Lynn Serafinn (right) receiving BBW Award

This month, I had the great honour of receiving the Bedfordshire Businesswomen (BBW) 2009 Award for “Working within a Community Organisation or Not-for-Profit Organisation”, for my work as Founder of the Global Wellness Circle, a holistic health and wellness community, as well as my more recent work as Chair of Transition Bedford.

The winners of the BBW awards were announced Wednesday 18 November 2009 at the Woburn Sculpture Park. There were 6 awards in various business categories, all sponsored by Barclays Bank. Transition Bedford was specifically cited during the ceremony as a key reason for their selecting me for this award.

If any of you are unfamiliar with BBW, it is a long-established and highly reputable not-for-profit networking organisation for women who live and/or have business interests in the Bedfordshire area. I have been a member now for 2 years, although the awards were not restricted to members only. The women in this organisation own and run some of the most successful and influential businesses in the county, if not the country.

To have Transition Bedford be recognised at this level is not only a personal honour for me, but it is also a clear indication that the need for and importance of the work we are doing together at Transition Bedford is starting to be duly recognised by local business owners.

After the awards, I spoke with Jenny Tomsett, President of BBW, about having Transition Bedford lead a presentation at one of their upcoming meetings in 2010. She was happy to arrange this for us sometime after February. I think it would be wonderful to give some practical, hands-on tips nd information for BBW members to integrate immediately into their businesses and their daily lives. This would not only be a high-profile way of raising awareness about Transition Bedford, but it would also be a wonderful way to help support local businesses in their shift towards a sustainable Bedford.

Winners of BBW Awards 2009

Many others in Transition Bedford, and the Transition Network in general, have been recognised for their excellence and dedication in 2009. Some of you might even be reading this, in fact! So if YOU have a Transition Town Recognition Story to share from 2009, please add it to the comments below, so others can be informed. Be sure to include a link, if there is a story about you on the web.

If anyone reading this is unfamiliar with the Transition Network, I invite you to browse through earlier blog posts on this site, especially http://transitionbedford.org/2009/05/28/great-video-explaining-the-transition-network/ or to visit the Transition Network site at www.transitionnetwork.org

On behalf of Transition Bedford, I invite and encourage everyone, whether individuals, groups or businesses, who are interested in finding out how they can become an active part of this vital and vibrant initiative, and create a future together we will love, to write to us via the contact form on this site or via email at: info [at] transitionbedford [dot] org.

Lynn Serafinn, MAED, CPCC is an award-winning transformation coach/teacher, best-selling author, public speaker, personal development trainer, radio host, Founder of the Global Wellness Circle and Chair of Transition Bedford. She is author of the bestselling book The Garden of the Soul: lessons from four flowers that unearth the Self, and host of the weekly radio show Lynn Serafinn’s Garden of the Soul, hosting a wide range of guests including many of interest to Transition Town folks (be sure to catch Tony Juniper from Friends of the Earth on our anniversary show on Wed 20 January 2010.