PRESS RELEASE: Scone awarded as the state’s Tidy Town for 2022

Keep Australia Beautiful NSW has announced Scone as the overall winner of the Keep Australia Beautiful NSW 2022 Sustainable Communities Tidy Towns Awards at an event on 4 March (postponed from November 2022 due the November floods) hosted by the 2021 Award winner, Singleton.
Scone has been practicing principles of sustainability as a matter of survival for many years and although new to the Sustainable Communities Tidy Town Awards, their projects and programs entered in 2022 were exemplary.
Keep Australia Beautiful CEO, Val Southam said that ‘Scone has an inspiring ability to overcome challenges and motivate the community to work towards a better future. We could not be prouder to announce Scone as the NSW Tidy Towns overall winner.’
KAB NSW Tidy Towns Assessor, Doug MacDonald noted that “it was evident that they have been committed for a long time and that their thinking is clear and purposeful”.
Scone’s projects were as diverse as the individuals and groups involved in seeing through each of the 7 initiatives entered, and what has made Scone stand out is a clear collective vision for what a sustainable Scone looks like.
Scone took out multiple category wins, the Scone District Garden Club won their respective population category for Habitat & Wildlife Conservation, and the Scone Literary Festival took home the Heritage & Culture Award.
The principle and four (4) students at Belltrees Public School deserve a special mention, winning two Highly Commended Awards in Waterways & Marine Protection and Young Legends categories, and being crowned the Winner of the Communication & Engagement category for their inspirational project ‘Regenerative Agriculture at Belltrees’.
Scone Tidy Towns Committee Chair, Ian Judd, was over the moon with the announcement made at the annual Tidy Towns Awards Dinner on Saturday night at the Singleton Civic Centre, saying just how much the Tidy Towns Awards mean to the Scone community and for environmental progress across the state.
“To be called a Tidy Town is a badge of honour, a reflection of a community focused on striving for sustainable excellence. It is about the people and the relationships developed by community, schools, Councils, and business to create an environmental, social and economically sustainable community. It is about the love people have for their town and the pride they have for showcasing it to others. Tidy Towns is the way towards developing a great town – it is bloody brilliant.”
KAB NSWs Awards Program Manager, Elliot Stephens, said that “The ability of Scone’s community groups to collaborate with one another and work towards a shared goal is the perfect demonstration of what the Sustainable Communities Tidy Towns program is all about, and we are eagerly looking forward to receiving entries when the 2023 Tidy Towns Program opens in late March.”
The 2022 Sustainable Communities Tidy Towns Awards Winners Book is available for download from https://www.kabnsw.org.au/download/7792/?tmstv=1677484231
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EDITOR’S NOTE:
ABOUT THE SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES – TIDY TOWNS AWARDS
Since 1981, the Sustainable Communities – Tidy Towns Program has been rewarding and recognising projects around litter, waste management, recycling, heritage, community spirit and other environmental areas in towns both large and small across the breadth of NSW.
We endeavour to deliver an inclusive and positive platform that encourages shared learnings and inspires environmental action at the local level. The program recognises and celebrates those rural and regional communities who are pioneering the path towards a more sustainable future

For more information about the NSW Sustainable Communities Tidy Towns Awards visit: https://www.kabnsw.org.au/sustainable-communities-tidy-towns/

ABOUT KAB NSW:
Keep Australia Beautiful NSW (KABNSW) is the state’s premier organisation for litter reduction and environmental sustainability. Independent and not-for-profit, our focus is to engage communities and collaborate with industry, businesses, state and local government to promote sustainable behaviour changes for the future prosperity of our State.
Keeping Australia beautiful is about more than keeping litter out of our environment and over a 40-year history our programs have adapted to incorporate all aspects of sustainability. We have built a state-wide network of dedicated individuals, businesses, schools, community groups and government bodies striving to deliver a cleaner and more sustainable environment.
Through five core programs we work with communities across regional, metropolitan, and coastal NSW to educate and motivate environmental initiatives.

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0419 016 401

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Keep Australia Beautiful NSW (KABNSW) is the state’s premier organisation for litter reduction and environmental sustainability. Independent and not-for-profit, our focus is to engage communities and collaborate with industry, businesses, state and local government to promote sustainable behaviour changes for the future prosperity of our State. Keeping Australia beautiful is about more than keeping litter out of our environment and over a 40-year history our programs have adapted to incorporate all aspects of sustainability. We have built a state-wide network of dedicated individuals, businesses, schools, community groups and government bodies striving to deliver a cleaner and more sustainable environment. Through five core programs we work with communities across regional, metropolitan, and coastal NSW to educate and motivate environmental initiatives.