (www.carersinherts.org.uk)
Personal Award Winners
Cllr Pat Strack - for her work to her local community of Borehamwood Kenilworth
St Michael and All Angels Knit and Natter group - for producing some amazing knitted sheriffs! Photos to follow soon.
John and Jan Wing - for their services to the town of Ware.
Jenny Hewson - for her work with Emmaus Hertfordshire
Carol Chorley - for services to the village of Sarratt.
Community Central, St Albans - for fantastic support shown to the local voluntary community in St Albans.
Gardening team at The Hospice of St Francis - for committing over 6,000 volunteer hours annually to make the gardens at the hospice a stunning place for all.
Redbourn Care Group - for their wonderful support of the older community in Redbourn.
22nd Annual High Sheriff Awards, March 2017
High Sheriff - Stelio Stefanou OBE DL
Winners:
Emmaus Hertfordshire (emmaus.org.uk/hertfordshire)
HACRO (hacro.org.uk)
Hertford & Ware Volunteer Police Cadets (herts.police.uk/Information-and-services/Get-involved/Cadets/Hertford-and-Ware-police-cadets)
Herts & Middlesex Wildlife Trust (hertswildlifetrust.org.uk)
Khalsa Youth Football Academy (thekfa.com)
Mediation Hertfordshire (mediationherts.org.uk)
Road Victims Trust (rvtrust.org.uk)
Small Acts of Kindness CIC (smallactsofkindness.co.uk)
Stand-by-me Bereavement Support Services for Children (stand-by-me.org.uk)
Stevenage Crucial Crew (hertfordshirecrucialcrew.org.uk)
Watford Community Housing Trust (www.wcht.org.uk)
Welwyn and Hatfield Domestic Abuse Forum
21st Annual High Sheriff Awards, March 2016
High Sheriff - Jonathan Trower Esq
Winners:
ASPECTS (aspects.org.uk)
B3 Living (b3living.org.uk)
Cheshunt Extended Services (chexs.co.uk)
Dacorum Community Trust (communityactiondacorum.org)
Ethnic Minorities Association (EMA)
Future Living Hertford (futurelivinghertford.co.uk)
Herts Area Rape Crisis and Sexual Abuse Centre (hertsrapecrisis.org.uk)
Herts Watch (hertswatch.com)
Herts Young Homeless (hyh.org.uk)
Mudlarks Community Garden (mudlarksgarden.org.uk)
Step (stepschoolswork.org.uk)
Woodside Community Motorcycle Project (woodsidemx.co.uk)
20th Annual High Sheriff Awards, March 2015
High Sheriff - Fergus McMullen DL
Winners:
Blast Foundation (blastfoundation.org.uk)
Charis Tiwala (charistiwala.com)
Emmaus St Albans (emmaus.org.uk/hertfordshire)
HACRO (hacro.org.uk)
Mediation Hertfordshire (mediationherts.org.uk)
Playskill (playskill.org)
Resolve (resolve-online.org)
Stevenage Boxing Club (stevenageboxingclub.wordpress.com)
The Living Room (livingroomherts.org)
The Gifted Organisation Limited (thegifted.org.uk)
YMCA Central Herts (oneymca.org)