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
2025 1300apprentice Awards
- Winner – Trainee of the Year – Imogen MacBeath, Inner West Council
2025 Royal Life Saving Awards – ‘The Aquas’
- Winner – Leader of the Year – Simon Duck, Inner West Council
2024-25 A-League Women PFA Stadiums of the Season
- Winner – Stadium of the Season (Best Match-Day Atmosphere) – Leichhardt Oval
2025 LG Professionals NSW
- Winner – Australasian Management Challenge – Inner West Council
- Winner – Organisational Diversity and Inclusion – Disability Traineeship and EmbraceAbility mentoring program, Inner West Council
- Highly commended – Community Partnerships – Inner West Aquatics
2025 Australasian Reporting Awards (ARA)
- Winner, Gold, Public Administration – Inner West Council 2023-24 Annual Report
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
- Highly commended – Community partnerships (population over 150,000) category for Pride Inner West in February/March 2023
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 Council's 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