Nominate Peak District workers who have gone above and beyond for national award

Campaign for National Parks has teamed up with Ramblers Holidays Charitable Trust and BBC's Countryfile Magazine to launch the Park Protector Awards 2021.

This year’s theme is ‘Innovation and Agility in the Face of a Global Pandemic’ with a £1,000 first prize and two runners up prizes of £500 each.

The judging panel is specifically looking for how people and teams adapted to the challenges of 2020 to deliver work to protect and improve national parks.

It can cover a variety of areas from nature conservation and climate change solutions, to engaging with visitors and supporting communities.

Anyone can nominate a person, team or project for the work they’ve undertaken in a national park in 2020/21.

Anita Konrad, chief executive of Campaign for National Parks, said: "So many of us turned to national parks to help us through 2020, giving us the space and means to connect with nature and improve our health and wellbeing.

"This has resulted in huge efforts from those on the ground to, not only protect and improve national parks, but engage with first-time visitors.

"We know that it's been an extremely difficult year for everyone, but our national parks staff and volunteers have risen to the challenges and have done some incredible work and we felt it was really important to recognise and celebrate this."

Stephen Ross, a trustee at Ramblers Holidays Charitable Trust, added: “The awards provide an opportunity to acknowledge the unsung volunteers who generously give their time, effort and resources to maintain and improve these great diverse landscapes.”

The deadline for nominations is February 28 and shortlisting and voting will take place in early March, with winners to be selected and announced soon after.

For more information or to make a nomination, visit www.cnp.org.uk/park-protector-award.