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Reflections of a Tidy Towns volunteer

What is it they say about all good things coming to an end? Or ‘as one door closes another door opens’. I’m not so sure about these sayings since the Tidy Towns movement is now into its seventh decade of the national competition and Skibbereen has entered since 1961 – if that’s not continuity IContinue reading “Reflections of a Tidy Towns volunteer”

Changing of the guard

Followers and supporters of Skibbereen Tidy Towns may be aware that until recently, Sandra Flynn has been the volunteer responsible for all our written communications, in both print and digital media. Since 2018, on her return to Skibbereen, Sandra devised and implemented a communications strategy that has served the work of this small group ofContinue reading “Changing of the guard”

A journey with Abbeystrewry NS, AY 2023-24

Choosing a title for this blog post was difficult since there has been so much wonderful work undertaken by staff and students at Abbeystrewy National School in the academic year 2023-24 to support the ethos of the Tidy Towns movement across multiple competition categories. These include Community, Green Spaces and Landscaping, Nature and Biodiversity inContinue reading “A journey with Abbeystrewry NS, AY 2023-24”