2025 Shortlist
Shortlist:
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Barnet LBC -
Money Worries?
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Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CA -
The Tiger Pass
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North Lanarkshire Council -
The Hive – Women’s Business Incubator
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North Lanarkshire Council -
Working for Families
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Redbridge LBC -
This Has to Stop
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Sheffield City Council with the South Yorkshire Tobacco Control Alliance -
It is Time to Talk about Smoking and Mental Health
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Southwark LBC -
Securing the Future of Council Housing
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Staffordshire CC -
Little Heroes
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Tower Hamlets LBC with London Fire Brigade -
ChargeSafe Tower Hamlets
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Westminster City Council -
Way to Wellbeing Campaign
Shortlist:
- Barnet LBC - Youth Justice Service Residential Programme for 14-16-year olds
- Barnsley MBC - Practice Development Hub
- East Riding of Yorkshire Council - Our Place
- Enfield LBC - Our journey to support young people with SBSS
- Greater Manchester CA - Summer Takeover Project
- Haverhill Town Council - Boost - Youth skills and family support
- Hertfordshire CC - The 'Making SEND Everyone’s Business' Programme & Hertfordshire SEND Academy
- Northumberland CC - Our children’s services are outstanding
- South Gloucestershire Council - WAYPOINT – A point at which a course is changed
- Westmorland and Furness Council - Getting to Good and Beyond
Shortlist:
- Belfast City Council - Belfast 2024 - Our largest cultural programme co-designed by citizens
- Cambridgeshire CC - Fenland Youth Work Network and Fenland Youth Tribe
- Greenwich RBC - Engaging and empowering the residents of the Woolwich Common Estate
- Lambeth LBC - Transforming research and health equity
- Medway Council - The Medway Food Strategy
- Norfolk CC - The REDI team in conjunction with Parent Champions
- Stoke-on-Trent City Council - Community First: A vaccine success story from The Potteries
- Tower Hamlets LBC - Communities Keeping Well: reducing health inequalities
- Waltham Forest LBC - Citizens' Assembly on the future of neighbourhood policing
- Wealden DC - Community Orchards
- Wyre Forest DC - Adopt a Street - our volunteer litter picking initiative
Shortlist:
- Burnley BC
- Stockport MBC
- Stockton-on-Tees BC
- City and County of Swansea
- Telford & Wrekin Council
Shortlist:
- Aberdeen City Council - Technology as a driver for positive change
- Birmingham City Council - Contact Centre Transformation
- Kingston Council LBC - Leading digital transformation in adult social care and health
- Lichfield DC - Transforming the resident experience
- North Northamptonshire Council - Digital Front Door to Children's Services
- Surrey CC - Our Digital Journey
- Sutton LBC with The Access Group - Transforming independent living through innovative technology
- Westminster City Council - Revolutionising Resident Services with AI: Westminster City Council’s Report It Platform
Shortlist:
- Denbighshire CC - Leading with Pride: Belonging for refugees and All
- Gravesham BC - Health & wellbeing in the Sikh Community
- Kensington and Chelsea RBC - Bi-borough children's services anti-racist practice
- Liverpool City Region CA - Trainee Race Equality Employment Advocates
- Plymouth City Council - Supported internships
- Sutton LBC
- Waltham Forest LBC - Moving from ideas to action and impact
- West Northamptonshire Council - Well Northants: Empowering communities and transforming lives
- Westminster City Council - Dance Westminster 2024
- Westmorland and Furness Council - Welcome to Work in the Visitor Economy
Shortlist:
- Essex CC - The Essex Apprenticeship Levy Transfer Service
- Hackney LBC - Local people creating local jobs growing their local economy
- Hammersmith and Fulham LBC - EdCity
- Havant BC - Leigh Park Youth Hub
- Hull City Council - Invest Hull - supporting business growth
- Leicester City Council - Workspaces for growth
- Lewisham LBC - Economy Jobs and Partnerships Service
- Northumberland CC - Deal agreed for multi-billion pound data campus
- Torbay Council - Responding to local challenges
- Walsall Council - Walsall Works
Shortlist:
- Enfield LBC - Wilbury Way Wetlands
- Gravesham BC - GBC Electrical Recycling Project
- Hackney LBC - ZERO plastic markets
