North West in Bloom have announced their ‘It’s Your Neighbourhood’ awards for 2024 and a number of Friends of Stations Groups have been successful as have a number of other groups linked across the Community Rail Lancashire area.
The following have won awards in the 2024 competition:
Blackburn BID (Growing Places) for Blackburn Railway Station – Level 5 Outstanding
Friends of Croston Station for Croston Railway Station – Level 4 Thriving
Friends of Hindley Station for Hindley Railway Station – Level 5 Outstanding
Friends of Leyland Station for Leyland Railway Station – Level 5 Outstanding
Friends of Lytham Station for Lytham Railway Station – Level 5 Outstanding
Friends of St. Anne’s Station for St. Anne’s-on-the-Sea Railway Station – Level 5 Outstanding
Grow Kirkham & Wesham for Neighbourhood – Level 5 Outstanding (also are Friends of Kirkham & Wesham Station)
Maghull Station Volunteers for Maghull Railway Station – Level 5 Outstanding
Park View 4U, Lytham for Neighbourhood – Level 5 Outstanding
Ramsgreave Community Garden & Allotment for Neighbourhood – Level 4 Thriving (also help Friends of Ramsgreave & Wilpshire Station)
The Friends of Winckley Square, Preston for Neighbourhood – Level 5 Outstanding
The Fylde Sand Dunes project for Neighbourhood – Level 5 Outstanding