STT Chairperson Ken Duffy at the display of STT awards at the local pharmacy shop
The Swords area has come a long way from being judged a litter blackspot by the Irish Business Against Litter survey back in 2003, to our present position of third cleanest area in the country according to their 2019 survey. Through the determination and dedication of Swords Tidy Town members, we have accomplished so much. So we are proud to have had our efforts recognised by being awarded three successive Silver Medal Awards in the Supervalu National Awards in 2017, 2018 and 2019. Our focus has also extended to sustainability and biodiversity in recent years, so we were delighted to have won the Fingal Biodiversity Award for our new Polytunnel in 2016; the 2017 FCC Cleaner Community Award for Environmental Initiative, plus the FCC Best Upcycling Award in 2018. At the national level, we won the Supervalu Pollinator award in 2018.STT membership is comprised of people from 14 different cultural backgrounds, so were really pleased to have won the Supervalu Diversity Award in 2017.
2022
2021
Tidy Towns Silver MedalSwords Tidy Towns were among the three finalist in the PAKMAN awards under the Environmental Education and Awareness Initiative
2020
Swords Tidy Towns were awarded a runners up place in Pride of Place Awards Category 5 – Areas with a population of over 5000. Swords Tidy Towns have been awarded a Community Green Flag for their Rock Garden project on Rathbeale Road
2019
We picked up a 3rd in a row National Silver MedalWe picked up our Level 3 certificate and the prize money that goes with it at the Fingal Volunteer Annual Awards
2018
Tidy Towns Silver MedalTidy Towns Pollinator AwardSwords Tidy Towns won Best Upcycling Award for our festive tyre sculptures last night at the FCC Better Communities Awards in The Grand Hotel Malahide. Swords Tidy Towns with class 1S and teacher Deirdre Scully from Loreto College River Valley collaborated on a wild flower project for this years ECO-UNESCO Young Environmentalist Awards. We spent a couple of months talking and planning, in the end two wild flower beds were created, one at the school and the other opposite the church in River Valley. The project won in its category much to the delight of everyone, all down to the hard work of all involved. Swords Tidy Towns members Matt Cullen and George Mongey with Maura Cassidy at the DAA Community Grant Awards
2017
Swords Tidy Towns won the Environmental Initiative Award plus the Overall Winners Award for the whole of FingalSwords Tidy Towns won the Diversity Award plus the icing on the cake a Silver Medalat Tidy Towns awards ceremony Collected our National Tidy Towns Silver Medal Award in SkerriesDublin Bus Community Spirit Award
2016
Receiving our Level 1 Certificate at Fingal Managing Volunteers AwardsSwords Tidy Towns were presented with the Best Biodiversity Project Award at the Cleaner Communities Awards for our Poly Tunnel Green ProjectSwords Tidy Towns National Volunteer Of The Year 2015 Matt Cullen just cant stop winning awards. Matt won the Horticultural Societies Fr Lillis Perpetual Cup for 2016 for best garden.
2015
Matt being presented with the overall volunteer of the year award
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