We are asking the public to nominate volunteers who they believe have made an outstanding contribution to Ireland’s coastal environment. This year we are looking for entries to the following 6 categories: Group of the Year, Individual of the Year, School of the Year, Business of the Year, Idea of the Year and Beach Clean of the Year.

What are the Ocean Hero Awards?

The Clean Coasts’ Ocean Hero Awards are about honouring the invaluable contribution Ireland’s coastal communities have made towards conserving our spectacular coastline. The awards, originally called the ‘Clean Coasts’ Merit Awards’, were conceived in 2006, consisting then of only one category, ‘The Clean Coasts’ Group of the Year’. Since then the Clean Coasts’ programme has grown to engage over 550 Clean Coasts groups, becoming embedded in many coastal communities nationwide. In an effort to recognise this growth the number of Ocean Hero categories have expanded to include six categories.

Ocean Hero Award Nominations

If you would like to recognise an individual, Clean Coasts group, school, business or beach clean that made a difference to our coast please fill in the SurveyMonkey form here: surveymonkey.com/r/Ocean-Heroes-2017.

For the ‘Idea of Year Award’ we are looking for volunteers who have raised the profile of coastal protection in their community through awareness raising events and interesting initiatives.

The nomination process only takes a few minutes and we would love to hear your voice. Nominations must be received by Friday October 20^th for inclusion in the selection process.

Nominations are invited in the following categories:

1. Group of the Year
2. Individual of the Year
3. School of the Year
4. Business of the Year
5. Idea of the Year
6. Beach Clean of the Year