Bath Building Society sponsors annual Fireworks Safety Poster Competition 2023

Children from 40 schools in Bath entered this year’s Fireworks Safety Poster competition sponsored by Bath Building Society and supported by The Rotary Club of Bath.

The winners of the five categories were given a money voucher to open a Bath Building Society Account, an art set and a Bath Building Society goody bag. They will also have the chance to visit the Fire Station in Bath arranged by Avon Fire & Rescue Service.

The winners were:

Age 4-5 Group.

1. 1. Elsie Jordan-Mayhew – Batheaston Primary School
   2. Malaki Woods – Weston All Saints Primary School
   3. Rosie Darbyshire – Moorlands Junior School

The overall winning poster

Age 6-7 Group

1. 1. Paige Francis – Combe Down Primary School
   2. Adam Rowan Calka – Bathwick St Mary Church School
   3. Ivy Jordan-Mayhew – Batheaston Primary School

Age 8-9 Group

1. 1. Forest Moon – Weston All Saints Primary School
   2. Isabella Leybourne – Bathwick St. Mary Church School
   3. Fred Carver – Weston All Saints Primary School

Age 10+ Group

1. 1. Ava Hourizi – St Stephens Church School
   2. Blythe Shaw – St Andrew’s Church School
   3. Ellie Tamas – Farmborough Church Primary School

Special Schools Group

1. 1. Kieran Weston – Three Ways
   2. Maddie Williams – Three Ways
   3. Gabriel Baggridge -Three WayS

The overall winner of the competition was Elsie Jordan-Mayhew from Batheaston Primary School.

Overall winner Elsie Jordan-Mayhew and Kevin Gray, Chief Executive Officer of Bath Building Society 

The posters were judged on their Fireworks safety message and artistic merit. The judges for this year’s competition were: Councillor Dine Romero, Mayor of Bath, Meghann Elvin – Children & Young Persons Manager from Avon Fire & Rescue, Emily Cook – Youth Intervention Lead also from Avon Fire & Rescue, Alan Gait from The Rotary Club of Bath and Tiffany Hardie-Albutt from Bath Building Society. 

All the children who entered the competition were given access to a Free Child Voucher that could be exchanged for a ticket when purchasing an Adult ticket to the fireworks display which – organised by The Rotary Club of Bath – took place this weekend.

Tiffany Hardie-Albutt, PR & Communications Manager, Bath Building Society, said, “We have supported the competition for about 45 years and during this time it has helped raise awareness of firework safety.”

 Pictured: (Top of page) Group photo of the winners with their parents, The Mayor of Bath, Cllr Dine Romero and Kevin Gray