Pride group proud to land gold award
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Uddingston certainly has reason to be proud, after scooping gold in this year’s Beautiful Scotland Awards.
The competition, organised by environmental charity Keep Scotland Beautiful in partnership with the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), brings communities together to help clean up and beautify the places that matter to them.
And members of the Uddingston Pride group were celebrating after receiving a gold award at the event, hosted by Fife Council, in Dunfermline on September 7. The local group were joined by South Lanarkshire counterparts, Lanark in Bloom (silver) and Flourishing Forth (silver gilt).
Thirteen category winners, with 11 additional Discretionary Awards and the overall Rosebowl Award, were presented at the ceremony.
All entries were assessed against the three core pillars of the Beautiful Scotland campaign - Horticultural Achievement, Environmental Responsibility and Community Participation.
Carole Noble, operations director of Keep Scotland Beautiful, said: “Beautiful Scotland provides the opportunity for Scotland to celebrate the outstanding achievements of volunteer groups across the country and recognises the significant contribution they make in helping to improve our local environmental quality.
“South Lanarkshire volunteers have worked tirelessly to ensure that the local spaces and places that they treasure are maintained to excellent standards. I would like to commend them on their efforts.
“In 2017 the campaign in Scotland reaches its 51st year.
“Keep Scotland Beautiful is delighted to, once again, celebrate and reward the dedication and achievements of the committed volunteers who create places that are good for our health, wealth and happiness.”
Beautiful Scotland is managed by Keep Scotland Beautiful, a member of the RHS Bloom Federation.
Entrants are judged by a team of expert volunteer judges on their year-round achievements.
Awards are presented to a range of local authorities and communities who have achieved the highest scores in their categories, with Discretionary Awards given to those who demonstrate excellence in their commitment to the campaign.
Some of the winners will go on to represent Scotland in RHS Britain in Bloom in 2017.
Keep Scotland Beautiful is delighted to reward the dedication of volunteers