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Founded: 01st Feb 2005
Website: http://www.friends-of-thringstone.org.uk
Town or City: Coalville
Areas covered: Thringstone village, in north west Leicestershire, and surrounding woodland areas of Grace Dieu.

We are an environmental group undertaking planting in our village, litter picks, promoting reduction in Co2 and smart driving, and working with the local community to make our village a litter free area.
In 2011 we won The Queen's Award for Voluntary Service, something of which we are very proud, especially since 2011 is the European Year of Volunteering.
We  have taken over several flowerbeds and previously untidy and unused areas in the village for planting and offer historical and environmental walks around the village.  
In 2009 we won the NW Leicestershire Green Footprints Awards, were awarded an outstanding achievement certificate by East Midlands In Bloom in 2009, won a gold and silver in the village achievement awards run by the Rural Community Council in 2010 and were finalists in the Community and Partnerships category of the NWLDC's Green Footprints Awards in 2011 and were presented a certificate saying we were highly commended.  We have also worked with other groups on environmental issues in the village, and were part of the steering group that saw Thringstone Youth Club win the Children and Young People's Green Footprints Award 2011 for their mural project with VIP.   
We deliver over 1500 newsletters around our village promoting our message and work with Thringstone Primary School and the local brownie group various events, including a scarecrow festival in June 2011 which brought together all sectors of the community .   
Several of our members litter pick daily, and try, where possible, to recycle items which can be recycled.  
We petitioned for extra recycling bins in our village and now have two tin and plastic bottle recycling points and a glass recycling point, and are currently asking for the council to consider ways of recycling acceptable items put in roadside litter bins.  
Please see our website which is www.friends-of-thringstone.org.uk for further details on our group, plus details on our constitution, health and safety policy, and equal opportunities policy.