Recognition and Awards

Institute of Cemetery and Crematorium Management

Dundee City Council has achieved silver standard in the charter for the bereavement assessment process for burials.

Saltire Awards for Civil Engineering 2010 (Commendation in the conservation category)

The McManus: Dundee's Art Gallery and Museum.

Wave 102 Pride of Dundee, Tourist Attraction of the Year Award 2010

The McManus: Dundee's Art Gallery and Museum.

2010 UK Landscape Awards

Baxter Park has won the Scottish Heat of the UK Landscape Awards.

2010 Nancy Ovens Award for ‘Best Design’

A play enhancement project in Myrekirk Park has won the 2010 Nancy Ovens Award for ‘Best Design’.

COSLA Gold Award 2010 for the Dundee Peer Education Project

The project has developed an effective model in Dundee to tackle issues relating to drugs, smoking and alcohol using peer-led methods to inform and educate young people.

Gold Award 2009 – Healthy Working Lives – Social Work gains Gold Award

This award recognises the hard work, drive, enthusiasm and commitment of social work staff to improve workplace health and wellbeing.

Care Accolades 2009

Social Work Video Interaction Guidance Team wins best innovative training award.

Quality Scotland Excellence Award – May 2009

This 3 Star Bronze Award recognises the department’s journey to achieving Excellence through continuous service improvement.

Institute of Revenues, Rating and Valuation Performance Awards

Best in Scotland Award and short listed in the National Awards. 
A Corporate Visiting System application. Excellence in IT category.
IT / Finance department.

John F. McClelland Collaborative Procurement Award

The Councils Shared Service Procurement Team received a Highly Commended Award for outstanding achievement in Collaborative Procurement at the second  Excellence in Public Procurement Awards Scotland.

Green Flag Award for quality parks and green spaces

Green Flag won for Baxter Park and retained for Barnhill Rock Gardens and Trottick Ponds.

Beautiful Scotland Awards

Silver Award for Dundee and Ardler, and Silver Gilt Award for Broughty Ferry.

Volunteer Friendly Award

Excellence in volunteer management and practice.

Saltire Awards for Civil Engineering

Commendation for Balgay Footbridge Project.

Scotland’s Learning Partnership

Award Learner of the Year award for Lindi Robb and group award for Helping Your Children Learn group.

Scottish Qualification Agency Star Awards

Highly Commended award for Brian Payne-Scott who has overcome problems with dyslexia to gain a qualification in communications.

Evening Telegraph Awards

Sarah Nugent won the Personal Journey Award and Dale Bastianelli the Volunteering Award. Both are involved with Xplore’s Peer Mentoring Project.

Evening Telegraph Awards

A group of young people based at The Corner won the Community Involvement and Development Award for producing a DVD on domestic abuse and the influence of alcohol, not fitting in and bullying and sexuality.

McDonald’s and Sunday Mail Grassroots Award

Scott Madden won Best Volunteer Coach in Scotland.

Youthlink Awards

Sarah Nugent won the Peer Mentor of the Year Silver Award.