Swinford Tidy Towns

mayo.mick

Swinford Tidy Towns is looking for some help (we're not asking you to pick litter) although if you could spare an hour, we meet either at the no name club on chapal st, or outside the hotel on main st @ 7pm wednesday evenings and @ 11am on saturday mornings.
If you don't have the time that's fine, but one way you could be a huge help is if you "like" our facebook page; www.facebook.com/swinfordtidytowns
We also have a website www.swinfordtidytowns.com where you can keep up to date with all thats happining, reports from our weekly meetings, and view our photo gallery.
Help us to promote swinford in a positive way.

Thank you,
Swinford Tidy Towns Committee.

mayo.mick

Swinford Tidy Towns 2012 Clean Street League

Swinford Tidy Towns Initiative 2012 are launching a Clean Street League on the 24th May. The league will be based on a monthly inspection by independant adjudicators who will judge each participating street under the criteria of general appearance, presentation of street, litter control, tidiness, flower/shrub presentations. The streets to be included in the league are as follows: Main St, Market St, Bridge St, Brookville Ave, Circular Road, Station Rd, Davitt Place, Pound Lane, Chapel St, Riverside, Kilkelly Rd, Kiltimagh Rd, Park Rd, Ballina Rd and Dublin Rd. We are inviting residents from each street to form a working group and transform each street in order to be the first winner of the 2012 Clean Street League. This event is intended to be an annual event with the winner receiving a perpetual award to display on their street. So get out there and see how you can transform where you live for the residents of your area and the betterment of the community as a whole. Lets make Swinford a clean environment for our visitors but most importantly for ourselves. For further information contact any member of the Swinford Tidy Towns Initiative 2012 to see what you can do.

By Deirdre.

renelounger

hi well done to all involved the website is great. keep up the good work.

mayo.mick

Well done to all involved, great turnout this morning.
Photos from today; http://swinfordtidytowns.com/?gallery=meet-clean-sat-19th-may

mayo.mick

The Swinford Scouts have taken on the project of replanting and cleaning the flower beds on the roundabout at the bottom of the town. This has now become national news!! and will be shown on TV 3e @ 6.28 tomorrow evening.
Well done everyone! You can follow their progress on the facebook page, and on the website

mayo.mick

Lets Paint Swinford Weekend

As part of the Swinford Tidy Towns initiative 2012 the first of our Lets Paint Swinford weekends will take place on Friday 29th June, Saturday 30th June and Sunday 01st July. This will involve a fun packed weekend of Paint, Brushes and People. We have a number of community areas chosen to brighten up and plan on blitzing as many as we can over this weekend. We will complete the weekend with an outdoor party to celebrate on the Sunday evening. All help on the weekend will be greatly appreciated and we are calling on all members of our community, young and old to come along and get involved.
Any spare paint that may be taking up room in your shed or garage would be greatly appreciated to help with this project. We will be holding a collection point for any such paint and/or tools in Swinford No Name Club ( situated beside Dr Glaveys surgery) on Sat 1,2,3rd June from 11am – 5pm .
The Lets Paint Swinford Weekend promises to be great fun and will help brighten up Swinford and make it a better place to live, work and visit. For more information on this project and the many other projects we are currently implementing please visit us at www.swinfordtidytowns.com and www.facebook.com/swinfordtidytowns
We meet every Thursday at 8pm in the Gateway Hotel for a group discussion so please feel free to come along if you would like to get involved in this positive initiative.

Swinford Tidy Towns Committee.

mayo.mick

The painting blitz will take place on Sat 30th June at 10am and Sun 1st July starting at 12am. We will meet at Swinford Carpark behind Melletts on that morning. We have been awarded the Dulux Lets Colour project for the carpark and designs are now being done for murals on the front facing walls. All of the carpark will be done both inside and outside as this has been a major eyesore for some time. We are asking that as many people as possible join us on these two days or for part off to do this project for the benefit of the town. A barbeque will take place at 5pm in the carpark for volunteers and residents of Swinford and surrounding areas, your attendance would be gratefully appreciated. Music will be provided by Everyday Solution and DJ Pidge.

