Neighbour Day received it’s first award in 2010 when founder Andrew Heslop accepted The Westpac Prize at the Communities in Control conference in Melbourne.
Since 2003 the achievements of Neighbour Day have been recognised in a number of ways.
Andrew was invited to become an Australia Day Ambassador in 2011 and was a delegate to The People’s Parliament held in Sydney in March 2011.
He was listed by the[sydney]magazine as one of Sydney’s TOP 100 Most Influential People in the January 2010 edition.
Marrickville Council awarded him Citizen of the Year on Australia Day in 2010 for his promotion of strong communities through the development of Neighbour Day.
Andrew was nominated for the Australian of the Year Award in 2005-2011. In 2008 he was also nominated within the Commonwealth Bank Local Hero Awards as part of the judging process for the Australian of the Year Award.
On Sunday 15th February 2009 he delivered the keynote address at the launch of the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras to an audience of 70,000 people at Fair Day in Victoria Park. 
Andrew was invited to participate as a Samsung Ambassador during the Beijing 2008 Olympic Torch Relay through Canberra on Thursday 24th April 2008 in recognition of his community involvement.
In May 2008 Andrew spoke at the United Nations headquarters in New York about the global development of Neighbour Day, which has grown from a simple idea expressed in a Letter to the Editor to become a national community event.
Following Andrew’s presentation to the United Nations, Neighbour Day was a finalist at the 2008 Melbourne Awards within theIndividual Contribution to Community category for the global promotion of Melbourne.
In 2007 Andrew was nominated for a Melbourne Award within the Individual Contribution to Community category for raising the international profile of The City of Melbourne through the development of Neighbour Day.
He was a semi-finalist for the 2006 Australia Post Events and Tourism Award at the Regional Achievement and Community Awards sponsored by The Weekly Times and Prime Television.