Aston Hall and Park project has won the Homes and Communities Agency's 'Flourishing Places' award 2010. The award ceremony took place in London on 23rd September 2010.

This is a national award, sponsored by the MLA, with the following criteria:

• Placed culture, sport or the arts at the heart of your regeneration or growth project
• Embedded culture, sport or the arts in local development plans
• Had a positive impact on a community through improved cohesion, empowerment, participation and local sense of pride and identity
• Demonstrated the clear role of culture, sport or the arts in achieving great places
• Delivered a community that is culturally vibrant and reflects its distinctive identities
• Provided access to cultural activities, opportunities for learning and self-expression, attractive and safe open spaces and a well-designed built environment that respects and enhances local character
• Promoted knowledge transfer

There were 261 entrants to the awards and Aston Hall and Park came top out of a shortlist of six in the 'Flourishing Places' award.

View the list of Home and Communities Awards winners on their website.