Northern Beaches Council has won lots of awards. Here's a list of our achievements since amalgamation in May 2016.
2021 / 2022
July
NSW Government Sustainability Advantage Program
- Northern Beaches Council - Commitment to Sustainability in our community - Silver Partnership
August
2021 Tripadvisor Travellers' Choice Awards
- Manly Scenic Walkway (co-owned with National Parks) - Top 10% of Attractions Worldwide - Winner
NSW Department of Education
- Manly Community Preschool - recognized as exceeding the National Quality Standard under the National Quality Framework
Stormwater NSW Awards for Excellence 2021
- Excellence in Infrastructure Awards - Manly - Safe and Beautiful Once Again - Winner
- Excellence in Infrastructure Awards - Two birds one stone : Flood free properties and Cleaner beach at Newport - Runner-up
September
Australian Childcare Alliance (ACA) Awards 2021
- Narrabeen Children's Centre - Environmental Program Excellence - Finalist
- Narrabeen Children's Centre - Large Metropolitan Service - Finalist
- Narrabeen Children's Centre - Sustainability Excellence - Finalist
- Dee Why Children's Centre - Inclusive Practices Excellence - Finalist
- North Harbour Children's Centre - Being a Good Sport Program Excellence - Finalist
October
Australian Event Awards 2021
- Sun Run 2021, Northern Beaches Council - Best Community Event (Virtual, Live or Hybrid) - National Finalist & State Winner
- Taste of the Beaches, Northern Beaches Council - Best Live or Hybrid Public Event - National Finalist & State Winner
Building Designers Association of Australia (BDAA) Awards 2021
Currawong Cottages Refurbishment Project - Heritage Buildings Adaptive Reuse - Winner
November
Local Government Week Awards 2021
- Youth Week Awards - Most Innovative Youth Week Program 2021 - Winner
- Leo Kelly Arts & Culture Awards - Daryung : Collaboration between North Side Aboriginal Artists & Council - Finalist
Cities Power Partnership Climate Awards 2021
- Renewable Energy Achievement Award - Northern Beaches Goes Renewable - Winner
- Energy Efficiency Achievement Award - Energy Audit and Implementation - Finalist
LGNSW Excellence in the Environment Awards 2021
- Silver Local Sustainability - Towards Net Zero Northern Beaches - Highly Commended
National Local Government Customer Service Network (NLGCSN) Awards 2021
- 2021 Customer Service Team of the Year - Northern Beaches Council - Winner
December
National Awards for Local Government
- Creativity and Culture Award - Library 2U - Creating vibrant and cohesive communities through the Arts - Winner
NSW Public Libraries Association
- Innovation in Outreach Services Award - Library 2U - Highly Commended
January
Keep Australia Beautiful NSW 2021 Sustainable Cities Awards
- Renewable Energy - Northern Beaches goes Renewable - Highly Commended
- Circular Economy - Let's Go Swap and Go - Winner
March
NSW & ACT IPWEA Engineering Excellence Awards 2021
- Construction Projects less than $500,000 - Richard Road, Scotland Island offshore road and drainage construction works - Winner
Australian Childcare Alliance (ACA) - Early Childhood Learning Awards
- Environmental Program Excellence - Narrabeen Children's Centre - Winner
April
2022 NSW Local Government Excellence Awards
- Community Development - Better Together Strategy - Finalist
- Special Project Initiative - Northern Beaches Culture Map Live - Finalist
- Innovative Leadership - Catalyst Towards 2023 : Leadership Development and Change Program - Finalist
- Special Project Initiative - People Central Project - Finalist
- Assets and Infrastructure - Glen Street Open Space Masterplan Implementation - Finalist
- Risk Management - Disclosure App - Finalist
- Innovative Leadership - Turning complex questions into salient solutions : New Strategy and Project Management Framework - Finalist
- Special Project Initiative - Artist Books Project - Finalist
- People, Workplace, Wellbeing - Lit from Within - Finalist
- Partnerships and Collaboration - Public Space Vision and Design Guidelines - Finalist
- Environmental Leadership - Net Zero - Finalist
- Community Partnerships - North Harbour Pre-School and Vacation Care - Finalist
- Customer Experience - Voice of Customer - Finalist
- Innovative Leadership - The CAT - Finalist
May
Communicator Awards 2022
- Individual Public Service for online video - Rates Harmonisation - Excellence Award
- Individual Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for online video - Harmony Week - Excellence Award
- Design Features/Overall Design for Print Advertising - Glen Street Theatre - Distinction Award
- Individual Causes and Awareness online video - Explainer Narrabeen Lagoon Management - Distinction Award
2020 / 2021
August
Local Government NSW - RH Dougherty Awards
Winner Outstanding Individual – Julie Steele
- Winner Innovation in Special Events – Taste of Manly
- Finalist Excellence in Communication – Swap for Good
- Finalist Excellence in Communication – New Waste Service
- Highly Commended Innovation in Special Events – Artist’s Book Award Project
Local Government NSW - Planning Awards
- Finalist Local Strategic Planning Statement
Local Government NSW - Leo Kelly Arts & Culture Awards
- Highly Commended Arts & Creativity Strategy
September
LG Professionals NSW - 2020 Australasian Management Challenge
- Winner NSW Team Foamy Triple Shots
