Awards won by Council

Below is a list of some of the recent awards won by Council.

2024/25

2024 ARI Awards of Excellence

• Winner – Duty Manager of the Year Award, Garry Sole, Leichhardt Aquatic Centre – Inner West Council
• Winner – Child Safeguarding Award, Inner West Aquatics and Recreation – Inner West Council
• Winner – Social Impact Award, Inner West Aquatics Facilities – Inner West Council

2024 Financial Review Sustainability Leaders

• Winner - Property and Construction - Inner West Council

2024 National Awards for Local Government

• Winner - Waste Management, CRC Rap Video Project - Inner West Council

2023/24

2024 LG NSW Excellence Awards 

• Winner - Innovative Leadership (population over 150,000) Award for Lewis Herman Reserve – Creation of NSW’s First Dementia-Friendly Park

2024 Australasian Reporting Awards 

• Winner - Gold, Annual Report 2022/23 Annual Report - Inner West Council 

2023 AR Bluett Memorial Award

• Winner - 2023 AR Bluett Award Metro/Major Regional Award - Inner West Council

2023 NSW Youth Work Awards

• Winner – Outstanding Partnership – Inner West Councils’ Youth Week Working Group and local youth agencies

2023 ARI Awards of Excellence

• Winner – Accessibility Award, Ashfield Aquatic Centre – Inner West Council
• Winner – Award of Excellence, Simon Duck – Inner West Council

2023 Ministers’ Awards for Women in Local Government

• Winner – Alternative Pathways Award (Metro) – Mary Boustani, ICT Systems Engineer, Inner West Council
• Winner – Employment Diversity Award (Metro) – Inner West Council

2023 Australian Business Awards

• Winner – The Australian Business Award for Employer of Choice (EOC) - Inner West Council

2022/23

2023 Local Government Week Awards

• Winner, Most Inclusive Youth Week Program – Youth Week, Inner West Council
• Highly commended, RH Dougherty Events and Communications Awards (Division C, population >70,000) – Uluru Training, Inner West Council

2023 Australasian Reporting Awards (ARA)

• Winner, Bronze, Excellence in Reporting – Inner West Council 2021-22 Annual Report

2023 NSW Local Government Excellence Awards

• Winner, Community Partnerships (Population Over 150,000) – Love Your Home Ground (litter prevention project)

2023 National Trust Heritage Awards

• Highly Commended, Education and Interpretation, History Site Study – Marrickville Metro – Inner West Council Libraries

2023 Royal Life Saving Awards – ‘The Aquas’

• Winner, Excellence in Aquatic Supervision

2022 Excellence in the Environment Awards

• Overall Category Winner and Winner – Division C (LGA with over 70,000 residents) – Local Sustainability Award for Powering Towards Zero Emissions
• Winner – Division C – Behaviour Change in Waste Award for Championing Food Recycling in Apartments

2022 National Trust (New South Wales) Heritage Awards

Dawn Fraser Baths

• Winner – President's Prize

2022 Master Builders Awards

Ashfield Aquatic Centre

• Winner – Excellence in Construction (Sporting Facilities)

Haberfield Library

• Winner – Excellence in Construction (Refurbishment/Renovation/Extension)

Dawn Fraser Baths

• Winner – Excellence in Construction (Restoration/Adaptive Re-use of an Historic Building)

2022 Local Government Week Awards

• Winner – Most Inclusive Youth Week Program ('Inner West Council’s Youth Week festival')

2021

Australian Library Design Awards

Marrickville Library

• Winner – Public Libraries
• Winner – Members' Choice

More at the ALIA 2021 Australian Library Design Awards

Local Government NSW

Gadigal-Wangal Wayfinding Project

• Winner – Leo Kelly OAM Arts and Culture Award

More information: Inner West’s public art celebrating Aboriginal culture and heritage wins major award

Australian Institute of Project Management – Project Management Achievement Awards

Ashfield Aquatic Centre redevelopment

• Winner – NSW Project of the Year (Government)

More at the Australian Institute of Project Management website

The Salvation Army – Multicultural Awards

Community Refugee Welcome Centre

• Winner – Salvos Multicultural Welcome Project Award

More information: Community Refugee Welcome Centre recognised

2020

Cities Power Partnership – 2020 Climate Awards

Inner West Council

• Winner – Community Engagement Achievement award: Go Solar campaign

More at the Cities Power Partnerships website

2020 Australian Timber Design Awards (ATDA)

Marrickville Library

• Winner – Overall Winner
• Winner – Excellence in Timber Applications (Public Buildings)

More at the Timber Design Awards website

National Architecture Awards 2020

Marrickville Library

• Joint Winner – The Sir Zelman Award for Public Architecture
• Winner – The David Oppenheim Award for Sustainable Architecture

More details at the National Architecture awards website

National Trust – Heritage Awards 2020

Marrickville Library

• Judges' Choice
• Winner – Adaptive Reuse
• Winner – Interpretation

More at the National Trust Heritage Awards website

Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA) NSW Chapter – Architecture Awards 2020

Marrickville Library

• Winner – NSW Premier’s Prize
• Winner – Milo Dunphy Award for Sustainable Architecture
• Winner – People’s Choice Award for Life
• Winner – Award for Public Architecture
• Winner – NSW Landscape Architecture Award for Civic Landscape

More at the Australian Institute of Architects

Australian Interior Design Awards 2020

Marrickville Library

• Shortlisted – Public Design Award Sustainablity Awards 2020
• Shortlisted – Best Adaptive Reuse

More at the Australian Interior Design Awards website

ALIA NSW Landscape Awards

Marrickville Library

• Winner Landscape Architecture Award for Civic Landscape

More at the ALIA Landscape Awards website

NSW Community Sports Awards

Inner West Council

• Winner Local Council of the Year

More about the Community Sports Awards here

2019

Australian Institute of Landscape Architects National Awards

GreenWay

• Award of Excellence for Urban Design

NSW Sustainable Cities Awards

Composters of the Inner West

• Highly commended – Recycled Organics Award

2018

NSW Sustainable Cities Awards

Inner West Council

• Winner – Recycled Organics Award
• Highly commended – Waste Less Recycle More Award

Planning Institute of Australia

GreenWay

• Commendation award – Hard Won Victory