New judges for Action for Market Towns Awards
By Katie Fewings • Mar 1st, 2011 • Category: Awards, News
AMT is delighted to announce 5 new judges who will be helping to decide the worthy winners of this year’s Action for Market Towns Awards.
The new judges are:
Mark Davies (in charge of the Deposit Fund for Local Government) from the CCLA*
Maryann Denfhy, head of CSR & corporate affairs at Müller Dairy, Market Drayton
Phil Merrick, head of communities at Wychavon District Council
Val Jones, chief executive at Social Enterprise North West (SENW)
Pam Walker, business development & operations officer for Rural Action East
We look forward to welcoming more new judges soon.
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What next?
- Find out more about the Action for Market Towns Awards 2011
Katie Fewings is Katie graduated from the University of Sheffield in 2000 with a BA in Modern Languages (French, Spanish & Portuguese).
She honed her organisational skills over nearly four years as PA to the Director of an internationally renowned firm of architects in London before moving to Brighton and taking up the post of Project Manager at the online ethical travel directory, responsibletravel.com. In this role, she organised the annual Responsible Tourism Awards with partners World Travel Market, The Telegraph, Geographical Magazine and BBC World News, and facilitated a programme to develop and support community based tourism with the Washington NGO, Conservation International.
Katie has a strong interest in issues of sustainability and social responsibility, and has set up her own website, Ethical Weddings (www.ethicalweddings.com) to help couples plan the wedding of their dreams without compromising their values. She also co-founded Our Ethical Network in Brighton to give ethically motivated businesses in the city the chance to meet one another, share common problems and explore business opportunities.
Katie is developing AMT's online presence and helping towns to share knowledge and best practice from their successful initiatives through online networking in the new AMT Forums and other social media.
She works Tuesdays and Thursdays and can be contacted on 07876 701 266 or by email at katie.fewings@towns.org.uk.
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