Falkirk Council Win Three Silver Awards Under SNP

The SNP Administration of Falkirk Council has picked up three silver awards at for policies and programmes at a recent ceremony in Edinburgh.

First up for an award was Falkirk Council's award of the freedom of Falkirk to Second World Ward veterans. In November 2005 Falkirk became the only local authority in the UK to award such an honour to war veterans in recognition of the sacrifices made by that generation.

Falkirk Council's innovative Litter Strategy was also recognised as being a leader picking up two silver awards.

Commenting on the successes council leader, David Alexander said.

"Falkirk is being recognised as a place for innovation and a place on the up. It is gratifying that our recognition of those who fought for our freedom has been acknowledged as well as our determination to keep our district as clean and litter free as possible.

There is a major challenge for us to install the values of the war generation into modern society. One of these areas is in the dropping of litter and care for our environment. Progress is being made on this, the district has gone from a 66 rating in 2003/04 to a 74 rating in the first half off 2006 / 07.

Of course it isn't just about picking up litter its also about educating people not to drop it and it is therefore gratifying that one of the awards was for our Education programme."