The Clean Glasgow Awards aim to recognise and reward those who have taken action to tackle grime crime or improve our environment.
Community organisations and members of the public nominated those they think have contributed to the drive to make Glasgow a cleaner city.
The winners are ...
Communities Award - GREAT Gardens
GREAT is a social enterprise making a huge difference in Govanhill by improving tenement gardens and public greenspace.
Schools Award - Lochend High School
Lochend High School’s XL project has seen S2 and S3 pupils working every week to clean-up and improve woods near the school.
Pupils have made a huge difference to the area, learned new skills, and developed partnerships with a range of agencies including the Forestry Commission, The Princes Trust and The John Muir Trust.
Business Award - Bank Street Residents and Traders Association
This group was nominated for the close working partnership that has been established between a group of local businesses and the local community.
Members have shown a real pride in their local neighbourhood. They hold a regular monthly clean-up of the street, regular monthly planning meetings and maintain two local street planters.
Through their efforts, a significant difference has been made to the area - and the group strives to further enhance the environment.
Individual Award - Sarah Findlay
Sarah has worked tirelessly in support of the Clean Glasgow campaign; using her programme on Sunny Govan FM to raise awareness and organising community events including Govan Green Zone and a well-attended dog show.
Overall Award - Bank Street Residents and Traders Association
Every nominee deserves the greatest thanks from the Clean Glasgow campaign and their communities.
They were:
Communities Award
• Carrington Great Western Road Residents Association
Community volunteers have enjoyed great success in improving back greens and raising funds from a range of sources to enhance their neighbourhood.
• Possilpark Greenspace Group
Children and adults from all over Possil are working together to clean up their neighbourhood and establish clean, healthy places to play and relax.
• FORK - Friends of the River Kelvin
FORK has been working in the area around the river Kelvin for many years, and has already made a massive improvement to a huge area of public green space.
The group is one of a handful in the city to organise its own monthly volunteer clean-up events.
• Temple Shafton Youth Project
The project has supported the rollout of the campaign’s voluntary sector charter and dog fouling campaign, promoting responsible dog ownership in their community. Youngsters have also carried out regular clean up’s of their local area.
Individual Award
• Stewart Gardiner
Stewart has worked on a voluntary basis in his local neighbourhood and reporting other issues to the council.
• James Fairley
James volunteers time every day to clean up derelict land around Lambhill Stables, while the local community seeks funding to develop it. He has been nominated by Lambhill and District Community Council.
• Willie Canning
Willie has been nominated by Woodside Community Council for his long and continuous effort to keep his local area clean. He can often be seen picking up rubbish – and also helps Clean Glasgow by reporting problems he cannot tackle himself.
• Rizi Mohammed
Rizi has been shortlisted for the second year in a row for his voluntary work in support of the campaign.
This year, he instigated a major project at Glasgow Central Mosque that has brought about a huge improvement in the surrounding public space.
Schools Award
• Shawlands Academy
Pupils have been nominated for carrying out a clean up of the area around the school - including Deanston Drive, a litter hot spot area.
The school has also created its own garden space and a DVD on how to be a Clean European Citizen.
• Royston Primary School
The school’s Eco Committee has worked to clean up its local community and promote Clean Glasgow to the neighbourhood.
It also collaborates with other schools, parent groups, environmental organisations, and local housing associations in order to make Royston a cleaner, safer place.
• Cloan Nursery School
Children work with parents to promote a cleaner environment, carrying out clean ups in the nursery grounds and local green spaces.
• Lyoncross Nursery
Children aged three to five and their parents worked together to clean the nursery grounds and surrounding streets, becoming Clean Glasgow ambassadors for their neighbourhood.
Business Award
• Clydesdale Bank, St Vincent Place
Last year’s winner has been nominated again for its ongoing commitment to the Drumchapel Woodlands project in a year that has seen the project go from strength to strength.
• Hampden
Scotland’s national stadium has led the way with a massive promotion of Clean Glasgow – displaying campaign information on its big screens and bins.
Hampden has also taken part in local clean up events and even purchased one of the council’s Green Machines to keep the area around the stadium free of litter.
• Santi’s Fast Food
Santi’s not only takes responsibility for keeping the section of Springburn Way at its doorstep clear of litter – but a whole stretch of pavement serving local shops and businesses.
The street accumulates large amounts of litter, but the Santi’s team pulls on rubber gloves and grabs litter pickers several times each day to clear it.