2023 Winners
Campaign of the Year
Winner: Cleaner Lewisham, Lewisham LBC
Highly Commended: Choose The Bus, Norfolk CC
Children’s Services
Winner: Parental Support Project
, Islington LBC
Highly Commended: Family and New Beginnings, Stockport MBC
Climate Response
Winner: Energy Superhub Oxford (ESO), Oxford City Council
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Community Involvement
Winner: Hackney’s Turner Prize winning public art commission, Hackney LBC
Highly Commended: HEY! Volunteering, Hull City Council
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Council of the year
WINNER: Barnsley MBC
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Digital Impact
Winner: Using digital transformation to deliver a more connected and empowered borough, Brent LBC
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Diversity and Inclusion
Winner: Building inclusive access to Learning, Culture and Leisure in Reading, Reading BC
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Economic Support
Winner: Great Yarmouth Operations and Maintenance Campus, Great Yarmouth BC & Norfolk CC
Highly Commended: Economic Support - Delivering for Business, Antrim and Newtownabbey BC
Environmental Services
Winner: The Bees at Aughnagun, Newry, Mourne and Down DC
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Future Places
Winner: Redefining “Communities” Through an Underground Revolution, Liverpool City Council
Highly Commended: Net Zero Lambeth, Lambeth LBC
Health and Social Care
Winner: Inspiring Communities, Breckland DC
Highly Commended: iCAN - Integrated Care across Northamptonshire, West Northamptonshire Council
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Housing
Winner: CO2sy Homes - Zero Carbon Council Housing, North Kesteven DC
Innovation
Winner: Crime Reduction Team, Tower Hamlets LBC
Highly Commended: Using Care Technology to support Prevention and Early Intervention, Essex CC
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Large Team of the Year
Winner: Property and Delivery Service Team, Waltham Forest LBC
Highly Commended: Markets, Shop Fronts & Street Trading, Hackney Council
Most Improved Council
Winner: Gloomy skies are a thing of the past, Torbay Council
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Outstanding individual contribution
Winner: Justin Varney, Birmingham City Council
Highly Commended: Nicola McLean, Lambeth LBC
Public Health
Winner: Sheffield Tobacco Control Programme 2017-2022, Sheffield City Council
Highly Commended: Integrated Social Prescribing Programme, Shropshire Council
Public/Private Partnership
Winner: Host City Delivery Partnership for Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, Birmingham City Council
Public/Public Partnership
Winner: 'Walk with Us'- A Toolkit for Supporting Children, Young People and Families Affected or Bereaved by Suicide, Rotherham MBC, Barnsley MBC, City of Doncaster Council, Sheffield City Council and other partners
Highly Commended: Health & Social Care Career Academy, Blackpool BC
Rising Star
Winner: Kristie Charlesworth, Lichfield DC
Highly Commended: Tiffany Diaz-Delgado,West Northamptonshire Council
Small Team of the Year
Winner: Economic Development Team, Antrim and Newtownabbey BC
Highly Commended: Women's EURO Project Team, Wigan MBC
Technology
Winner: LCR Be More portal, Liverpool City Region Combined Authority
Highly Commended: Care and Support Technology, Central Bedfordshire Council