15 Dec 2022
Entries are invited for University Centre Shrewsbury's Young Nature Photographer of the Year 2023 competition, with prizes to be awarded by BBC Springwatch presenter, Iolo Williams.
Photographers aged five to 18 years old are urged to send in their best nature photographs, for a chance to win a host of prizes which will be awarded by BBC Springwatch, Autumnwatch and Winterwatch presenter, Iolo...
19 Jul 2022
To celebrate Lord Hill’s 250th birthday, SY Homes are giving away FOUR TICKETS to climb Lord Hill’s Column - a unique, local experience.
Lord Hill’s column is 40.7 metres tall or 133ft, with a cantilevered, spiral staircase of 172 steps. The uninterrupted views from the top platform are fantastic. Open for only a few days each year, this is a popular local attraction.
SY Homes have FOUR tickets...
14 Mar 2022
Sharron Marriott takes a look back at her time as an independent business owner in the market town of Whitchurch, Shropshire as she celebrates 5 years in business at Make Your House a Home.
Owner of Make Your House a Home, Sharron Marriott, has always had a great desire for all things home and living. With over 20 years of experience in the interior and home furnishings industry, Sharron decided...
02 Aug 2021
Hanson’s Condover sand and gravel quarry, near Shrewsbury, is among the sites participating in the fifth round of the company’s biodiversity competition, the Quarry Life Award.
The international competition is run every three years by Hanson’s parent company HeidelbergCement to raise the understanding of the biodiversity value of quarrying sites during and after extraction and share new best...
09 Nov 2020
People in Shrewsbury are being asked to share photographs of their favourite views for a competition.
McCarthy and Stone, the leading manager and developer of retirement communities behind the Summerfield Place Retirement Living development in Shrewsbury, is looking to capture some of the architecture and culture that can be found around every corner of the city, so it can be enjoyed by its new...
20 May 2020
With schools closed for the foreseeable future, Wales Rally GB is launching an innovative competition to entertain, incite and, potentially, reward pre-University students currently learning from home.
In partnership with Toyota GB, the UK’s round of the FIA World Rally Championship has introduced a special ‘Design a Rally Car Livery’ initiative open to all those enrolled at UK schools and...
24 Oct 2018
Creative spirits will be at work among the independent traders on Shrewsbury’s Wyle Cop for a Halloween inspired window display competition.
The businesses will let their imaginations run wild by carving pumpkins in traditional or contemporary styles and by using spooky seasonal props to celebrate All Hallows’ Eve on 31st October.
Stars from this year’s Theatre Severn pantomime, Shropshire’s...
05 Jul 2018
The Head of Modern Languages at a leading Shropshire college has been shortlisted for the final of a prestigious international essay writing competition.
Christina Westwood, of Ellesmere College, is one of just five finalists in the Asia Literary Review competition, open to candidates of any nationality and from any country.
The competition concentrates on a selection of three short stories by...
03 Nov 2017
Young people in Shropshire have just a month to get their thinking caps on and come up with a big idea to win exciting prizes from a hot air balloon ride to a Night with Dinosaurs experience in London’s Natural History Museum.
The Charles Darwin-inspired competition from Morris & Company and University Centre Shrewsbury (UCS) wants the county’s young minds to come up with one great idea to...
04 Oct 2017
Morris & Company and University Centre Shrewsbury (UCS) have joined together to find Shropshire’s greatest Young Thinkers of 2018 in a creative competition launched this month to discover ‘ONE Great Idea to Change the World’.
With one of the world’s greatest minds, Charles Darwin, growing up and forming his brilliant thinking right here, it is only fitting that young Shropshire talent comes...