Keep Scotland Beautiful

Polmont Community Council were successful at the Beautiful Scotland Awards winning a Silver Gilt Award and the award for Best Small Town. (Pic: Michael Gillen)

Blooming marvellous as communities recognised at the Beautiful Scotland Awards

The LEAF programme aims to teach youngsters more about forests and the environment
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Charity hopes Falkirk schoolchildren will branch out and learn about forests

An aerial view of Zetland Park which has won a Green Flag for the second year. Pic: Contributed

Green Flag awards for local parks

Roddy Hamilton, energy and climate change officer, Claire Gibson, lead climate change officer, and Councillor Bryan Deakin, climate change spokesperson

Falkirk Council moves closer to becoming 'carbon literate' on net zero journey

The pupils' winning design was inspired by the Bo'ness Fair.

Bo'ness Fair inspired Pocket Garden sees pupils among competition finalists

Falkirk Council crews have filled more bags of rubbish following another weekend clean up

Falkirk Council crews mucked in together for busy weekend of litter clean ups

Local groups are being urged to join the Keep Scotland Beautiful environmental improvement initiatives

Falkirk residents encouraged to make their areas 'blooming beautiful'

KSB is looking for litter pickers to help clean up the area this Spring

Charity looking for posse of pickers to tackle litter in Falkirk area

Keep Scotland Beautiful is looking for youngsters to design pocket gardens of celebration

Falkirk area pupils asked to create small gardens for big competition

Just some of the rubbish bags the gLitter team filled during their first litter pick of 2023 (photo courtesy of the gLitter team)

Only in Grangemouth: Litter team’s shocking discoveries during New Year clean up

The Glitter Team, aka Let's Get Grangemouth Clean, were one of the groups receiving a certificate from KSB

Falkirk area groups’ hard work recognised by national environmental charity

Zetland Park's rose garden has won a national award

Historic Grangemouth public park picks up two titles at national awards ceremony

People have a chance to win cash if they take a picture of their litter being using the LitterLotto app

New prize draw gives litter binning Falkirk residents the chance to win cash

Brodie Bell (17) is just one of the graduates from Falkirk Canal College

Graduates celebrate success at Falkirk’s Canal College

St Francis Xavier's eco group with the fourth Green Flag the primary school and nursery has been awarded. Pic: Michael Gillen

Keep Scotland Beautiful: Falkirk's St Francis Xavier's Primary and Nursery recei...

Residents came up with their own plan to tackle climate change

Camelon residents help battle climate change

Windsor Park School pupils and staff with their pocket garden. Pic: Lisa Evans

Windsor Park: Falkirk school looking for votes for pocket garden design

Litter pick volunteers help keep Denny and Dunipace clean

Volunteers of all ages muck in together to clean litter in Denny area

Tamfourhill Youth Group created designs for this weekend's event

Kerry's local litter pick has global message for Falkirk area

Residents will be heading out and about in the Denny and Dunipace area over the next four weeks to take part in a spring clean up

Denny residents get busy with big community spring clean

The Helix Park gardener Ryan Argent, pictured alongside colleague Claire Tolmie, was named Employee of the Year at a 25th anniversary celebration of the Green Flag Award. Picture: Michael Gillen.

Helix Park gardener named Green Flag Award's Employee of the Year

Friends of Inchyra Park was among four groups to earn a certificate of achievement at a virtual Beautiful Scotland and It’s Your Neighbourhood celebration. Picture: Michael Gillen.

Groups earn praise for climate and nature efforts

Picture Michael Gillen

Falkirk fly-tipping: 91% rise in complaints as council battles staff shortages

The Helix Park in Falkirk, which last month hosted a Walk for Parkinson's event, has been awarded Green Flag status by Keep Scotland Beautiful. Picture: Michael Gillen.

The Helix awarded Green Flag for supporting visitors' mental well-being

Stock photo of Burgh Beautiful Linlithgow volunteers planting trees west of Linlithgow Leisure Centre last year.

Linlithgow and Winchburgh groups recognised for becoming more climate and nature...

Winchburgh Community Grower Lynne Sutherland hard at work planting trees at Auldcathie Park.

Tree-mendous effort by Winchburgh group up for Beautiful Scotland award

McDonald's staff pick litter at Camelon

McDonald’s Camelon staff litter pick cleans up local area

Scottish SPCA chief cuperintendent Mike Flynn knows how important it is to keep the streets litter free when it comes to protecting pets and wildlife

Scottish SPCA members in Falkirk and beyond pledge support to Keep Scotland Beau...

Stock photo of the 4th West Lothian beaver scouts litter pick up at Linlithgow Leisure Centre. Photo by Gordon McBrearty.

West Lothian Council urges people to take part in national clean-up campaign

Friends of Inchyra Park launching a community orchard in 2019 (Pic: Michael Gillen)

Keep Scotland Tidy's praise for Falkirk's environmental volunteers

Roll up your sleeves...from local streets to sandy beaches, Scots are being encouraged to get litter in the bag in communities across the country. (Pic: Keep Scotland Beautiful)

Keep Scotland beautiful by organising a local litter-pick

The lane between Pepe's Piri Piri and St Johns Church just off Glasgow Road, Camelon, has long been a dumping ground for litter and other items and now John Hosie and Dan Rous of community group Our Place Camelon and Tamfourhill are looking for help to deal with the problem

Group needs help to tidy up Camelon's 'coffin alley' and other litter strewn eye...

A simple message....it is hoped proud Scots will get behind the campaign and bin their rubbish rather than spoiling this beautiful country we get to call home.

Enjoy Scotland but, please, don’t spoil it for others

Countryside blighted...organisations are asking the public to keep their rubbish until collections return to normal, rather than risk fines of up to £40,000 for fly-tipping. (Pic: Lisa Ferguson)

Don’t turn Scotland into a giant tip