(This section is being updated. Photos and pages for previous years need adding).

Blackpool Civic Trust awards the best building work and civic activity annually. This page is being updated.

An overview of the previous ceremonies

Blackpool Civic Trust Awards for Achievement in 2023

Presentations Autumn 2024

Read the full account click here

Best Community Group 2023 – Blackpool Freedom Runners

Best Refurbishment Award 2023 – Blackpool Victoria Hospital A & E Ward/Village

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Transforming Blackpool Award 2023 – Frasers/Flannels/Direct Sports

Transforming Blackpool Award 2023 – Highly Commended – Abingdon Street Market

Blackpool Civic Trust Awards and Afternoon Tea for Achievement in 2022

Also including the Blackpool Council Awards for Conservation 2019

Held at the Blackpool Winter Gardens, Baronial Hall on Friday 18th August 2023.

The Blackpool Civic Trust Awards for 2022

The awards ceremony was attended by over 90 guests, members, award-winners and the Mayor and Mayoress, the Chief Executive Officer and senior Council colleagues. It was followed by a splendid afternoon tea.

Joan Humble, Chair of Blackpool Civic Trust, read the citations and winners and the Mayor of Blackpool Councillor Gillian Campbell made the awards.

Thanks to the Winter Gardens Trust and assistance from Carl Carrington of Blackpool Council for hosting the event at the Winter Gardens and to Blackpool Council for their sponsorship this year.

We’d like to thank Claire Griffiths for taking photographs of the event.

We are pleased to be able to reintroduce our annual awards scheme after a two-year break due to the pandemic.

Read more on our 2022 Awards Page

Blackpool Civic Trust Awards for Achievement in 2019

St Stephens on the Cliffs Church 21st March 2022

For information the event was to be The Annual Dinner and Awards, Friday 27th March 2020 at the Carousel Hotel, New South Promenade, Blackpool but it was postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic restrictions.

A smaller awards presentation was made at the AGM at St Stephens on the Cliffs Church.

The awards were presented by John Barnett MBE, DL and Danielle Barnett. Joan Humble was master of ceremonies. Below are details of the Awards and photographs of winners being presented with the their awards.

For a full set of photographs of the award presentations please see our 2019 Awards page, click here.

John and Danielle Barnett present the Community Award to The Windmill Trust at Stephens on the Cliffs Church on 21st March 2022:

2018 Award Ceremony held on 12th April 2019 click here

Blackpool Civic Trust Awards and Dinner at the Imperial Hotel 12th April 2019:

2017 Blackpool Civic Trust Awards

The Civic Trust promotes excellence. It is what we are about. You can get involved by nominating from this month until the end of December places and people for our Annual Awards. Nomination forms are on line using the links below. We encourage you to look around for new buildings, community groups, environmental work at schools and efforts in many more categories.

Blackpool Civic Trust Annual Awards for 2017 and Dinner were held at Viva Blackpool on 27th April 2018

Please scroll down the page for the archive and best new building photos from previous years.

At the ceremony we acknowledge those who over the previous 12 months have worked to improve the civic environment of Blackpool. The awards cover Buildings and Environmental programmes and are selected by an independent and qualified panel.

Below are links to the award pages since 2008 and a list of the new build winners.