Foodshare Kerry was named the overall winner of the 2025 Community Awards last night.
The Kerry Community Awards aim to recognise the work of the community and voluntary sector in improving social, economic, cultural, and environmental quality of life in Kerry.
The 18th edition of the annual awards took place last night, with 20 groups receiving awards at the ceremony in the Rose Hotel in Tralee.
The overall winner, Foodshare Kerry, was founded in 2015 with the aim of alleviating food poverty and food waste, to provide surplus food to those in need.
Milltown History and Heritage was named Best Community Start-Up 2025, for its efforts in protecting and promoting local heritage of a town that’s experiencing rapid expansion.
Ten groups won gold awards and ten won silver awards.
Full list of the winners from the night below:
Gold Award Winners
• Down Syndrome Kerry
• Fenit Coast Conservation
• Food Share Kerry
• Irish Rambling House
• Kenmare Tidy Towns
• Killarney Cardiac Response
• Listowel Community Centre
• Milltown History and Heritage
• Sonar
• Spa GAA club
Silver Award Winners
• Ballybunion Community Centre
• Fenit Changing Tides
• Friends of University Hospital Kerry
• Kerry Cancer Support Group
• Kerry International Film Festival
• Kerry Writers’ Museum
• Killarney Valley Vintage Club
• Killarney Women's Shed
• Listowel Pitch n Putt
• South Kerry Rural Men's Group
Best Community Start Up 2025
• Milltown History and Heritage
Overall Winner 2025
• Foodshare Kerry
