Petersfield Society’s Owl Awards.
The Owl Award trophy was designed and produced by George Taylor of The Edward Barnsley Workshop. It is awarded each year to a group, project or person that has made a significant contribution to the character of Petersfield and/or its surrounding villages.
2025 winners
The Kings Arms Youth Project
Awarded for their dedication to the support of ‘the next generation’
Working with local schools and youth organisations, the Kings Arms offers support for situations in education or social life that young people find difficult or overwhelming.
The Owl award recognises that for 25 years this youth project has been providing young people in the community with a safe place to learn, have fun, and fulfil their potential.
For 25 years, the King’s Arms youth project has been meeting the needs of young people in the community, hosting a range of activities and providing a safe place to learn and have fun after school. Working with local schools and youth organisations, the centre offers support for situations in education or social life that young people find difficult or overwhelming. The professional youth workers are supported by some 40 trained volunteers, and have helped hundreds of young people to find their feet, move confidently into the next stage of their lives and fulfil their potential.
In 2025 the Kings Arms have a campaign entitled 25 for 25 where they are trying to encourage 1000 people to donate £25 to celebrate the work they have done for 25 years. Alongside the Owl Award we donated £250 to help them along their way.
Petersfield’s Physic Garden
Presented in recognition of the Trustees and volunteers whose efforts keep Petersfield’s Physic Garden available for public enjoyment.
This green oasis has been a unique feature of the town centre for 35 years, offering tranquillity for visitors as well as family activities based on trees, plants and wildlife.
The Petersfield Physic Garden this year celebrated 35 years since its formal opening. Run by volunteers and free to enter, it is created in a 17th Century style with medicinal plants, used for centuries by physicians to treat their patients. The garden is a unique feature in the centre of town, an oasis of greenery that changes with the seasons and offers tranquillity for lunchtime visitors and quiet readers, as well as family activities based on trees, plants and wildlife.
