Each year at the Annual Civic Reception, the Town Mayor presents awards to local citizens for their voluntary contributions to Burnham’s life and character.
You can find out what happened at the 2024 awards by clicking here.
There are two main awards:
- The Mayor’s Award for Outstanding Services to the Town
- The Lifetime Achievement Award.
Below is a record of the Mayor’s Award and the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Click on the blue boxes, further below, for images and other prizes given in various years, starting in 2019.
You can also find out more about interesting Burnham people here, where you can also see how to nominate a person for inclusion on this website.
MAYOR’S AWARD
FOR OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO THE TOWN
Previously Citizen of the Year – Awards presented for service in the preceding year (so, for example, St Mary’s were awarded their award in 2019 at the Civic Reception in March 2020).
| 2026 | |
| 2025 | |
| 2024 | Bob Melton, Janice Jones, Janice Smith & Sarah Lane-Cawte, United Reform Church |
| 2023 | Sarah Grimes, former Town Clerk |
| 2022 | |
| 2021 | Dawn Wood |
| 2020 | No ceremony took place due to Covid |
| 2019 | Geraldine Denham-Hale, headteacher, & St Mary’s Primary School |
| 2018 | Joan Costello, headteacher of Ormiston Rivers Academy / St Peter’s School. |
| 2017 | Cristina Franchi & Julia Mells – Dementia support |
| 2016 | John Hitcham & Iain Corbett |
| 2015 | Beverley O’Connor |
| 2014 | No & Nik Jay-Ryan |
| 2013 | Robin (Harry) Harrington |
| 2012 | Fiona Clegg |
| 2011 | Jeremy Hogben |
| 2010 | Walter Jenkins |
| 2009 | Rev. Tony Jones |
| 2008 | Tony Martin & Don Reynolds |
| 2007 | Ken Harris |
| 2006 | George Woodman |
| 2005 | David Stephenson |
SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY / LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
Awards presented for services in the preceding year
| 2026 | |
| 2025 | |
| 2024 | Margaret Smith & Peter Burton, Burnham Museum |
| 2023 | Jim Cousins |
| 2022 | |
| 2021 | Wendy Stamp |
| 2020 | No ceremony took place due to Covid |
| 2019 | Ray Kirkham, RNLI |
| 2018 | Sheila Nutt & the Railway Bridge Taskforce |
| 2017 | Tom & Joan Cooper |
| 2016 | David J McNeill |
| 2015 | Rev Tony Jones |
| 2014 | Brian Whitehead |
| 2013 | Jim Cousins |
| 2012 | Peter Layzell |
| 2011 | Bob & Jean Evans |
| 2010 | Reg Crouch |
| 2009 | Ron & Val Law |
| 2008 | John Randall |
| 2007 | David Gamble |
| 2006 | Cllr Rosie Buck |
| 2005 | Albert Groom |
| 2004 | Cllr Una Norman |
| 2003 | Gordon Peacock |
| 2002 | Jackie Richmond |
| 2001 | Mrs V Manning |
| 2000 | Not awarded |
| 1999 | Henry Potton |
| 1998 | Bob Melton |
| 1997 | Mrs Kate Crouch |
| 1996 | Mrs Maureen Cousins |
| 1995 | Mrs A Monks |
| 1994 | Mrs Jean Dubois |
| 1993 | Mr Bob Cole |
| 1992 | Cllr Ken Sarling |
| 1991 | Mrs I O Reid |
| 1990 | Mrs Josie Tunbridge |
| 1989 | Mrs L Wilsenhan |
| 1988 | Mrs Warwick-Smith |
| 1987 | Mrs E Barker |
For more details of the Mayor’s Awards, from 2019 onwards, please click on the blue boxes below and see information above.