The Friends of Northwood Cemetery, in partnership with the Isle of Wight Council, are celebrating after receiving its 6th Green Flag Award for Northwood Cemetery.
The news that Northwood Cemetery has achieved the accreditation – the international quality mark for parks and green spaces – is testament to the hard work and dedication of the team that care for the green space so that everyone can enjoy it.
Keep Britain Tidy’s Green Flag Award Scheme Manager Paul Todd MBE said:
“I would like to congratulate everyone involved at Northwood Cemetery in achieving a Green Flag Award. Northwood Cemetery is a vital green space for the community in Cowes, Gurnard and Northwood, bringing people together and providing opportunities to lead healthy lifestyles.
“The volunteers do so much to ensure that it maintains the high standards of the Green Flag Award and everyone involved should feel extremely proud of their achievement.”
A spokesperson for the Friends of Northwood Cemetery said:
“This is the 6th year in succession that we have been successful in achieving Green Flag status which is a result of the tremendous hard work and dedication of a small team of enthusiastic volunteers, supported by the Isle of Wight Council; an achievement of which we are all immensely proud.
We continue to work hard on both the visual appearance of the Cemetery and encouraging members of the public to share and enjoy the facilities we have on offer. This award justifies our confidence in helping provide a safe, welcoming green space in Cowes and a place that supports and promotes the wellbeing of the local community.”
The Green Flag Award scheme, managed by environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy under licence from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, recognises and rewards well-managed parks and green spaces, setting the benchmark standard for the management of green spaces across the United Kingdom and around the world.
