Starting the new year with great news that Southend-on-Sea City Council has won the Love Parks Award at the Keep Britain Tidy’s local authority Network Awards 2023.
The Love Parks Award recognises the work the council undertook during Keep Britain Tidy’s Love Parks Week in July and August 2022.
Through a number of exciting events and projects for residents in our incredible parks and open spaces, including guided butterfly tours in Gunners Park and litter picks across the seven Green Flag Award parks in the City, Southend has come out tops.
Cllr Carole Mulroney, cabinet member for environment, culture and tourism, said: “It is brilliant that we have won the Love Parks Award and it’s all down to the incredibly hard work of our parks department in maintaining and enhancing our parks. They deserve a great deal of credit for their brilliant work, together with various groups who volunteer within these great spaces. It’s a deserved win for all of them. Well done!
“Our parks and open spaces are tremendously important to residents and visitors, and I am delighted that their quality and importance has been recognised. Out of roughly one hundred entries, just three local authorities were shortlisted in each category, so, the competition was tough, and to win really shows what excellent work we do to keep our parks and open spaces clean, inviting and accessible for all.”
Southend-on-Sea City Council’s head of parks and open spaces, Paul Rabbits, attended the ceremony on Thursday in Liverpool to collect the award on behalf of the council.
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