Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful hosted the second Live Here Love Here Community Awards in Belfast Harbour Commissioner’s Office.
The event, compered by Lesser Spotted Ulster star Joe Mahon, was filled with inspirational tales from volunteers who have and continue to instil pride in the local communities through practical environmental action.
The fourteen award winners, aged 5 to 77, showed that caring for your local environment and working to make a change is a passion that spans all generations. From regular litter picks to the creation of shared community spaces these unsung heroes dedicate their time and efforts into making where we live cleaner, greener, safer and more sustainable.
The awards celebrated work such as litter picks, community involvement and going above and beyond all expectations. The bespoke award pieces, handmade out of recycled materials, were created using unplugged methods by David Keys Sustainable Woodcraft.
Helping Hand Environmental are delighted to be working in partnership with Live Here Love Here and enjoyed celebrating and honouring all the winners and finalists. We even developed bespoke Litterpickers for host Joe Mahon and Joyce Ferder Rankin.
The full list of WINNERS can be found below:
Live Here Love Here Award Winners
Antrim and Newtownabbey Litter Heroes Award
Honorary Mentions: Ruairi McCormack – Tidy Randalstown, Suzanne Winters – Tidy Randalstown
Winner: Tidy Randalstown
Ards and North Down Litter Heroes Award
Honorary Mention: Millisle Youth Forum
Winner: Beach Cleaners – Ards and North Down
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Litter Heroes Award
Honorary Mention: Magheralin Community Association
Winner: Peter McKernan, Banbridge Ramblers
Belfast City Litter Heroes Award
Honorary Mention: Springhill Live Here Love Here Garden Group
Winner: St. Mary’s CBGS Eco Club
Derry City and Strabane Litter Heroes Award
Honorary Mention: Clady Cross Community Development Association
Winner: John Lennon, Action on Hearing Loss Volunteer
Fermanagh and Omagh Litter Heroes Award
Honorary Mention: Frances Mitchell, Gortin Community Garden
Winner: Camowen Community Anglers
Mid and East Antrim Litter Heroes Award
Honorary Mentions: Brighter Whitehead and Friends of Bashfordlands Wood and Oakfield Glen
Winner: Nicholas Davis, Larne Renovation Generation
Mid Ulster Litter Heroes Award
Honorary Mentions: Blessed Patrick O’Laughran PS Eco Council, Castlecaulfield Horticultural Society and Screen Eco- Schools
Winner: Brénainn Brunton, St Columba’s PS Straw
Newry, Mourne and Down Litter Heroes Award
Honorary Mentions: Coastal Guardian Volunteers (Strangford Lough and Lecale Partnership), Love Your Lough
Winner: Charlie and the Hamilton-Cooper Family
Adopt A Spot Award presented by Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful
Honorary Mention: Ulidia Integrated College Eco Team (Mid and East Antrim Borough Council)
Winner: AES Kilroot Green Team (Mid and East Antrim Borough Council)
Good Neighbour Award presented by Choice Housing
Honorary Mentions: Kenny Henry (The Conservation Volunteers) (Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council) and Brighter Whitehead (Mid and East Antrim Borough Council)
Winner: Springhill Live Here Love Here Garden Group (Belfast City Council)
Community Together Award presented by Northern Ireland Housing Executive
Honorary Mentions: Clady Cross Community Development Association (Derry City and Strabane District Council) and Mae Murray Foundation (Mid and East Antrim Borough Council)
Winner: Magheralin Community Association (Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council)
BIG Transformation Award presented by McDonald’s
Honorary Mention: Campsie Residents Association (Fermanagh and Omagh District Council)
Winner: Millisle Youth Forum (Ards and North Down Borough Council)
Spirit of Live Here Love Here Award presented by Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
Honorary Mention: Brenainn Brunton (Mid Ulster District Council)
Winner: Screen Eco-Schools (Mid Ulster District Council)
Find out more at http://www.liveherelovehere.org/cgi-bin/greeting?instanceID=1
