2026 Parish Awards - A Wonderful Celebration

Published: 05 April 2026

The annual Parish Awards were a big success again this year. Many exceptional individuals and organisations were recognised, and the main hall at the Haven Centre in Crawley Down was full on the night. We'd like to say a huge thank you to everyone who helped to make the occasion so special, and of course we want to recognise all our nominees and winners, for making our community so much better.

Our nominations were:

COPTHORNE

Sandy Ward, Tom Still, Tania Pattenden, Joseph Spencer, Jon Birch, Mike Livesey, Jennifer Wharton, Wim Mauritz, Owen & Esther Cheesemur, Helen Reeves, Paul Eaton, Russell Moore, Copthorne Speedwatch and the Mystery Knitter.

CRAWLEY DOWN

Molly and Peter Tavani, Les Flanagan, Kay and Roger Webb, Tony Duffy, Lawrence Oakley, Bob Atkins, Hannah Monnier and Coral Lindsay. 

 SPECIAL CATEGORY

Ken Lumsden,  Keith Rixon and Oliver Burke.

And the winners were:

Lifetime Awards

Kay and Roger Webb, Crawley Down

Ken Luttman, Copthorne

Crawley Down

Molly and Peter Tavani – winners

Coral Lindsay – runner up

Copthorne

Paul Eaton – winner

Sandy Ward – runner up

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH!