Celebrating success at the iESE Transformation Awards

Our tenth annual Public Sector Transformation Awards were held in March and attracted a large number of high-calibre entries. Winners of bronze, silver and gold awards were invited to attend a ceremony held at Church House in London on 6th March. This year we had thirteen different categories, including our overall Council of the Year 2019 award, which was presented to Eastbourne Borough Council and Lewes District Council for their Joint Transformation Programme.

We also introduced a new category of Ambulance Service of the Year, adding to the existing categories of Fire and Rescue Service of the Year and Police Service of the Year. There were a high number of fantastic entries demonstrating the scale of innovation and transformation occurring in the sector.

The event was attended by Local Government Minister Rishi Sunak who gave a speech to the winners. He said: “My biggest passion, as Minister, is making sure taxpayers’ money is used in the best possible way, and I’m delighted to be at an award ceremony that promotes transformation, entrepreneurship and efficiency, driven by the leading organisation in the field. "I want to thank all of this year's awards winners. Receiving an award is a great achievement and a recognition of all your hard work. You have all made a big difference to your residents, leading the way in efficiency and transformation, so my congratulations to you all.”

The next iESE Transformation Awards will be held in 2020 but local authorities are able to apply for an iESE Certificate of Excellence at any time. The certificates feed into the awards programme and help inform the categories for the annual awards.

Dr Andrew Larner, Chief Executive at iESE, added: "I would like to thank everyone who made a submission for their efforts. We hope that these awards will help us all to continue transforming our local public services."

To find out more about the Council of the Year 2019 see page 4

For more information about Certificates of Excellence see page 7