The Guardian Public Services Awards 2010
Public sector teams are being encouraged to enter the Guardian Public Services Awards, which aim to recognise and celebrate excellence among organisations commissioning or providing services.
The awards are looking for teams that have delivered lasting improvements in a particular public service.
Since their inception seven years ago, the Guardian Public Services Awards have aimed to showcase innovation and best practice across Whitehall, local government, the NHS and beyond.
The awards are for all organisations involved in commissioning or delivering public services, whether they sit in the public, private or voluntary sector. This year a new category has been introduced for skills development under the innovation and progress umbrella.
As before, in addition to the main team awards there is an additional accolade for citizenship and volunteering, open to private sector organisations that may not be engaged in public services as a whole, and an award for the individual public servant of the year.
The team awards are in two main sections, which are service delivery, and innovation and progress. Within each section there are a number of different categories, including care for older people, complex needs and carers, families and communities, housing and regeneration and transport and mobility.
One overall winner will be selected from the category awards. This will be the team judged to have made a truly outstanding contribution in terms of innovation and outcomes.
You can find out more information at the Guardian website.
