WASELEY Hills Crematorium are appealing to the community to help create a Covid-19 memorial at Waseley Hills Crematorium in Rubery.
The memorial will feature inscription, which will read: “This memorial has been placed to remember and recognise the lives and efforts of all affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.”
The design needs to be one which can be engraved onto the stone, providing a fitting tribute and complementing the wording.
Designs can be full-colour but must be no bigger than A4 in size to ensure that the whole of the chosen one can be etched onto the granite by Westerleigh’s skilled stonemasons.
A plaque bearing the name of the person who created the winning design will be added to the memorial, which means the winner truly does have a chance to see their name go down in history.
The closing date for the competition is Sunday 23 October 2022 and it is hoped that the memorial will be installed in Spring 2023.
Entries should be emailed to: [email protected] or posted to: Design Competition, Westerleigh Group, Chapel View, Westerleigh Road, Westerleigh, Bristol, BS37 8QP.
All entries should be accompanied by the name and address of the designer, their age, telephone number, and a short description of their design and what inspired it.
Schools should seek parental/guardian’s permission for pupils under the age of 18, or vulnerable adults, to take part in the competition.
Joy Edgington, site manager at Waseley Hills Crematorium, said: “This could make a meaningful class project for some local schools, or it could capture the attention of a retired person who has taken up art as a hobby. The competition is open to anyone and everyone, of all ages.
“It is a direct result of feedback from the community that we are creating his permanent, lasting, memorial so it felt only right that members of the local community had a chance to directly influence how the memorial looks.
“We very much look forward to seeing what ideas local people come up with.”
