Kildare village leads the way on climate change

The annual Community Pride in Your Place awards organised by Kildare County Council took place recently and the long standing housing estate of Ashgrove in Derrinturn came away with four awards including first place in the highly competitive Climate Action Project category. 

But the future of Ashgrove is bright, with plenty of young volunteers coming through the ranks. George explained that it is a tough task trying to decide who to put forward for the Youth Participation award each year, but this year's award went to Lucy Fennessy, and Lucy received her award from Cllr. Brendan Wyse in the community cabin in Ashgrove. 

Cllr. Wyse works with the group regularly and vouched for the impressive level of work they manage to accomplish. He spoke highly of the team, saying "George and Sylvia are really well organised and are always planning ahead. They are very good at looking at their community and what they need, or what they can do for the environment, and then doing the work to make things happen. Not only that but they get the kids involved as much as they can, which is important."