Nominations are now open for the Tidy Wales Awards 2024 sponsored by Wales & West Housing.
We’re delighted to be bringing back the Tidy Wales Awards in 2024 after a hugely successful event last year to celebrate our 50th anniversary.
Dating back to 1990, the Tidy Wales Awards honours environmental heroes – the individuals, groups schools, and businesses that go above and beyond to care for our beautiful country.
Do you work tirelessly to keep your local area clean, green, and safe? Do you have a friend or family member who is dedicated to looking after nature? Maybe you know a young person who is committed to tackling climate change? Or perhaps you’re part of an organisation that is leading the way in sustainability? We want to hear from you!
This is the opportunity to celebrate and thank the people and businesses in Wales who are making a positive difference to our environment.
The finalists for each category will be invited to join us for the prestigious daytime Tidy Wales Awards ceremony on Wednesday 11 September at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff.
Nominations are open until midday on Friday 21 June. Keep reading for all the details.
In addition to some of our established categories, we’re introducing a new category this year to recognise the incredible work that young people are doing across Wales.
Click on the boxes below to find out more about our categories.
The winners of the ten categories will also be eligible for The Keep Wales Tidy Outstanding Achievement Award, which recognises the best of the best. One, overall winner will be chosen by the brilliant team at Wales & West Housing.
We are celebrating Nature’s Heroes – the incredible individuals and groups who are determined to stop nature’s decline.
This award recognises volunteer groups who have gone the extra mile to tackle litter to keep their communities clean and safe.
We are looking for organisations and businesses that have shown love for their local environment by tackling litter and waste.
We are looking for groups, schools, and organisations that have created new and innovative ways of reducing, reusing, recycling, and repairing.
This award recognises heroes who have worked tirelessly to make our coastal areas cleaner, safer, and more sustainable.
This award celebrates Eco-Schools in Wales that have come up with innovative projects to address environmental issues.
We’re shining the spotlight on projects that have transformed disused or rundown outdoor areas into thriving community spaces.
We want to showcase the best community food growing projects across Wales that have helped communities become more sustainable and resilient.
This award celebrates young people across Wales who are playing their part in the global fight against climate change through local initiatives.
This award recognises dedicated volunteers who have made a significant difference to their environment and community.
You can nominate yourself, a group, a school, an organisation, friends, family, or colleague(s).
There are Tidy Wales Awards categories to suit everyone but please read through the criteria carefully before submitting your nomination to check if it is eligible.
You can nominate the same person or group for more than one category, but you will need to fill out a separate form each time.
Nominations must include all the required information and must be based on activities that have taken place over the past twelve months.
Please click on the links below for all the details. On each page, you’ll find an online nomination form to complete.
If it’s easier, you can download a Word version of the form and send it back to us via email or post. Details are provided on the form.
If you can’t put into writing why you’d like to nominate someone for an award, you can also send us a voice note or video nomination. The voice note or video should be no longer than five minutes and must cover all the required information.
Voice notes can be sent via What’s App to 07469 118914 or emailed to twa@keepwalestidy.cymru. We do ask that you follow up with some photos to show the positive impact of the individual, group, school or business – again, these can be sent via What’s App or email.
Video nominations can be emailed to twa@keepwalestidy.cymru
Nominations are welcome in English or Welsh.
All nominations must be submitted by midday on 21 June. Nominations received after this time will not be considered.
The winner of each category will receive a certificate and a native tree which we hope will be a reminder of their success for years to come. Community and individual category award winners will also take home a £200 gardening voucher to support their work.
All finalists will be invited to join us at the prestigious daytime Tidy Wales Awards ceremony on Wednesday 11 September at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff. Refreshments and entertainment will be provided.
No alternative prizes will be offered.
Nominations will be shortlisted by Keep Wales Tidy staff by the end of June.
The finalists will then be assessed by a panel of experts made up of Keep Wales Tidy staff, trustees, and Tidy Wales Awards sponsors. Together they will pick the winners.
All applicants will be notified on whether they have been shortlisted as a finalist by 1 July.
No correspondence will be entered into regarding the chosen finalists.
Copywrite to the entries and all attached information (including images, videos and voice messages) will remain with the entrant, but the entrant licences Keep Wales Tidy to use this information to promote the Keep Wales Tidy and the Tidy Wales Awards across our website, social media and in any related press and media announcement.
All entrant information will be kept according to Keep Wales Tidy’s Privacy Policy, a copy of which can be found here.
Please get in touch with the team if you have any further questions. Drop us an email twa@keepwalestidy.cymru or give us a call on 07469 118914.
