A medal for Penny: Countryside campaigners gathered at Englefield to show their appreciation to Penny, who lives locally, for her seven years of support as a volunteer at the CPRE Berkshire Branch Office.

Catherine Stevenson, the High Sheriff of the Royal County of Berkshire, presented Penny with the Countryside Medal to reflect her hard work and support over many years to CPRE Berkshire – the Campaign to Protect Rural England.

Penny provides the administrative support in the Branch Office for countryside campaigning throughout Berkshire as well as raising funds to protect the Berkshire countryside.

The Office of the High Sheriff is more than a thousand year old and in the eleventh and twelfth century’s had very extensive powers of legal, military and taxation as the king’s representative in the country.
Today the High Sheriff is the Queen’s personal representative in the country in legal matters and focuses on law and order, crime prevention and building communities through making contacts and supporting the work done by voluntary agencies throughout Berkshire.