A husband and wife team who run a shop at ExtraCare’s Stoke Gifford Retirement Village are delighted to have taken home a BBC Radio Bristol ‘Make a Difference’ award. Lucy and Richard Smith found themselves shortlisted for the BBC community awards after going out of their way to run an autism- and neurodiverse-friendly shop in the village.
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Unsung heroes honoured with Community Awards
Five people from the parish of Stoke Gifford were among 28 unsung heroes honoured at last week’s South Gloucestershire Community Awards evening in Filton. Kieran Coggins, Jessica Godsell and Dennis Richardson (all of Little Stoke) were joined by Natalie Downing and Andrew Phelps (both of Stoke Gifford) in receiving Chair’s Community Awards at a special ceremony held at BAWA last
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