Council Employee Rewarded For Hard Work During Crowdfunding Campaign

A council employee has been rewarded for her efforts and hard work in preserving veteran standards in Wrexham.

In January Wrexham Council launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise funds to safeguard the standards of the Eighth Army Vets, the Korean Vets, the Burma Star Vets and the Normandy Vets.

A target of £12,000 was set to secure the future of the standards – with a combination of crowdfunding and traditional fundraising activities (such as bag packing in a local supermarket) used to raise the funds.

Last week Mel Salisbury, who was the person behind the crowdfunding page and also set up many community events received an award for her efforts during the campaign.

To launch the appeal in February Mel filmed 28 clips with veterans, cadets, soldiers, councillors and members of the public with one being released each day of the month..

Each one gave an account of why it was important to preserve the Standards and all were released on You Tube.

Cllr David Griffiths, Armed Forces Champion, said: “Mel worked tirelessly to make sure we received enough donations to preserve the Standards and I am thrilled that the target was reached.

“Future generations will now get to see the standards and we can all remember the significance of the sacrifices and suffering behind them.”

Mel, on receiving her award said: “It was a very great pleasure and the veterans were all extremely good humoured and excited about the project.

“I felt very privileged to be able to do something so important for them and we are all now looking forward to their unveiling at the Guildhall once they have been preserved.”