Why Attend
Attend the LGC Awards to give you and your team the recognition you deserve at an event celebrating your achievements.
- Share best practice across the local government community: promote and share your work to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of local government services across the UK
- Reward your team: gain recognition for the innovative and excellent services you and your team are delivering
- Showcase your council: highlight the innovative projects within your council and demonstrate how it is a great place to work
- Raise your morale: hardworking council teams don’t get the recognition they deserve and what better confirmation that you and your team are delivering for your community than by winning an LGC Award?
- Network with your peers: meet important figures from across the local government community and expand your network of contacts
To book your table, please contact Kieran McDougall on 020 3953 2019 or email Kieran.McDougall@emap.com.
Entry deadline
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Ready, set, enter! Work with your teams to craft the perfect entry. Don't forget you can enter with just 1,000 words. Successful entrants shortlisted will have an opportunity to present their entry in more detail to judges. Your written entry should hit as many of the category criteria points as possible. Good luck!
Online judging begins
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Time for the judges to get a hold of your entry and screen it, in this first stage of judging. Entries will be scored directly against the criteria by expert panels. Aggregate scores will determine our official 2025 shortlist from which the winner will be crowned.
Shortlist announced
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Set your reminder, and find out who made the shortlist! This exciting announcement will confirm to the world of local government the organisations, teams and individuals who are leading the way in the sector.
In-person judging presentations
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Time for our judges to decide who from the shortlist is deserving of the gong. All shortlisted entrants will be invited to present in a 25 minute slot with judges, on a day between 27 March and 04 April. For most categories this is done in-person at our London offices. Judges decide on the day who will win the award, after seeing all of the shortlisted entrants present.
LGC Awards 2025
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Ballgowns and suit jackets at the ready, it's time for the biggest celebration in local government; The LGC Awards 2025! Join us at the JW Marriott Grosvenor House Hotel for the annual glittering ceremony. Together, we celebrate you - and crown our winners.