Environmental Services - LGC Awards 2021
This award is open to a single council or where appropriate a partnership of councils, or a council-owned company. Private sector partners can enter on a council’s behalf, with the permission of the council itself.
This award is intended to mark innovation and excellence in any aspect of a council’s work in environmental services, including sustainability, energy, recycling, refuse collection and street cleaning.
Entries will be judged on the innovation of their submissions and the extent to which it is demonstrated the council’s work has improved the environment in their area and/or the efficiency of service delivery. They may also showcase how the council took a pioneering path to ensure the resilience of services during the pandemic.
Submissions should focus on:
- A full description of the project and its aims;
- A detailed explanation of costs, how it was funded and where the expertise for it came from;
- The impact of the council’s work on the lives of local people, for instance by showing how their concerns led to a positive response or community engagement impacted upon it;
- Any links between policy on the environment and other objectives including economic growth and net zero;
- Examples of resilience in the face of considerable challenges (Covid-19 if applicable);
- Evidence that the project has met its goals.
Award entries will be judged upon:
- The extent to which the council’s work was an innovative response to a significant concern and potentially can be replicated in other areas;
- The quality of the outcomes obtained from the project, for instance in improved or more efficient services, or with regards to the resilience of services during the pandemic;
- Links between environmental sustainability and other policy areas including economic growth;
- Evidence of buy-in to the project or its goals from members of the local community or external organisations.
General Entry Information
- These awards primarily cover achievement and performance in the calendar year 2020 and the first two months of 2021, and entries should have a particular focus on that period. However, judges will take into account work that began before that period, as well as achievement and performance since that period.
- The awards will reflect the fact that Covid-19 and the response to it have posed an unprecedented challenge to local government. Judges’ decisions should reflect attributes such as performance, resilience, compassion and adaptability in the face of the pandemic alongside achievement, innovation and vision. However, entries which are primarily not about the council’s pandemic response should be treated equally to those that are.
- You only have to submit a single statement explaining why you should win (up to 1,000 words).
- Please also provide a 100-word summary of your entry. Please use this as an opportunity to make a pitch to our judges about what makes your work innovative and bold.
- Please use the questions in the bullet points below as a guide and break up your submission accordingly. Some may be more applicable than others for your entry.
- Please specify which private sector partners do you work with (if any).
- While you have the option of providing supporting material, we urge you to do this sparingly, and only if you feel further evidence is required to back-up your entry. The critical information should however be included in the main part of your entry.
If you require any help with your entries contact: Rafael Younes on 020 3953 2115, email Rafael.Younes@emap.com or Jae Taylor on 020 3953 2117, email Jae.Taylor@emap.com
