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Posted: Thursday, April 19, 2007

Competition to design the Wokingham future

With just under three weeks to go until the closing date, Wokingham Borough Strategic Partnership is urging the area’s creative residents to paint a vision for the future and design the partnership a logo.

The winning Wokingham entry could bag a top prize of £300 courtesy of TradeMark Windows and Conservatories (whose proprietor Mark Ashwell represents the Chamber of Commerce on the Strategic Partnership) and a runner-up could win £100, if they can design a logo to reflect the Strategic Partnership’s aims, purpose and work. Anyone who lives, works or studies within the Wokingham borough is invited to put their imaginations to work and come up with a logo that positively represents the partnership and its members. It needs to appeal to all members of the community, reflecting the wide-reaching partnership.

Designs should be clear enough to be used at a small size, for instance on a leaflet, or at a larger size, for instance poster size. It should also be suitable for use in multi and single colour and black and white.

The Wokingham competition has two categories:
• Under 16 years
• 16 years and over

There will be one £300 prize for the overall winner chosen from the short-listed entries.

The Strategic Partnership includes all the key stakeholders in the Wokingham borough, such as police, fire and ambulance services, borough, town and parish councils, health services, voluntary and community groups and local businesses, and works to improve residents’ quality of life.

Wokingham Borough Council chief executive Doug Patterson said: “We’re hoping that anyone with a creative flair enters the competition to design a logo that reflects the all-encompassing nature of the partnership. The partnership represents the diverse range of people, organisations and communities that make up our borough and we are looking for an eye-catching identity – and we want our communities to have an input.

“And, of course, anyone who enters stands the chance of winning a prize!”

An entry form and competition guidelines, rules and regulations are available by emailing policy manager Sue Roberts on sue.roberts@wokingham.gov.uk. Entries should be submitted in hard copy, or on disk, to Sue Roberts, Policy Manager, Wokingham Borough Council, Shute End, Wokingham, RG40 1BN by May 4, 2007.

Wokingham Borough Council