Gordon Miller Award

Many congratulations to our 2026 winners of the Gordon Miller Award; Peter O’Dell and the Tavistock Task Force CIC based in Devon. Find out more about the Task Force here.

Soon the search is underway to find the most deserving project, initiative or innovative practice that has made or is making an outstanding contribution to countryside/urban greenspace management for the Gordon Miller Award 2027. The Award is presented annually, with the ‘trophy’ being passed to the next recipient.

The Award is a way of acknowledging the hard work and commitment of people who contribute to making the UK’s countryside and urban greenspace a wonderful and inspiring place to visit, live and work in. Each year CMA will look for a person or a group of people for whom sharing their knowledge, skills, experience and enthusiasm has resulted in an exceptional contribution to the management of the countryside and/or urban greenspace of the UK.

Over the coming months please do consider projects that you would like to nominate in 2027, nominations will close in late summer/early autumn 2027.

How to apply for the Gordon Miller Award 2027

You can nominate a person or organisation that you feel deserves to be the winner of the Award, or you can put forward one of your own projects.  Nominees do not have to be members of the Countryside Management Association.

Nominations are welcome for/from:

  • Employers
  • Other organisations/groups
  • Volunteers
  • Individual countryside management staff
For transparency and to avoid bias, members of the CMA Board may not submit an entry.

Gordon Miller Award – Nomination Form

2024 Gordon Miller Award Winner – The Barn Owl Trust