Celebrations as Peterborough's Up The Garden Bath and Unity win national award

The recycling initiative Up The Garden Bath along with its retail venture Unity have been named as winners of the Sustainability Hero of the Year category at the On The Tools Awards.

The awards triumph was announced at a glittering presentation at The Vox in Birmingham in front of hundreds of guests from across the country.

Dave Poulton, co-founder of Up The Garden Bath, said: “We are delighted with our success.

"Our nomination celebrates the work we have done in turning waste into opportunity, supporting local makers and inspiring greener choices.”

The success comes just days after Up The Garden Bath launched an urgent campaign to save the much loved charity and community store in the Queensgate Shopping Centre in Peterborough.

It comes as the venture faces a £20,000 business rates bill after being denied charity business rates relief.

Mr Poulton is looking for just one per cent of the Peterborough population to donate just a tenner to help keep the shop going.

He said: “The fund raising is going well at the moment.”