{"id":3741,"date":"2023-03-22T13:52:28","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T13:52:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/?p=3741"},"modified":"2023-03-27T18:00:57","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T18:00:57","slug":"mod-sanctuary-awards-united-kingdom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/22\/mod-sanctuary-awards-united-kingdom\/","title":{"rendered":"MOD Sanctuary Awards, United Kingdom"},"content":{"rendered":"<body>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Karen Lile (from the Churchhill War Rooms in London) and Rick Tittle (from the Sports Byline Broadcast studios in San Francisco) interviewed James Balls (with Karen Lile in the Churchill War Rooms) on Mar 21, 2023.  James Balls, MBE, as founder and Executive Director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/armedforcesequine.com\/\">Armed Forces Equine Charity<\/a>, and Karen Earle Lile as a newly appointed International Ambassador for the Armed Forces Equine Charity were presented with MOD\u2019s Social Value Sanctuary Awarded by Baroness Goldie DL, shortly before the live broadcast of Sail Sport Talk on Sports Byline to 100 million people in 168 countries.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since 1991, the Sanctuary Awards have been recognizing outstanding sustainability and conservation efforts across the MOD. The awards celebrate organisations and individuals from across the UK Ministry of Defence who have\u00a0group and individual-led projects that are benefiting sustainable development and helping to conserve the environment, natural resources and heritage across Defence\u2019s UK and overseas estate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The award categories reflect the MOD\u2019s sustainability agenda and the commitment to achieving the UK Government\u2019s environmental and sustainability goals. The winners of each category are considered for the coveted Silver Otter Trophy, presented to the best conservation effort on the Ministry of Defense estate, and the Sustainable Business Award for the best larger scale or commercial project. A brand-new category, introduced this year, is the Innovation Award for the project best exemplifying innovative behaviours.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sailsporttalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/42704D3E-502A-4A9B-8289-42ACBCA5A855.jpeg?resize=279%2C372&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3734\" width=\"279\" height=\"372\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Featured photo above from Left to Right: Minister of Defense Baroness Goldie, <em>James Ball, MBE, Founder\/Executive Director Armed Forces Equine Charity, Karen Earle Lile, International Ambassador for Armed Forces Equine Charity.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Featured photo to at left from Left to Right:  Richard Brooks, Principal Environmental Advisor, Defense Infrastructure Organization, Ministry of Defense (UK), James Ball, MBE, Founder\/Executive Director Armed Forces Equine Charity, Karen Earle Lile, International Ambassador for Armed Forces Equine Charity.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sanctuary Award Ceremony Live Streamed on Forces Net (UK)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An award ceremony\u00a0recognising\u00a0outstanding conservation and sustainability projects\u00a0across the\u00a0Ministry of Defence estate was live-streamed\u00a0on the MOD\u2019s\u00a0YouTube channel\u00a0Tuesday, March 16\u00a0at midday UKT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The MOD\u2019s \u2018Sanctuary Awards\u2019\u00a0encourage group and individual efforts that benefit sustainable development, energy-saving measures, wildlife, archaeology, environmental improvement or community awareness of conservation on or within land and property that the\u00a0MOD\u00a0owns or uses in the UK and overseas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sanctuary Awards have been recognizing outstanding contributions to conservation across the MOD\u00a0since 1991 and to sustainability since 2008.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Awards were presented by the Minister of State Baroness Goldie DL and Lt Gen Richard Nugee, the MOD\u2019s Climate Change and Sustainability Lead.  (see <a href=\"https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/1144003\/Sanctuary_magazine_2022.pdf\">Sanctuary Magazine Issue 51)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To celebrate a new decade, and to further encourage support of the MOD\u2019s sustainability ambitions, the 2020 Sanctuary Awards\u2019 categories were modernised to include the:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Environmental Protection &amp; Enhancement Award<\/strong>\u00a0which celebrates projects that focus on wildlife and biodiversity, environmental research or tackles pollution and contamination issues<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Social Value, Community &amp; Heritage Award<\/strong>\u00a0which celebrates projects that focus on the social aspects of sustainability, including heritage, public access, community engagement and education<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Energy, Low Carbon &amp; Resource Efficiency Award<\/strong>\u00a0which celebrates projects that reduce energy, water or resource consumption, enable recycling, the use of renewable energy or contribute to the MOD\u2019s Net Zero carbon ambition<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Individual Achievement Award<\/strong>\u00a0which celebrates people who have made a significant personal contribution to MOD conservation or sustainability as a MOD employee, contractor or volunteer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sustainable Construction Award<\/strong>\u00a0which celebrates new build and refurbishment projects that innovate in fields such as novel materials or designs, resource management, the reuse of historic buildings or climate resilience<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sustainable Procurement Award<\/strong>\u00a0which celebrates projects that improve the sustainability of equipment or services, the management of supply chains or product life cycles<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, the winners of each category have been considered for two further awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The\u00a0<strong>Silver Otter Trophy<\/strong>\u00a0has been awarded annually since 1991 to the best Conservation Group led project or individual conservation effort on the MOD estate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since 2014 the much sought after\u00a0<strong>Sustainable Business Award<\/strong>\u00a0has been presented to more commercial projects which deliver sustainable solutions to enable the Armed Forces to live, work or train effectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sail Sport Talk on Sport Byline Broadcast from Churchill War Rooms on March 21, 2023<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sailsporttalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/C8A6D0DC-A148-453A-8440-D7CCEDA79557.jpeg?ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3735\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photography by Karen Earle Lile March 21, 2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Churchill War Rooms Housed the underground nerve centre where the British government directed the Second World War and the award-winning Churchill Museum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sailsporttalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/9D29819A-E364-41D5-813A-520E64F720B1.jpeg?ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3736\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photography by Karen Earle Lile March 21, 2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Listen to Sail Sport Talk Podcast Published after Live Broadcast Here:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"(Audio 208) Sail Sport Talk with Karen Lile and Rick Tittle: Time Spotlight, Patti Mangan, James Balls MBE, MOD Sanctuary Awards\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/810600371?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">James Ball and Karen Lile discussing Sanctuary Awards begins at 7:44<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Award Ceremony by MOD<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/BP4FuBmoQUw?feature=share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/BP4FuBmoQUw?feature=share<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karen Lile (from the Churchhill War Rooms in London) and Rick Tittle (from the Sports Byline Broadcast studios in San Francisco) interviewed James Balls (with Karen Lile in the Churchill War Rooms) on Mar 21, 2023. James Balls, MBE, as founder and Executive Director of the Armed Forces Equine Charity, and Karen Earle Lile as a newly appointed International Ambassador for the Armed Forces Equine Charity were presented with MOD\u2019s Social Value Sanctuary Awarded by Baroness Goldie DL, shortly before the live broadcast of Sail Sport Talk on Sports Byline to 100 million people in 168 countries. Since 1991, the&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3774,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the_show"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sailsporttalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/37D8E641-C7B6-4EB0-B824-A3E62E6DC6C6.jpeg?fit=%2C&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3741"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3741\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3777,"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3741\/revisions\/3777"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}