- Mid Devon DC - Increasing recycling and reducing fly tipping and littering
- Nottingham City Council - Nottingham Clean Champions
- Plymouth City Council - Ocean City Nature – Plymouth’s Habitat Bank
- Southampton City Council - Air quality projects in Southampton
- Telford & Wrekin Council - Cutting waste and changing behaviour via monthly reuse events
- West London Waste Authority with Bio Collectors - Partnership for sustainable food waste recycling
Shortlist:
- Barnet LBC with JOLT - Building Future Places
- Cambridgeshire CC - Future-ready Cambridgeshire: Pioneering innovation enabled by digital connectivity
- Greenwich RBC - Royal Hill Independent Living Service
- Harrow LBC with London Councils - One World Living Sustainable Neighbourhood Model
- Sheffield City Council - Heart of the city
- Staffordshire CC - Staffordshire Warmer Homes
- Tendring DC - The Sunspot Project: Transforming Jaywick Sands
- Watford BC - The Green Loop – Turning vision into reality
Shortlist:
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Birmingham City Council -
Providing support to health and social care providers
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Cambridgeshire CC -
Cambridgeshire Shared Lives Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence Project
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Knowsley MBC -
Rapid Response Team supports residents to live independently
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Lancashire CC -
Step-Down Pilot – Enhancing mental health hospital discharges and housing solutions
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Leeds City Council -
A HomeFirst model for intermediate care
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Leicester City Council, Leicestershire CC, Rutland CC with LLR Integrated Care Board and These Hands Academy -
Connected Care Programme
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North Somerset Council -
Developing an urgent care response, preventing hospital and care home admissions and supporting a home first approach
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Somerset Council -
My Life, My Future adults transformation programme
Shortlist:
- Broxtowe BC - Affordable Housing Programme
- Haringey LBC - Housing Delivery Team
- Knowsley MBC - Bridging the gap: How our private rented rescue scheme is preventing homelessness and reducing costs
- Oxford City Council - Housing Needs Team
- Oxfordshire CC - The Better Housing Better Health Partnership's impact on housing, health, and environment
- Plymouth City Council - Stirling Veterans’ Self Build Project
- Tendring DC - Spendells and Honeycroft Projects: transforming redundant sheltered housing for community benefit
- West London Alliance -Setting the standard for temporary accommodation
Shortlist:
- Bradford MDC - Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence Perpetrator Pilot
- Breckland Council, East Cambridgeshire DC, East Suffolk Council, Fenland DC, and West Suffolk Council - Transforming Revenues Services
- Cambridgeshire CC - Dig Once: Driving digital connectivity and carbon savings through innovation
- Ealing LBC - Care Leavers Take Over the Council Day
- Lancashire CC - Pause and Reflect Fostering Arrangements: transforming lives with compassion and innovation
- North Northamptonshire Council - The Chester House Estate
- Plymouth City Council - Delivering better outcomes through Skills Launchpad Plymouth
- Salford City Council with Agile Applications (part of IEG Group) - Revolutionising planning with AI
Shortlist:
- Dumfries and Galloway Council - Youth Work Team – Youth Beatz Festival
- Hackney LBC - Parking Services
- Hackney LBC - Markets, Shop Fronts, and Street Trading Service
- Haringey LBC - Housing Delivery Team
- Lancashire CC - Refugee Integration Team
- North Northamptonshire Council - Public Health Team
- Westminster City Council - Customer Experience and Digital
- Worcestershire CC - Skills and Employability Service
Shortlist:
- BCP Council -Superheroes for Business
- East Riding of Yorkshire Council -Making a Change Team - Exploitation and Missing Service
- Enfield LBC -Communities Can Move Mountains
- Greater Manchester CA with SUEZ recycling and recovery UK - Renew Greater Manchester
- Norfolk CC -Relocation, Ethnic Diversity & Intergration
- North Lanarkshire Council - Assistive Technology Team
- Redbridge LBC - Reach Out Domestic Abuse Service
- South Kesteven DC - East Midlands Building Consultancy
- Westminster City Council - Vulnerability programme - Customer Advocacy Team and Care & Support Team
Shortlist:
- Cambridgeshire & Peterborough CA
- Croydon LBC
- East Hampshire DC
- Liverpool City Council
