Source: https://www.tidytowns.ie/u_reports/2018/cork-west/2018-County-Cork_West-Skibbereen-693.pdf
“Cuireann an moltóir seo fáilte roimh Skibbereen An Scoibairin chuig Comórtas na mBailte Slachtmhara SuperValu 2018 agus chuig Ceiliúradh 60 Bliain an Chomórtais.
It is great to see that tidy towns projects have widespread support in your town with the 15 committee members assisted by 26 volunteers and 45 from other community and sports groups helping out. This is a large number of volunteers by any measure in the demonstrates that the level of community spirit in Skibbereen is high. We are pleased to read that your Committee have built up links with a host of agencies and other bodies that include; Cork County Council, the Herald Barry trust and the Heritage Centre. We were surprised to see that Tus and the West Cork Development Partnership were not mentioned and we wondered if they are involved? Businesses in your town are clearly involved with the Chamber of Commerce, Spearline labs, KWD and Vodafone Ireland all providing support and sponsorship. We were particularly impressed by the number of community and voluntary groups who help you out with Incredible Edible Skibbereen, the plastic recycling project, the Herbville project, the Wildlife Project and Mens Sheds all actively engaged in your work. Your communication strategy is both comprehensive and effective with both traditional and digital communication methods used. We were delighted to read that your committee have built up a close partnership with many of the schools in the town and that schoolchildren are now involved in a range of exciting projects. Why not take the next step and form a junior tidy towns committee and give school children and youth groups responsibility for their own projects? We are delighted that the tidy towns project has enabled residents, businesses and young people in Skibbereen to come together and work towards improving the town and we applaud the committee for its role in bringing everyone together. Thank you for your completed application form. This was a very comprehensive and detailed document and it was helpful in understanding your work. However, at 73 pages, it is becoming a little too long. The map was reasonably good but we wondered if an A3 version of this map be submitted next year? The Tidy Towns Action Plan was read with interest but it is recommended that projects are identified under each of the tidy towns categories over a 3-5 year period.”
Skibbereen Tidy Towns 