- People's Choice Award Team Foamy Triple Shots
NSW Resilient Australia Awards
- Highly Commended Northern Beaches Suicide Response
October
LGNSW Excellence in the Environment Awards
- Highly Commended Behaviour Change in Waste – Waste Reduction Event and Video Series
- Highly Commended Communication, Education and Empowerment – Swap for Good Business Program
November
NSW Department of Education Early Childhood Educator Awards
- Excellence rating for achieving a rating of Exceeding National Quality Standard in all seven quality areas - Belrose Children’s Centre outstanding commitment to inclusion within the community
Urban Development Institute of Australia Excellence Awards
- Finalist Urban Renewal - Dee Why Town Centre
The Statewide Mutual Risk Management Excellence Awards
- Metropolitan Regional Winner Council's Disclosure Management System
NSW Youth Work Awards 2020
- Inducted into the 2020 Youth Work Hall of Fame - Justin Burke
- Finalist Outstanding Youth Participation - Youth Services Team
- Finalist Outstanding Partnership - Wellbeing Program
Greater Sydney Commission Planning Awards
- Winner Community Collaboration Award - Local Strategic Planning Statement - Towards 2040
- Winner Community Collaboration Award - Arts and Creativity Strategy - Connected through Creativity 2029
International Association for Public Participation Australasia (IAP2)
- Highly Commended Core Values Awards - Protect.Create.Live - Northern Beaches Environment & Climate Change Strategy 2040
Sustainable Cities Awards - Keep Australia Beautiful
- Winner Overall Sustainable City
- Winner Response to Climate Change - Protect.Create.Live - Northern Beaches Environment & Climate Change Strategy 2040
- Winner Recycled Organics Award - Closed Loop Organic Recycling Program
- Winner Environmental Communications - Swap for Good campaign
- Winner Coastal & Waterways Protection - Reducing Litter in the Dee Why Lagoon Catchment, Solution for the Future
- Highly Commended Litter Action - Don't be a Tosser / What a load of Rubbish
- Highly Commended Coastal & Waterways Protection - Operation Straw
Planning Institute of Australia
- Commendation Award From Plan to Place - Dee Why Town Centre Urban Renewal
December
LG Professionals - Australasian Management Challenge
- Runner-up National - Team Foamy Triple Shots
- Winner Risk and Live Challenge sections - Team Foamy Triple Shots
LG Professionals - 2020 National Federation Awards for Local Government
- Highly Commended Progressive Community Leadership - Northern Beaches Suicide Response
- Finalist Environmental Leadership & Sustainability - Swap for Good Program
Sustainability Matters - 2020 Smart Cities Awards
- Winner Future of Place - lead by Lake Macquarie City Council and partnered with UTS
March
NSW Department of Education
- Roundhouse and Harbour View Children's Centres - recognized as exceeding the National Quality Standard under the National Quality Framework
April
Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia (IPWEA) - 2020 Engineering Excellence Awards
- Highly Commended Projects less than $500,000 (Design and Construction of a Local Government/Public Works Project) - Little Manly Tidal Pool Renewal
HVTC Excellence Awards 2020
- Winner Large Host Employer of the Year (sponsored by CBA) - Northern Beaches Council
May
2021 Communicator Awards (international)
- Excellence Award Graphic Design (General Government for Brochure) - Community Arts Strategy - Connect Through Creativity 2029
- Excellence Award Graphic Design (Design Features - Overall Design for Corporate Communication) - Local Strategic Planning Statement (Towards 2040)
- Excellence Award Graphic Design (Design Features - Overall Design for Marketing/Promotion) - What a Load of Rubbish
- Distinction Award Graphic Design (Collateral - Causes & Awareness for Marketing/Promotion) - What a Load of Rubbish
- Distinction Award Graphic Design (Annual Report - General Government for Corporate Communication) - Local Strategic Planning Statement (Towards 2040)
- Excellence Award Communications - Digital (Social video - video series) - Business Unites Campaign
- Excellence Award Communications - Digital (Social video - video series) -Amenities Upgrades Nolan Reserve, Balgowlah Oval and Lionel Watts
- Distinction Award Communications (Content & Marketing Crisis Communications) - COVID-19 Local Response
- Distinction Award Communications (Social Video - Educational & Instructional) - Be the Best Version of You : Avoid, Reuse and Recycle
June
2021 Local Government Excellence Awards
- Winner - Community Development - Housing & Homelessness Project
- Winner - Customer Experience - Library 2U Project
- Highly Commended - Asset & Infrastructure - Narrabeen Lagoon Boardwalk
- Highly Commended - Disaster Recovery/Emergency Response Management - Manly Beach (Marine Parade) Wave Overtopping Early Warning System & Response
- Finalist Connected Communities & Regions - History Hub
- Finalist Disaster Recovery/Emergency Response Management - COVID-19 Pandemic Plan & Emergency Response Framework
- Finalist Organisational Change - IGNITE-ing Business Excellence at Northern Beaches Council
- Finalist People, Workplace, Wellbeing - The Making a Difference Program
- Finalist Special Project Initiative - Engagement from Anywhere - the Library App
