Tidy Towns Local Authority Pollinator Award Spring 2022 Newsletter & Video

The Local Authority Pollinator Award in the national Tidy Towns competition is open for entries. The award has a total prize fund of €10,000, including a ‘Best Newcomer’ Award of €1,000, and is open to all groups participating in the national Tidy Towns competition. The award encourages and rewards Tidy Towns groups for managing towns and villages in a pollinator-friendly way.

The Local Authority Pollinator Award supports the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan and is sponsored and managed by Local Authority Heritage Officers in partnership with the National Biodiversity Data Centre. The deadline for entries is Friday 10th June.

Find out more on out Tidy Towns Local Authority Pollinator Award pages:

Tidy Towns Pollinator Award » All-Ireland Pollinator Plan (pollinators.ie)

Spring Newsletter

The Spring 2022 newsletter is here, packed with stories from last year’s winners and examples of fantastic work from other applicants. It also includes the top ten actions you can take for pollinators, and tips on preparing your Pollinator Award application. Thank you to all the groups who contributed to the newsletter:

Video from 2021 Winners

To celebrate the launch of the 2022 Pollinator Award, and the successes of last year, some of the 2021 winners kindly agreed to send in videos talking about their experience of working towards the Award, and sharing some words of wisdom. We would like to thank the groups and individuals who took part in this video. You can watch it here: