2023 shortlist

Campaign of the Year

  • Barnet LBC
  • Birmingham City Council
  • Lewisham LBC - Cleaner Lewisham
  • Lewisham LBC - Discover Lewisham this Summer
  • Norfolk CC
  • Oxfordshire CC
  • Southwark LBC
  • Telford & Wrekin Council
  • West Oxfordshire DC

Children’s Services

  • Coventry City Council
  • Derby City Council
  • Islington LBC
  • Merton LBC
  • Salford City Council
  • Southwark LBC
  • Stockport MBC
  • Sutton LBC
  • Walsall Council

Sponsored by

Climate Response

  • Bristol City Council, South Gloucestershire Council, Environment Agency (partners), supported by the West of England Combined Authority
  • Essex CC
  • Greater Manchester Combined Authority, Greater Manchester councils in partnership with SUEZ
  • Green Rewards partnership, Broxtowe BC and all Nottinghamshire Councils
  • Oxford City Council
  • Scottish Cities Alliance
  • St. Helens MBC
  • West Northamptonshire Council

Sponsored by

Community Involvement

  • Birmingham City Council
  • Essex CC
  • Hackney LBC
  • Hull City Council
  • Kirklees Metropolitan Council
  • Liverpool City Council
  • Newham LBC

Sponsored by

Council of the Year

  • Barnsley MBC
  • Buckinghamshire Council
  • Cornwall Council
  • Inverclyde Council
  • Salford City Council
  • West Lindsey DC

Sponsored by

Digital Impact

  • Brent LBC
  • Dorset Council
  • Data to Insight hosted by East Sussex CC
  • East Riding of Yorkshire Council, University Of Hull, Hull City Council, North Lincolnshire Council and North East Lincolnshire Council
  • East Suffolk Council
  • Isle of Wight Council
  • Kent CC
  • Scottish Cities Alliance
  • South Oxfordshire DC, Vale of White Horse DC
  • Sutton LBC
  • Sutton LBC on behalf of the South London Partnership
  • Walsall MBC with CC2i, LGA, NHS Digital and Policy in Practice

Sponsored by

Diversity and Inclusion

  • Birmingham City Council
  • Camden LBC
  • Hammersmith & Fulham LBC
  • Islington LBC
  • Kirklees Metropolitan Council
  • Oxford City Council
  • Reading BC
  • Stockport MBC
  • Waltham Forest LBC

Sponsored by

Economic Support

  • Antrim and Newtownabbey BC
  • Broadland DC
  • Cheltenham BC
  • Derbyshire CC
  • Great Yarmouth BC & Norfolk CC
  • Hammersmith & Fulham LBC
  • Lambeth LBC
  • Lewisham LBC
  • Rotherham MBC
  • Worcestershire CC

Environmental Services

  • Aberdeen City Council
  • Cheshire West and Chester Council
  • Cotswold DC, Forest of Dean DC, and West Oxfordshire DC in partnership with Publica Group and Ubico
  • Dudley MBC
  • Greater Manchester Combined Authority, Greater Manchester councils in partnership with SUEZ
  • Hertfordshire Climate Change & Sustainability Partnership
  • Newry, Mourne and Down DC
  • Oxford City Council
  • West Lancashire BC

Sponsored by

Future Places

  • Barnet LBC
  • Hammersmith & Fulham LBC
  • Lambeth LBC
  • Liverpool City Region Combined Authority
  • Liverpool Streetscene Service
  • Oxford City Council
  • Surrey CC

Sponsored by

Health and Social Care

  • Barnsley MBC
  • Breckland DC
  • Essex CC
  • Hartlepool BC
  • Lancashire CC
  • Middlesbrough Council
  • Swindon BC
  • Wakefield MDC
  • West Northamptonshire Council

Sponsored by

Housing

  • Birmingham City Council
  • Blackburn with Darwen BC
  • Essex CC
  • Greenwich RBC
  • North Kesteven DC
  • Spelthorne BC
  • St Helens MBC
  • Stevenage BC
  • Westminster City Council

Innovation

  • Buckinghamshire Council
  • Cannock Chase DC
  • Data to Insight hosted by East Sussex CC
  • Durham CC
  • Enfield LBC (NEXUS)
  • Essex CC
  • Lewisham LBC
  • London Innovation & Improvement Alliance working on behalf of Association of London Directors of Children's Services
  • Tower Hamlets LBC

Sponsored by

Large Team of the Year

  • Bristol City Council
  • Devon CC
  • Hackney LBC
  • Hammersmith & Fulham LBC
  • Southend-on-Sea City Council
  • Wakefield MDC
  • Waltham Forest LBC
  • West Northamptonshire Council
  • Westminster City Council

Most Improved Council

  • Lewisham LBC
  • Melton BC
  • Peterborough City Council
  • South Kesteven DC
  • Torbay Council

Sponsored by

Outstanding individual contribution

  • Justin Varney - Birmingham City Council
  • Hiron Miah - Bradford City MDC
  • Tracey Wilson - Bromley LBC
  • Charles Cracknell - Hull City Council
  • Nicola McLean - Lambeth LBC
  • Mark Stratton - LGA Coastal Special Interest Group
  • Zahur Khan - Lewisham LBC now with Brent LBC
  • Claire McColgan - Liverpool City Council
  • Jane McSherry - Merton LBC
  • Maria Brancati - Middlesbrough Council

Public Health

  • Barnet LBC
  • Kirklees Metropolitan Council
  • Newham LBC
  • Nottingham City Council
  • Sandwell MBC
  • Sheffield City Council
  • Shropshire Council
  • Staffordshire CC

Public/Private Partnership

  • Birmingham City Council - Host City Delivery Partnership for Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
  • Birmingham City Council - Tyseley Environmental Enterprise District Partnership
  • Central Bedfordshire Council
  • Greenwich RBC
  • Hackney LBC
  • Kirklees Metropolitan Council
  • Liverpool City Region Combined Authority
  • North Northamptonshire Council
  • Wakefield MDC

Public/Public Partnership

  • Blackpool BC
  • Coventry City Council
  • Enfield LBC
  • Forest of Dean DC
  • Rotherham MBC, Barnsley MBC, City of Doncaster Council, Sheffield City Council and other partners
  • South Norfolk DC

Rising Star

  • Emma Toublic - Essex CC
  • Joanna Boaler - Essex CC
  • Kristie Charlesworth - Lichfield DC
  • Keith Leyland - Sheffield City Council
  • Laura Fisher - Shropshire Council
  • Francesca Prior - Southampton City Council
  • Gemma Hancox - Telford & Wrekin Council
  • Amanda Povey - West Berkshire Council
  • Tiffany Diaz-Delgado - West Northamptonshire Council

Small Team of the Year

  • Antrim and Newtownabbey BC
  • East Ayrshire Council
  • Essex CC
  • Greater Manchester Combined Authority
  • Norfolk CC
  • Sheffield City Council
  • Southwark LBC
  • Tameside MBC
  • Wigan MBC

Technology

  • Aberdeen City Council
  • Babergh and Mid Suffolk DC
  • Buckinghamshire Council
  • Buckinghamshire Council & SocietyWorks
  • Central Bedfordshire Council
  • Essex CC
  • Herefordshire Council and Southampton City Council with Balfour Beatty
  • Liverpool City Region Combined Authority
  • Westminster City Council