LG Professionals NSW - 2021 Australasian Management Challenge
- Highly Commended - Australasian Management Challenge 2021 - Flamin' Galahs
2021 Parks & Leisure Australia Awards
- Highly Commended - Park of the Year - Lionel Watts/Frenchs Forest Showground
2019 / 2020
Cities Power Partnership
- Finalist Climate Change Champion Award - programs in environmental sustainability
- Finalist Sustainable Transport Achievement – Move Northern Beaches Transport Strategy
Government Contact Centre Awards
- Runner-up Best in Class Contact Centre (under 30 seats)
NSW Department Communities and Justice
- Highly Commended Youth Week Award – Northern Beaches Youth Programs
National Local Government Customer Service Network
- Highly Commended Innovation in Customer Experience in Service Delivery
Australian Street Art Awards
- Winner Best Utility Art (N) – Sunset Dreaming mural in Manly Corso
Australian Childcare Alliance NSW
- Winner Excellence in Early Childhood Education Awards - Educational Program Excellence - Narrabeen Children’s Centre
2020 Local Government Excellence Awards
- Winner 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
- Finalist 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
LG National Federation Awards 2020
- Highly Commended Community Partnerships and Collaboration: population over 200,000 – Northern Beaches Suicide Response
Genesys 2020 Customer Innovation Awards
- Finalist CX Accelerator: Best implementation — Time to achieve value Small Contact Centre
Mental Health Commission of New South Wales
- Best Practice Response - Northern Beaches Suicide Response
2018 / 2019
Greater Sydney Commission Planning Awards
- Special commendation Community Collaboration Award - Northern Beaches Hospital Precinct Structure Plan, Frenchs Forest
NSW Local Government Excellence Awards, LG Professionals
- Winner Community Partnerships and Collaboration - PCYC Project, Dee Why
Local Government NSW - RH Dougherty Awards
- Joint Winner Division C Excellence in Communication – Northern Beaches Hospital Precinct Structure Plan
- Special Commendation Division C Excellence in Communication – Northern Beaches Brand Roll Out
Local Government NSW - Excellence in the Environment Awards
- Winner Division C - Innovation in Planning, Policies and Decision Making - Protecting public assets at Collaroy-Narrabeen Beach
- Winner Overall Category - Innovation in Planning, Policies and Decision Making - Protecting public assets at Collaroy-Narrabeen Beach
- Highly Commended Division C - Climate Change Action - Building resilience into infrastructure assets project
Master Painters Australia
- Winner - Excellence in Heritage and Restoration over $20,000 - Tram Restoration, Narrabeen
National Local Government Customer Service Network Awards
- Winner Customer Service Strategy
- Highly Commended Customer Experience Excellence
- Finalist Customer Service Team of the Year Award
Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts (International)
- Winner 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)
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
- Joint winner with co-author Institute of Public Works Engineering Australia - Response to Climate Change Award - Industry Guide on Climate Change Impacts on the Useful Life of Infrastructure Assets
- Winner Environmental Communications Award - Swap This For That campaign to reduce plastics use
- Finalist Overall Sustainable Cities Award
Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia
- Joint winner with partner councils of northern Sydney - Local Government Excellence in Road Safety - Road Safety calendar
Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia (NSW)
- Winner 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
Local Government Professionals Australia NSW
- Winner NSW - Australasian Management Challenge - Team 'Smells Like Team Spirit'
Local Government Professionals Australia NSW - Excellence Awards
- Finalist 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
- Winner Creative Communities - Tiny Doors
- Highly Commended 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
- Finalist Environmental Leadership and Sustainability - Swap This For That - say no to single use plastics
2017 / 2018
Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts - International Communicator Awards
- Gold Award of Excellence - Government category
- Silver Award of Distinction - Community category
Master Builders Association Excellence in Construction Awards
- Winner Sporting Facility category - Manly Andrew Boy Charlton Aquatic Centre
Resilient Australia Awards
Winner NSW Government category – Climate Wise Communities Extension Project (joint project with 5 other councils)
National Local Government Customer Service Network - October
- Winner Customer Service Strategy Award
- Highly Commended Customer Experience Excellence Award
- Finalist Customer Service Team of the Year Award
LG Professionals Australia - NSW Local Government Excellence awards
- Winner Col Mills Scholarship for promising young professionals – Russell Peake, Project Manager
The Australian Early Education and Care Awards
- Finalists Early Childhood Educator of the Year, NSW - Celia Ralph (Narrabeen) and Stephanie Davison (Manly)
Aquatic and Recreation Institute
- Winner ARI Orimatech “Award of Excellence” for commitment to the Aquatic Industry - Les Watt