By Deirdre

mayo.mick

Due to the bad weather at the moment, the painting blitz had to be postponed.
We are hoping to hold it next weekend, weather permitting.

mayo.mick

The judging for the clean street league in swinford for june has now been completed.
You can view the full report here;

mayo.mick

Swinford Tidy Towns has done a lot of work this year, and we are getting a lot of positive feedback. We decided to put up a poll here, so that anyone can have their say and vote. You can only vote once!

If you have any questions or have any suggestions for us, please leave a comment in the relevent section, or you can use the contact form to e-mail us directly.

You can leave your vote Here

mayo.mick

The judging for July's Clean Street League has now been completed.
You can now view the result's here

mayo.mick

Swinford Tidy Towns Clean Street League winner to be announced

Swinford Clean Street League 2012 September results and Award winners will be announced at a special community awards function to take place in the Gateway Hotel on Friday 28th of September. The Clean Street league sponsored by Tesco Ireland has been the catalyst for people to get out into their local community and clean their own streets whilst meeting neighbours and making new friends in the community. Judging is ongoing and will continue through August and September with the winners being announced at the awards ceremony. Music will be performed by Out of the Blue which is a contemporary band to suit all. Refreshments will be provided by the Gateway Hotel and admission is €10 with proceeds going to the Swinford Tidy Towns Initiative to continue the work that has been undertaken around Swinford over the last number of months. Apart from the announcement of the Tesco Street League winner, there will be an array of prizes for the best dressed lady on the night judged by an independant adjudicator. This is a community event which gives the ladies in our area a chance to show off their unique style whilst promoting Swinford as a clean environment in which to reside. Please come along and find out if your street is the winner of the Tesco sponsored Clean Street League 2012.

Swinford Tidy Towns.

mayo.mick

The August judging of Swinford Clean Street League Competition has now been completed. You can view the full league table and results here

mayo.mick

Supervalue National Tidy Towns Awards have been announced today. Congratulations to Westport on winning the large town category. Swinford report and results can be viewed here;

mayo.mick

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Swinford Clean Street League 2012 September results and Award winners will be announced at a special community awards function to take place in the Gateway Hotel on Friday 28th of September. The Clean Street league sponsored by Tesco Ireland has been the catalyst for people to get out into their local community and clean their own streets whilst meeting neighbours and making new friends in the community. Judging is ongoing and will continue through August and September with the winners being announced at the awards ceremony. Music will be performed by Out of the Blue which is a contemporary band to suit all. Refreshments will be provided by the Gateway Hotel and admission is €10 with proceeds going to the Swinford Tidy Towns Initiative to continue the work that has been undertaken around Swinford over the last number of months. Apart from the announcement of the Tesco Street League winner, there will be an array of prizes for the best dressed lady on the night judged by an independant adjudicator. This is a community event which gives the ladies in our area a chance to show off their unique style whilst promoting Swinford as a clean environment in which to reside. Please come along and find out if your street is the winner of the Tesco sponsored Clean Street League 2012.
Tickets available in Melletts Newsagency, Cards & Gifts and The Gateway Hotel.

Swinford Tidy Towns Committee.

mayo.mick

Congratulations to Davitt Place on winning the 2012 Tesco Swinford Clean Street League.
The Award was presented by Deirdre Fahey, Tesco Swinford Community Champion, to Martin Griffen and Brendan Donnelly on behalf of the residents of Davitt Place.

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Congratulations also to Main Street who were announced as runner up.
The Award was recieved by Tony Spain Main Street, on behalf of the residents and business's of the street.




Swinford Tidy Towns Committee would like to Congratulate Jacqueline Meehan on winning the Best Dressed Lady on the night, also Mary Woodlock runner up.

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Swinford Tidy Towns Committee would like to thank everyone that attended the Awards Function, and also all the people and business's of the town that sponsored all the prize's on the night, which made it such a success.

Full report on Septembers Judging can be viewed here;