President's Award
The Friends of Standen Estate's President's Award is given each spring to the volunteer at Standen who has given outstanding or remarkable performance during the previous twelve months towards the aims and objectives of the group.
2011: Ben Wiles
Ben first came to Standen as a member of the South Downs National Trust Volunteer group, along with his father, he then re-visited on work experience from school. Since, he has given thousands of hours of volunteer time to Standen, and become an invaluable member of the team. Always keen to use machinery - especially big things! - Ben carries out much of the general maintenance work that helps make Standen look so good for our visitors, he has also designed and installed most of the new fencing and gates around the estate and is always happy to share his knowledge with other volunteers. It has been a real pleasure and a privilege to have Ben as a volunteer at Standen and this award hopefully goes some way to showing our appreciation.
2010: Mark Philips
Mark has worked in the woods at Standen since 2001 and during that time has been responsible for the design of many items popular with our visitors including the boardwalks in Hollybush and Rockinghill woods, the badger hide and the bridge crossing the small valley at the start of the woodland walk. He has also been intimately involved in the construction of each of these as well as all the other activities undertaken by the woodland volunteers. The greatest achievement by Mark has been the design for the new Hollybush Barn, for which he did all the construction drawings and helped with the health and safety planning. The barn stands as testament to his hard work and commitment. The only problem is; we now need to find him an even bigger challenge!