Excellence in Local Government Awards 2020

Chambers Ireland

The Excellence in Local Government Awards 2020 will take place this Thursday – 26th November at 3:30pm and this year the ceremony is virtual and there is no registration required nor limit to the numbers that can join them for the virtual ceremony, just click this link,  on Thursday to tune in.

Fingal County Council is delighted to have been shortlisted in this the seventeenth annual Chambers Ireland Excellence in Local Government Awards 2020 for the following projects:

  • Shop Local Website in Supporting Sustainable Communities
  • Fingal 'Play it Again' Musical Instruments Project in Sustainable Environment
  • Estuary in Sustaining the Arts
  • Age Friendly Skerries/Fingal - Staying Connected Nursing Home Initiative in Age Friendly Initiative
  • Fingal School Streets in Enhancing the Urban Environment
  • The Casino Model Railway Museum in Heritage and Built Environment 

The Excellence in Local Government Awards showcase best practice in local government and recognise the skills, hard work, innovation and enthusiasm within local government that can often go unrecognised. The Excellence in Local Government Awards are held in conjunction with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.

Supporting Sustainable Communities

This award seeks to recognise projects by Local Authorities that promote social awareness and work with communities to involve them in making their localities a better place in which to live and work. This category celebrates initiatives which promote sustainable communities, development of the community or contribute to improved quality of life in an area.

Sustainable Environment
In following with the principle of ‘Think Global, Act Local’ this category seeks to celebrate Local Authorities that have taken actions to improve their local environment. This award will recognise a Local Authority that works to develop, promote and foster initiatives that support the sustainable development of their local environment. Projects in this category should be outward looking and seek to promote sustainable or low-carbon approaches to protecting our environment and might include work on a diverse range of areas, from enhancing biodiversity to reducing waste or improving air quality.

Sustaining the Arts
Support for the arts is hugely important for the vibrancy of an area’s cultural landscape and is a way in which communities can be inspired and celebrate creativity among themselves. The arts are a way in which people can express values, build bridges between cultures, and bring us together regardless of our differences. This award recognises initiatives by a Local Authority to further develop or promote the arts in their locality.

Age Friendly Initiative
This award recognises the excellent programmes by Local Authorities who take the lead on changing thinking about ageing, and how services are planned and delivered, to encourage communities in which older people live valued lives.

Enhancing the Urban Environment
This award recognises initiatives that improve and enhance the urban environments within a Local Authority. Examples of initiatives might include programmes to keep the local area clean and tidy, improve the visual appearance of the local area, enhance local buildings, aid the development of an urban space, develop the greening of urban spaces and much more.

Heritage and Built Environment
This category celebrates best in class by a Local Authority to promote public interest in, and knowledge, appreciation and protection of local heritage sites. This can include enhancement or protection of the heritage environment, such as historic sites, promotion of cultural heritage, archaeological heritage and more.