Deadline: 10 July 2025
The Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council is delighted to announce the launch of its Tidy Districts Competition for 2025.
The Tidy Districts programme continues to evolve —moving beyond competition to focus on recognition, collaboration, and shared learning. The aim is to foster a deeper sense of pride in their communities, not just in how they look, but in how they function as inclusive, sustainable, and connected places.
The Tidy Districts programme offers Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council an opportunity to recognise and reward the voluntary efforts of residents’ associations, tidy district and tidy town groups to enhance their local environment.
While Tidy Districts began with a focus on anti-litter, its brief has expanded over the years to recognise and encourage the contributions of communities in the areas of biodiversity, community engagement, waste prevention and climate action.
Categories
- Category Awards 2025
- Best Housing Estate/Apartment complex
- Best Housing Estate/Apartment complex
- Best Housing Estate/Apartment complex
- Best Estate Management Area
- Best Estate Management Area
- Best Town/Village pop
- Best Town/Village pop
- Most Improved Area(s)
- Best New Entry
- Environmental Enforcement Wardens Awards
- Overall Winner Tidy Districts
- Celebration Awards 2025
- Streetscapes: litter and Graffiti
- Biodiversity and landscaping
- Circular Economy and Sustainable actions
- Community engagement and communications
Eligibility Criteria
- Applications are invited from housing estates, residential streets and towns or villages.
- All entrants must include a map which clearly indicates the area to be judged. Please highlight the roads and open spaces and the location of any special features. A clear map is essential for their judges to accurately assess your area.
- Category descriptions are for guidance only; please include any information you deem relevant to the category.
- The Endeavour Recognition Category is not worth marks or grading in the adjudication.
- Entrants are strongly encouraged to include images in their application (before and after pictures, group pictures etc.) these pictures and your visual story may feature as part of the presentations on the night.
- Judging will take place in July and August 2025 as an unannounced visit from the competition judges.
- Judging will not take place during a scheduled local dlr event.
For more information, visit Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council.
