Northern Beaches Council has won lots of awards. Here's a list of our achievements since amalgamation in May 2016.
2020 / 2021
LG Professionals NSW - Australasian Management Challenge NSW - September
- Team Foamy Triple Shots - NSW Winner
- NSW Finalist
Local Government NSW - RH Dougherty Awards - August
- Outstanding Individual – Julie Steele – Winner
- Innovation in Special Events – Taste of Manly – Winner
- Excellence in Communication – Swap for Good – Finalist
- Excellence in Communication – New Waste Service – Finalist
- Innovation in Special Events – Artist’s Book Award Project – Highly Commended
Local Government NSW - Planning Awards
- Local Strategic Planning Statement – Finalist
Local Government NSW - Leo Kelly Arts & Culture Awards
- Arts & Creativity Strategy – Highly Commended
NSW Resilient Australia Awards
- Northern Beaches Suicide Response - Finalist
LGNSW Excellence in the Environment Awards
- Behaviour Change in Waste – Waste Reduction Event and Video Series - Finalist
- Communication, Education and Empowerment – Swap for Good Business Program - Finalist
NSW Department of Education Early Childhood Educator Awards
- Ashleigh Muir – Belrose Children’s Centre
2019 / 2020
Cities Power Partnership
- Climate Change Champion Award - programs in environmental sustainability – Finalist
- Sustainable Transport Achievement – Move Northern Beaches Transport Strategy - Finalist
Government Contact Centre Awards
- Best in Class Contact Centre (under 30 seats) – Runner-up
NSW Department Communities and Justice
- Youth Week Award – Northern Beaches Youth Programs – Highly Commended
National Local Government Customer Service Network
- Innovation in Customer Experience in Service Delivery – Highly Commended
Australian Street Art Awards
- Best Utility Art (N) – Sunset Dreaming mural in Manly Corso - Winner
Australian Childcare Alliance NSW
- Excellence in Early Childhood Education Awards - Educational Program Excellence - Narrabeen Children’s Centre - Winner
2020 Local Government Excellence Awards
- Community Partnerships and Collaboration: population over 200,000 – Northern Beaches Suicide Response – Winner
- Environmental leadership and sustainability: population over 200,000 – Swap for Good Business Program – Winner
- Asset Management and Infrastructure Initiatives: projects over $1.5 million – Dee Why Town Centre Urban Renewal – Finalist
- Community development and services: population over 200,000 – Big Ideas Forum – Finalist
- Creative communities – Connected through creativity 2029 – Finalist
- Environmental leadership and sustainability: population over 200,000 - Protect.Create.Live - Northern Beaches Environment and Climate Change Strategy 2040 – Finalist
- Excellence in people and culture: population over 60,000 – Inspire, Connect, Belong and Share – Finalist
- Innovative leadership and management: population over 100,000 – One Recruitment Project – Finalist
- Risk management – Northern Beaches Council Incident and Emergency Management Program – Finalist
- Service delivery initiative: population over 60,000 - Digi-Stronger - Northern Beaches Library Service Digital Literacy Initiatives – Finalist
- Special project initiative: population over 100,000 - Northern Beaches Local Strategic Planning Statement - Towards 2040 – Finalist
Genesys 2020 Customer Innovation Awards
- CX Accelerator: Best implementation — Time to achieve value Small - Northern Beaches Council - Finalist
Mental Health Commission of New South Wales
- Cites Northern Beaches Suicide Response as best practice response
2018 / 2019
Greater Sydney Commission Planning Awards
- Community Collaboration Award - Special commendation for Northern Beaches Hospital Precinct Structure Plan, Frenchs Forest
NSW Local Government Excellence Awards, LG Professionals
- Community Partnerships and Collaboration Award Winner for PCYC Project, Dee Why
Local Government NSW - RH Dougherty Awards
- Excellence in Communication – Northern Beaches Hospital Precinct Structure Plan - Joint Winner Division C
- Excellence in Communication – Northern Beaches Brand Roll Out - Special Commendation - Division C
Local Government NSW - Excellence in the Environment Awards
- Climate Change Action - Building resilience into infrastructure assets project - Highly Commended - Division C
- Innovation in Planning, Policies and Decision Making - Protecting public assets at Collaroy-Narrabeen Beach - Winner - Division C