- Oldham MBC
- Sandwell MBC
- Sheffield City Council
- Swindon BC
- Thanet DC
Shortlist:
- Barnsley MBC - Energising Barnsley
- East Ayrshire Council - Accelerator Programme
- Essex CC - Using Essex community power in transitioning to clean energy
- Hackney LBC - Parking Services
- 3Ci (Cities Commission for Climate Investment) - The Regional Net Zero Pipeline: a visionary initiative to progress local authority Net Zero projects
- Newcastle City Council - Green Careers Programme
- Newham LBC - Leading Local Government Cultural Shift for a Just Transition to Net Zero
- Northumberland CC - Warmer Homes Programme
- Salford City Council - Building a fairer, greener and healthier Salford for all
- Westmorland and Furness Council - 2024: the First Year in Our Journey to Net Zero
Shortlist:
- Westminster City Council - Shummi Begum
- Enfield LBC - Mervin Cato
- Sheffield City Council - Tracey Ford
- Northumberland CC - David Green
- Richmond upon Thames LBC and Wandsworth LBC - Lisa Poole
- Kensington and Chelsea RBC - Kirsty Tobin
- Hackney LBC - Michael Wiktorko
Shortlist:
- Bromley LBC - Homeless Health Project
- Ealing LBC with West London Alliance - The ‘Open Minds’ SEND Programme
- East Suffolk Council - Healthy Homes
- Luton BC - Health Equity Town
- North Lincolnshire Council - Roots of Hope: engagement in suicide prevention
- Oxfordshire CC - The Better Housing Better Health Partnership's impact on housing, health, and environment
- Sheffield City Council - Compassionate Sheffield
- South Tyneside Council - Individual Placement and Support
- Worcestershire CC - We Are Westlands: community-led innovation to reduce health inequalities
Shortlist:
- Barnet LBC with JOLT - Transforming Urban EV Charging
- Birmingham City Council with Equans - Housing repairs, maintenance and capital improvement programme
- Bristol City Council with Arcadis, Arup and Mott MacDonald - Capital Projects Strategic Partnership
- East Staffordshire BC with Future Yard - Reigniting Burton's Musical Heritage
- Liverpool City Region CA with Lloyds Banking Group, Vodafone UK, Assurant, FRC Group and 100 participating organisations - The Digital Inclusion Initiative
- Peterborough City Council with Milestone Infrastructure - Highway Services – the partnership delivering excellence in highways management.
- South Derbyshire DC with Olio and Chilled Pubs - From small acorns…Developing processes for the safe collection and redistribution of food in partnership with the private sector
- Staffordshire CC with Community Homes Solutions, Energy Efficient Consultants, Broadoak Properties and Beat The Cold - Staffordshire Warmer Homes
- Stockport MBC with One Stockport - Working collaboratively to build greater financial resilience
- West London Waste Authority with Bio Collectors - Innovative partnership for sustainable food waste recycling
Shortlist:
- Breckland Council with partners - Swaffham: a historic market town
- Ealing LBC with partners
- Leicester City Council with Leicestershire Police and Turning Point - A partnership to save lives
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government - Open Digital Planning - innovative public partnership transforming England's planning system
- Newham LBC with The University of East London - Establishing the UK centre for artificial intelligence in the public sector
- Redbridge LBC with The Child Friendly Redbridge Partnership - Working together towards a child friendly Redbridge
- Telford & Wrekin Council with West Mercia Police and Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care Board - A collective response to tackling child sexual exploitation
- Wirral MBC with Cheshire and Merseyside ICB - Branch
Shortlist:
- Hull City Council - Sam Bacon
- South Kesteven DC - Fran Beckitt
- Melton BC - Jazz Gallocker
- Tower Hamlets LBC - Usha Kong
- Hackney LBC - Tahiara Munshi
- Hackney LBC - Daniel O’Sullivan
- Kingston Upon Thames RBC - Emily Ormerod
- Lewisham LBC - Spike van der Vliet-Firth
- Hackney LBC - Michael Wiktorko
- Sheffield City Council - Adeel Zahman
Shortlist:
- Antrim and Newtownabbey BC - Ballyearl Leisure Centre: setting the gold standard in excellence
- Calderdale MBC - EAST - Champions of financial stability and wellbeing
- Lancashire CC - Homes for Ukraine
- Lewisham LBC - Small but Mighty - Electoral services team
- Norfolk CC - Tech Skills for Life Community Tech Coaches
- Oxfordshire CC - Cost of Living Support Team
- Sandwell Children’s Trust - House Project
- Sevenoaks DC - Economic Development Team
- Southend-on-Sea City Council - Small team, big impact as Southend delivers democracy
- Suffolk CC - Flood Investigations and Grants Team
