Importance of Tidy Towns to communities highlighted

A total of 490 volunteers from groups across Limerick city and county attended the most recent Tidy Towns webinar organised by Limerick City and County Council in collaboration with Tidy Towns Unit of the Department of Rural & Community Development.

The webinar was the fourth in a series of webinars aimed specifically at Tidy Towns groups, focusing on the application and how best to succeed in the nationwide competition. The national competition is due to return this year following an absence in 2020 due to Covid-19.

The huge numbers that turned up for the webinar reflected a greater than ever desire for communities to develop and improve their local areas.

The webinar was presented by John Carney of the National Tidy Towns Unit who is looking forward to this year’s competition once Covid restrictions ease and it is appropriate to do so.

In his presentation, John reassured groups that there would be no negative marking in the 2021 competition. Tidy Towns groups were given an assurance that adjudicators were all too aware of the constraints that Tidy Towns groups were operating under and that this would absolutely be taken into consideration. The groups were advised that applications should be submitted in electronic format this year and that groups should include actions/ work that they have carried out since June 2019 in their next application.

The fifth free webinar in Limerick City and County Council’s Tidy Towns webinar series is ‘Tidy Towns and links to the Sustainability Development Goals’, took place on Wednesday 10 March.