- Innovation in Planning, Policies and Decision Making - Protecting public assets at Collaroy-Narrabeen Beach - Winner - Overall Category Winner
Master Painters Australia
- Winner - Excellence in Heritage and Restoration over $20,000 - for Tram Restoration, Narrabeen
National Local Government Customer Service Network Awards
- Customer Service Strategy Award - winner
- Customer Experience Excellence Award - highly commended
- Customer Service Team of the Year Award - finalist
Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts (International)
- Silver Communicator Award - Cause Marketing for Integrated Campaign - Swap This For That video - Winner
- Gold Communicator Award - Public service - Swap This For That video - Winner
- Silver Communicator Award - Education - Northern Beaches News: Live at Nippers Carnival videos (Nippers take on SUP) - Winner
REBRAND 100 Global awards
- Winner for Council’s new identity developed with the community
Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts - International Communicator Awards
- 2018 Gold award of excellence - Social Media video category
- 2018 Silver award of distinction - Branded content category
Keep Australia Beautiful - Sustainable Cities Awards
- Response to Climate Change Award - Industry Guide on Climate Change Impacts on the Useful Life of Infrastructure Assets - joint winner with co-author Institute of Public Works Engineering Australia
- Environmental Communications Award - Swap This For That campaign to reduce plastics use - Winner
- Overall Sustainable Cities Award - finalist
Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia
- Local Government Excellence in Road Safety - Road Safety calendar - joint winner with partner councils of northern Sydney
Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia (NSW)
- Special Transport Integration Hub Award - Church Point car park and seawall project - Winner
- Special Heritage Award - Refurbishment of Heritage Sydney Tram (Narrabeen Tramshed) - restoration done by The Forest Men's Shed - Winner
Local Government Professionals Australia NSW
- Australasian Management Challenge - Team "Smells Like Team Spirit" - won the NSW competition
Local Government Professionals Australia NSW - Excellence Awards
- Asset Management and Infrastructure initiatives - Church Point Precinct Upgrades - Finalist
- Community Development and Services - Innovation in Structure - Community Librarian - Finalist
- Community Development and Services - Nourishing Little Scientists and Engineers - Finalist
- Community Development and Services - Supporting Reconciliation Across our Education and Care Services - Finalist
- Community Partnerships and Collaboration - Tiny Doors - Finalist
- Creative Communities - Creative Made - Finalist
- Creative Communities - Tiny Doors - Winner
- Excellence in People and Culture - Innovation in Structure - Community Librarian - Highly Commended
- Service Delivery Initiative - Three into one does go: Migrating from three to one Library Management Systems - Highly Commended
- Environmental Leadership and Sustainability - Swap This For That - say no to single use plastics - Finalist
2017 / 2018
Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts - International Communicator Awards
- Government category - Gold Award of Excellence
- Community category - Silver Award of Distinction
Master Builders Association Excellence in Construction Awards
- Sporting Facility category - Manly Andrew Boy Charlton Aquatic Centre - Winner
Resilient Australia Awards
NSW Government category – Climate Wise Communities Extension Project (joint project with 5 other councils) - Winner
National Local Government Customer Service Network - October
- Customer Experience Excellence Award - Highly Commended
- Customer Service Strategy Award - Winner
- Customer Service Team of the Year Award - Finalist
LG Professionals Australia - NSW Local Government Excellence awards
- Col Mills Scholarship for promising young professionals – Russell Peake, Project Manager - Winner
The Australian Early Education and Care Awards
- Early Childhood Educator of the Year, NSW - Celia Ralph (Narrabeen) and Stephanie Davison (Manly) - Finalists
Aquatic and Recreation Institute
- ARI Orimatech “Award of Excellence” for commitment to the Aquatic Industry - Les Watt - Winner
