Nominate your countryside heroes

Centenary Awards will recognise the people, projects and ideas helping the countryside and its communities thrive.

Countryside champions in Sussex are being invited to enter the CPRE Centenary Awards.

The awards aim to showcase the individuals, businesses and community groups finding practical, inspiring ways to protect and enhance the countryside.

From innovative housing to community-led green spaces, each award will tell a story about how people are shaping a better future for rural landscapes and the communities connected to them.

The Centenary Awards are being organised by the national CPRE charity to mark its 100^th anniversary. It is free to enter and there are six categories:

• Countryside changemaker
• Young countryside changemaker
• Best access to the countryside project
• Best green space project
• Best rooftop solar solution
• Best housing solution

Entries close at noon on Wednesday, 24 June. Winners and highly-commended nominees will be invited to attend a presentation at the House of Commons on Thursday, 29 October.

To enter, visit cpre.org.uk/cpre-national-centenary-awards.