What's Happening in Warrington blog

A pupil from Warrington’s Bruche Community Primary School has been recognised for supporting her family through a very hard time. 10-year-old Megan Hopwood won the citizenship award for her hard work in school and the support she has provided her family after the sad passing of her grandparents.

A Warrington Business School student is celebrating after being named the Heating Installers and Plumbers (HIP) North West Apprentice Plumber of the Year. The nationwide trade competition offers plumbers and heating engineers the chance to prove their skills through a series of challenges and the generation of apprentices and practicing tradesmen that partake can learn valuable lessons on their future in their chosen career.

A Warrington college has received an award at the National Tech World Awards in London for their work reducing energy consumption. Warrington Collegiate won the Best Energy Efficiency Project award for their work reducing their carbon emissions by 24 tonnes. The awards recognise products and innovations in the IT and technology industry and were impressed by the college’s significant reduction in operating power by the college’s IT services and facilities departments.

A Warrington economist who has developed a new model for hospital provisions has been awarded with a prestigious award. Dr Steve Dunn has spent the last four years developing the ideas for an operating franchise where independent sector businesses and the NHS worked together to run Hinchingbrooke Hospital in Cambridgeshire.

The Warrington Disability Partnership, a company that aims to help people deal with health issues enter the world of work and entrepreneurship, has won the Partner of the Year Award at Britain’s Avanta awards. Individuals within the organisation were recognised for their work, as well as other organisations that have worked with the scheme.