Competition to design a commemorative paving stone for Victoria Cross Award Winners

2014 marks 100 years since the start of the First World War and to commemorate Victoria Cross recipients of the First World War a competition is being held to design a commemorative paving stone.

The paving stones will be presented to councils across the country in the areas where the Victoria Cross Award winners were born, beginning in 2014.

In Greater Manchester there will be 21 commemorative paving stones, including one in Middleton.

The national competition is open to everyone to design the paving stones.

Conditions:

• The design must be able to fit a 600mm by 600mm paving stone, and submitted on A4 paper. 
• Designs should incorporate some aspect of the Victoria Cross medal. 
• Designs should allow space for the name of a Victoria Cross recipient, the date that the Victoria Cross was awarded and for a QR reader. 
• Drawings, paintings and computerised designs will all be considered as acceptable media. 

The winning design will become a high-profile and enduring symbol of the Centenary commemoration, and used across the country on every commemorative paving stone of the campaign.

Please submit designs electronically to: VCdesigncomp@communities.gsi.gov.uk (no more than 15mb)

Or by Post to:
Sally Sealey
5th Floor Zone B2
Eland House,
Bressenden Place,
London
SW1E 5DU

The deadline for all entries is 5pm Friday 4 October 2013.