Shortlist 2012

Children's Services
Bournemouth Borough Council - Breaking Down Barriers: Bournemouth Borough Council's Work Supporting Children Who Are Disabled City of York Council - Positive Futures in Reach Transition Team Cornwall Council - Newquay Safe Partnership Durham County Council - Family Pathfinder Lancashire County Council - Operation Freedom London Borough of Ealing - Ealing Children's Service London Borough of Merton - Multi-agency work - supporting families - changing lives Oldham Council - Children's Services of the Year
Community Involvement
Brent Council - Brent Youth Parliament Cambridgeshire County Council - Kick Ash Coventry City Council - Mossdale Close Improvement Project Eden District Council - Eden Council and its role in becoming the Rural Big Society Vanguard Liverpool City Council - Beautiful North Community Involvement London Borough Redbridge - You Choose Newcastle City Council - Byker Housing Trust Rochdale MBC - Rochdale Borough Council Stepping Up - Community Champions.
Corporate Governance
Copeland Borough Council - Choosing to Change London Borough of Croydon - Doing The Right Thing London Borough of Lewisham - Lewisham Corporate Governance Submission Norfolk County Council - Norfolk Forward and the Big Conversation Sheffield City Council - Modernising Sheffield Council's Governance Southend on Sea Borough Council - Using Lessons From Complaints To Improve Services Staffordshire County Council - Transforming Staffordshire Trafford Council - Business Planning
Council of the Year
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council - Creating A Better Southend Hertfordshire County Council - Council of the Year Bournemouth Borough Council - Bournemouth - Garden City by the Sea South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils - Council of the Year Chelmsford Borough Council - Council of the Year Durham County Council - Durham County Council - an altogether better council
Economic Development
Basildon Borough Council - Basildon Sporting Village Birmingham City Council - The Enterprise City High Growth Programme Bolsover District Council - Bolsover Business Support Essex County Council - Essex Apprenticeships Glasgow City Council - Securing Community Benefit from Major Projects Mansfield District Council - Summer Job Shop Rochdale MBC - Rochdale Borough Council Stepping Up - Economic Development Sheffield City Council - Access to Finance - Business Transformation Team Wirral Council - Wirral Investment Strategy
Efficiency
Durham County Council - Neighbourhood Services Medium Term Financial Plan Lichfield and Tamworth Councils - Tamworth and Lichfield Councils Joint in House Waste Collection Service London Borough of Merton - Transforming Library Services London Borough of Tower Hamlets - LBTH Transformation Programme (Year 1) North Somerset Council - Office Amalgamation Programme Rushcliffe Borough Council - Pruning costs South Gloucestershire Council - Transformation Programme Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council - The Benefits of Going On-line
Finance Team
Dacorum Borough Council - Financial Services Team Hertsmere Borough Council - Hertsmere Finance Islington Council - Finance Team London Borough of Hounslow - London Borough of Hounslow Finance Department South Northamptonshire Council - Building on Success Uttlesford District Council - The Finance Team of Uttlesford District Council Waverley Borough Council - Waverley Finance Team West Lothian Council - Financial Management Unit (West Lothian Council)
Health & Social Care
Birmingham City Council - Support, Time and Recovery (STaR) Northamptonshire CC - Community Elderly Care Service Sutton - The Resettlement Programme From Orchard Hill Hospital Durham County Council - Support & Recovery Islington Council - Whittington Health Staffordshire County Council - Integrating Reablement and Rehabilitation services in North Staffordshire Glasgow City Council - Long Term Conditions/Macmillan Project
Innovation
Birmingham City Council - Bigger Homes, Brighter Futures Cherwell DC - Miller Road Young Persons Scheme Hammersmith & Fulham - Improving the Customer Experience Online North Somerset Council - Carelink Marketing Reading Borough Council - Parents Supporting Parents Staffordshire County Council - CareMatch Swindon Borough Council - Swindon LIFE Programme
IT Initiative of the Year
Brent Council - Brent Client Index Derby City Council - The Derby Cloud Hampshire County Council - HPSN2 - a brilliant piece of infrastructure connecting Hampshire public sector organisations and schools LB Redbridge - DataShare Northamptonshire County Council - Refresh of People's Network (PN) in libraries Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council - Online PQQ system and Skills Development Recognition training Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council - Paper Free Benefits
Legal
Calderdale Council on behalf of WYLaw - WYLaw (Calderdale, Bradford, Kirklees, Wakefield and Leeds Councils) Cheshire West & Chester Borough Council - Localism in Legal Harrow Council - Harrow Council Legal Practice Kent County Council - Kent Legal Services 2010/11 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council - Savings Proposals Scarborough Borough Council - Transformation of Scarborough Borough Council's Legal Team Public Law Partnership - One Service, One Culture, One Brand West Sussex County Council - Procurement and Contracts Team, Legal Services
Low Carbon Council
Durham County Council - Altogether Better at Lowering Carbon Emissions Newport City Council - Planet Newport - Carbon Reduction Northumberland County Council - Northumberland County Council - Sustainability Programme Oxford City Council - Low Carbon Oxford Peterborough City Council Unitary Authority - Peterborough City Council Stroud District Council - Climate Change Programme Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority - Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority: Sustainability
Management Team
Derby City Council - Management Team Durham County Council - Too Difficult? Not for Neighbourhood Services Management Team East Riding of Yorkshire Council - Going Beyond What Customers Expect Elmbridge Borough Council - Corporate Management Board - LGC Entry Lincolnshire County Council - Lincolnshire Fostering Management Team London Borough of Camden - Management Team of the Year London Borough of Croydon - Income, Exchequer and Benefits London Borough of Tower Hamlets -Communities, Localities & Culture: Directorate Management Team Thurrock Council - Thurrock Council's Leadership Team
Most Improved Council of the Year
Cornwall Council - Cornwall Council: Most Improved Council of the Year East Lothian Council - Transforming East Lothian Oldham Council - Oldham Council - Most Improved Council Rochdale Borough Council - Rochdale Borough Council Stepping Up Surrey County Council - Most improved council Warrington Borough Council - Most Improved Council of the Year
Public Sector Partnerships
Cambridgeshire County Council - Kick Ash Cornwall Council - Newquay Safe Partnership Durham County Council - Total Home Safety Initiative East Staffordshire Borough Council - Innovative, originally US based, Family Nurse Partnership commissioned as a cross sector Public Sector Partnership Hull City Council - Hull Minerva Project Islington Council - Whittington Health Staffordshire County Council - Integrating Reablement and Rehabilitation services in North Staffordshire
Public/Private Partnership
Birmingham City Council - Birmingham City Council Highway Maintenance and Management PFI Chesterfield Borough Council - One Chesterfield Cornwall Council - Superfast Cornwall Derby City Council - Connecting Derby Hull City Council - BSF HULL North East Lincolnshire Council - North East Lincolnshire regeneration partnership Suffolk County Council - Suffolk Waste PFI Programme West Yorkshire Joint Services (Wakefield Council) - Financial Capability Programme
Workforce
Aylesbury Vale District Council - Best People, Best Council programme Buckinghamshire County Council - Delivering Successful Performance Cheshire West and Chester Council - Better by Degree Cornwall Council - Human Resources and Organisational Development Croydon Council - Workforce Transformation Redcar and Cleveland Council - Valuing Our People Southend-on-Sea Borough Council - Workforce Strategy Surrey County Council - STARS - Training and Development Wirral Council - Organisational Change Project

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