Northern Beaches Council frequently receives requests from not-for-profit organisations to illuminate or project colours onto the façade of Manly Town Hall for the purpose of promoting a community message, cause, product, or service.
Council is committed to effectively managing these requests to meet community expectations while preserving the integrity of Manly Town Hall. To manage such requests, guidelines have been recently developed which will be used to assist staff in the consideration and approval of requests to illuminate the Manly Town Hall.
All requests to illuminate Manly Town Hall received from not-for-profit organisations are to be in writing and requests will be considered against the new guidelines.
The application process will be managed by the Place and Economic Development team who are available to discuss illumination requests with not-for profit organisations. Applications can be emailed to Council with final approval for illumination requests issued by the CEO.
All approved requests are listed below and on the noticeboard located on the external wall of Manly Town Hall.
It is noted that requests for the illumination of Manly Town Hall may come from time to time from Government to promote special events or encourage tourism. These requests will be responded to positively while maintaining Council’s principles and guidelines.
| Illumination Request Date 2026 | Organisation / Charity / Business | Illumination Colour |
|---|---|---|
| Thu 22 Jan | Prime Minister and Cabinet's Office - National Day of Mourning | White |
| Tue 3 Feb | Feeding Tube Awareness Week | Purple |
| Wed 4 Feb | Cancer Research | Blue, Purple & Orange |
| Fri 13 Feb | Heart Defect Awareness Week | Red |
| Sun 15 Feb | AS - A serious, rare, genetic neurodevelopmental condition | Blue |
| Thur 19 Feb | Light Australia Green for Cholangiocarcinoma | Green |
| Fri 6 Mar | Shine A Light on Lymphoedema | Blue |
| Thur 12 Mar | World Kidney Day | Red |
| Sat 14 Mar | International Long Covid Awareness Day | Cyan & White |
| Sat 21 Mar | Premier’s Department – AFC Women’s Asian Cup | Green & Yellow |
| Mon 23 Mar | National Sunflower Day – Scleroderma Awareness | Yellow |
| Tue 24 Mar | World Tuberculosis Day | Red |
| Wed 25 Mar | World Myeloma Day | Red |
| Thur 26 Mar | Epilepsy Action Australia | Purple |
| Fri 10 & Sat 11 Apr | Parkinson’s Global Awareness | Blue |
| Thur 16 April | Australian Dysphonia Network Inc | Red |
| Fri 17 April | World Haemophilia Day | Red |
| Fri 1 May | Apraxia Awareness Day | Blue |
| Thur 7 May | Dolly's Dream | Blue |
| Fri 8 May | Thalassaemia Society of NSW | Red |
| Thur 14 & Fri 15 May | Huntington’s Disease Awareness | Blue & Purple |
| Sun 17 May | World neurofibromatosis (NF) Awareness Day | Blue & Green |
| Tue 19 May | Crohn's & Colitis Australia - World Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) | Purple |
| Fri 22 & Sat 23 May | Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month 2026 | Red |
| Mon 1 June | Migraine Australia | Purple |
| Fri 5 & Sat 6 June | FightMND | Blue |
| Tue 9 June | Thank a First Responder Day | Cyan |
| Thur 11 June | Lipoedema Australia Awareness Day | Purple |
| Tue 16 June | World Sickle Cell Day | Red |
| Fri 19 to Sun 28 June | RISE Manly | Various |
| Fri 7 Aug | ausEE Inc. | Purple |
| Thur 10 Sept | Bravehearts Australia | Purple |
| Fri 25 Sept | Global ITP Awareness Week | Purple |
| Thur 1 & Fri 2 Oct | Probus South Pacific | Yellow & Blue |
| Sun 11 Oct | Carers NSW | Blue |
| Wed 18 & Thur 19 Nov | Pankind Pancreatic Cancer Australia | Purple |