The Greener Gateway Community Awards celebrates the towns, villages, projects and volunteers who keep the Borders looking so vibrant and cared for.
The community awards programme was redesigned in 2022 to offer those communities and community-led projects that take pride in their local environment the opportunity to celebrate their contribution to civic pride whilst also acknowledging their efforts to make the region more sustainable and environmentally friendly.
The new programme and name have evolved from the successful ‘Floral Gateway Competition’ awards that ran for many years and aims to better reflect the incredible variety of community projects in operation across the region.
Greener Gateway Community Awards 2025
Thanks to everyone who took part in the Greener Gateway Community Awards 2025. Congratulations to the winners recognised at the ceremony Greener Gateway Community Awards 2025 | Flickr
There are a range of award categories. The following pages provide more details on how to enter.
- Settlement Awards - Wee Village, Small Village, Large Village, Town
- Border Biodiversity Award
- Cultivating Communities Award
- Sustainability Award
- Schools Award
Why should my community enter?
Taking part in the Greener Gateway Community Awards and the Floral Gateway Competition has given many communities the confidence required to go forward to take part in the Beautiful Scotland competition.
Awards evening
An awards ceremony is held in eraly autumn to celebrate all the projects, community groups and schools who participated in this year’s Greener Gateway Community Awards. Further details of this will be shared later this summer.
Feedback
This is the fourth year of the newly formatted awards and we would welcome your feedback on the whole process so we can improve it for future years. Feedback can be submitted to neighbourhoodservice@scotborders.gov.uk.
Want to do more?
If your community is already proactive and wants to play its part, or your community would like to start a group making a difference on an environmental issue such as biodiversity, 'in Bloom', litter or dog fouling, we would like to hear from you.