ELG Winners 2015
The shortlist and winners of the 2015 Excellence in Local Government Awards are as follows:
Supporting Active Communities
• Leitrim County Council – Mohill Age Friendly Town
• Limerick City and County Council – Team Limerick Clean Up (TLC)
• Monaghan County Council – The Peace Link ***WINNER***
• South Dublin County Council – Annual Social Inclusion Week
Best Practice in Citizen Engagement
• Fingal County Council – Fingal Age Friendly Facilities ***WINNER***
• Limerick City and County Council – www.ppn.ie (PPN.ie)
• South Dublin County Council – Disability Advisory and Consultative Panel
Health & Wellbeing
• Cork County Council – Water Safety Awareness Award for Primary Schools in Co. Cork
• Dublin City Council – The Ballybough Community, Youth and Fitness Centre ***WINNER***
• Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council – Green Passport to an Active Lifestyle
• Fingal County Council – 1k Fitness Loop
• South Dublin County Council – Health and Wellbeing Week
Supporting Tourism
• Carlow County Council – Tourism Planning and Execution ***WINNER***
• Cavan County Council – Cavan Burren Park
• Cork City Council – T.E.A.M. (Tourism, Events, Arts & Marketing)
• Leitrim County Council – SHANNON BLUEWAY
• Sligo County Council – “Queen Maeve Trail” Co.Sligo
• South Dublin County Council – South Dublin Heritage Walks
Promoting Economic Development
• Carlow County Council – Bizfest – Business Connections Event
• Cork City Council – ‘I wish’ stands for Inspire young Women to Investigate opportunities in Stem ***WINNER***
• Meath County Council – Kells Age Friendly Business Recognition Scheme
• Wexford County Council – The Greensave Project
Local Authority Innovation
• Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council – dlr Smart Bins
• Fingal County Council – Using Innovative Technology to reduce dog foul in Fingal
• Limerick City and County Council – Innovate Limerick
• Longford County Council – Safety Made Simple: Leading organisational culture change through Plain English
• Wexford County Council – Environmental Incidents – Mobilised Investigation and Management ***WINNER***
Sustainable Environment
• Cork County Council – Cork County Hall Campus Beyond 2020 ***WINNER***
• Fingal County Council – Adopt a Patch Scheme
• South Dublin County Council – Tallaght Smart Micro Energy test Bed
Smarter Travel
• Cork County Council – Mix Your Mode Journey Planner
• Mayo County Council – Westport Smarter Travel (WST) ***WINNER***
Best Library Service
• Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council – dlr LexIcon
• Fingal County Council – Battle of the Book
• South Dublin County Council – Creative Campus: Supporting our second level students in South Dublin ***WINNER***
• Wexford County Council – Library Group Learning with MOOCs – a Wexford model
Sustaining the Arts
• Cavan County Council – Building Peace though the Arts – Bailieborough, Ballyconnell, Cootehill and Redhills
• Leitrim County Council – Locis
• Louth County Council – Ardee Baroque
• South Dublin County Council – TENDERFOOT: A Volume Of Plays By & For Young People ***WINNER***
Joint Local Authority Initiative
• Donegal County Council – SPACEial is an acronym for ‘Spatial Planning and Collaborative Exchange of Information and Learning’ ***WINNER***
• Kilkenny County Council (+ others) – “Litter Waste Land Radio Campaign”
• Mayo County Council – MeetWest
Festival of the Year
• Cavan County Council – Taste of Cavan
• Fingal County Council – Flavours of Fingal County Show
• Limerick City and County Council – A Giant’s Journey, Limerick, September 2014 ***WINNER***
• Meath County Council – Spirits of Meath Halloween Festival
• Sligo County Council – Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, Sligo 2014
• Wexford County Council – Wexford Winterland Festival 2014
Parks and Recreation
• Cork County Council – Ballincollig Regional Park Development
• Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council – The People’s Park Re-development
• Wicklow County Council – Arklow Duck Pond, Nature Walk & Leisure Area ***WINNER***
Outstanding Customer Service
• Cavan County Council – Cavan County Council Customer Service Unit
• Cork County Council – Your Good Self: Cork’s Positive Self Help Programme ***WINNER***
• Wexford County Council – Network of 4 Household Recycling Centres across County Wexford
Enhancing the Urban Environment
• Fingal County Council – Swords Castle Cultural Quarter- Architectural Masterplan – “A Plan for a New Cultural Heart”
• Limerick City and County Council – Pilot Urban Garden Project
• South Dublin County Council – Villages Initiative
• Wexford County Council – New Ross Quayfront Re-Development ***WINNER***
Heritage and Built Environment
• Cavan County Council – Walking History – A Tour of Cavan Town
• Cavan County Council – World War 1 Experience at Cavan County Museum ***WINNER***
• Cork County Council – “Heritage of County Cork” Publication Series
• Fingal County Council – Exploring Fingal – a pocket guide to Fingal’s heritage for the ‘culturally curious’ tourist
You can view the 2015 ELG Awards booklet here.