In order to encourage housing estates to deal with the problem of litter and to increase biodiversity, our housing estates liaison officer, Grace Dunne, encourages local residents associations to take part in the annual Greyhound competitions (read more about it below). She also arranges for small STT groups to come to help and advise residents with clean ups and planting polllinator plants.
We also advise housing estate groups on how to organise their own clean up day. Regularly a few of our members will attend one of these sessions to provide practical help.
Swords Tidy Towns members Saida, Luc, Edosa and Aaron at a clen up day with Thornleigh estate residents 
Swords Manor clean up day March 2nd 2019 with our three STT members George, Ramune and Sandra 
Carlton Court clean up day 13th April 2019 with our STT member and a secretary Teresa 
Bunbury Estate clean up day April 6th 2019 with new STT member Isa 
Swords Tidy Towns have helped to set up a new estate group at Holywell, and even sent along our graffiti busters to lend a hand. 
Glen Ellan & Sandford Wood clean up day with our members Sandra and George helping out, 2021
Searching for Swords tidiest estate
In August 2018 Swords Tidy Towns started running a Tidy Estates Competition which is sponsored by Greyhound Household waste management. Our coordinator for this event is Grace Dunne. The competition is judged by two STT volunteers and one member of Greyhound Household. Estates receive marks for the upkeep of common areas, houses and gardens. The winning estate received a voucher of €500 for use on common areas, a free skip and a plaque to display at the entrance to their estate. In 2019 we have introduced a prize for the most improved estate.
