Award winning projects
Top of the Leaderboard
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Lancaster City Council is celebrating after topping a leaderboard for district councils in an assessment of the actions being taken to achieve net zero. Climate Emergency UK created the scorecards by assessing seven areas: buildings and heating; transport; governance and finance; planning; biodiversity; collaboration and engagement, and waste reduction and food.
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The district council average is 29% and only four district councils scored over 50%, with Lancaster the only district council to score over 60%.
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The full results of the Climate Emergency UK scorecard can be found at councilclimatescorecards.uk.
- Local Government Chronicle Awards - On Wednesday 12 June 2024 colleagues in the Planning and Climate Change team picked up the top award in the Net Zero category for their work on the Climate Emergency Local Plan Review, as featured with Kevin McCloud on Channel 4's 'The Great Climate Fight'.
- Morecambe's two bathing beaches have today been awarded Seaside Awards by Keep Britain Tidy!
- The Planning and Climate Change team have been shortlisted for the MJ 2024 Awards in the category 'Leadership in Responding to Climate Change'. The winners will be announced 21 June 2024.
- North Lancashire wins Sustainable Food award - North Lancashire was one of seven places across the UK that received a prestigious Sustainable Food Places (SFP) Silver award; recognising the outstanding efforts of individuals, organisations, businesses and community groups from across our region in promoting healthy, sustainable and local food to tackle some of today’s greatest social challenges; from food poverty and diet-related ill-health to the disappearance of family farms and the loss of independent food retailers.
- Local parks retain their Green Flag accreditation - Flags flying high again at many of Council’s parks and public spaces after they retained their coveted Green Flag status for 2023.
- Transforming & Innovating Public Services - i-network Award - This award recognises excellence in the council co-wheels scheme.
- Leadership in responding to the climate emergency’ category at the 2021 MJ Awards - The award recognises the ‘leadership in responding to the climate emergency’ category at the 2021 MJ Awards for the way it has approached reducing its carbon emissions, in particular the production of the CO2 dashboard.
- Decarbonise Salt Ayre Leisure Centre - APSE Award - The awards recognise and celebrate councils that have achieved excellent results in different service areas.
- FSB Nothwest Best Future-Ready Award - The award recognised the efforts taken to address areas such as skills gaps, helping high streets adapt to shifting consumer habits, helping local firms on their way to net zero and nurturing future entrepreneurs.
- Council of the Year North West Energy Efficiency Award - The awards recognise and reward organisations which have shown a commitment to promoting energy efficiency.
- National Healthy Homes Awards - The team came out top in the ‘Sustainability in Home Adaptations’ category at the National Healthy Homes Awards.
- Community Engagement Guide for the NW RTPI - Showcasing its digital engagement on the climate emergency review of the Local Plan during the pandemic.
- APSE (Association for Public Service Excellence) awards. - As part of the Local Plan review the council has taken an innovative approach to applying Fabric First techniques.
