Providing award winning services to over
800,000 people
Staffordshire County Council aims to provide the very best
services for over 800,000 people.
Our commitment to providing you with services of the highest
quality has lead to a glittering showcase of international,
national and regional awards from industry experts.
Commendation - Sustainability Award 2009
The award, which marked out the OC3 project as 'Commended', was won in the Sustainability category of the Government Business Awards. It recognised the tremendous work the OC3 partnership has done to cut carbon emissions in Staffordshire.
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Winner - Utilities Group Partnership Award
The UK's top organisation in the world of highway works has recognised Staffordshire County Council for its cutting edge work in delivering partnership roadworks schemes which bring real benefits to local communities.
The National Joint Utility Group awarded their top annual partnership award to Staffordshire Highway's Kinver's summer long, high-profile, revitalisation project, which involved organisation of a number of different agencies to make road and utility improvements with the minimum of inconvenience to the public.
It was one of the most complex multi-agency service upgrades ever undertaken in the UK.
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Winner - Corporate Governance Award
The county council's outstanding money and business management has earned a coveted national award.
The expert panel of judges were impressed by the way Staffordshire County Council's new leadership team has transformed the authority's spending while continuing to improve services. This has resulted in savings to the taxpayer of £22 million in the last financial year without affecting the commitment to making life better for people in the county.
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Winner - Recycling Officer of the Year
An officer at Staffordshire County Council has won a top industry award.
Mark Parkinson was crowned Recycling Officer of the Year at the prestigious National Recycling Awards which were held at the International Centre in Telford.
The Recycling and Marketing Manager went head to head against hundreds of colleagues from across the country and was given first prize over three other short-listed candidates.
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Winner - Road Users
Category 2008 - Roadsafe
Staffordshire County Council's Road Safety team have won this international award that recognises outstanding achievement and innovation.
The team received the award for the 'black box' - a high tech system that can be fitted to young drivers' cars to monitor how they drive and feeds into a computer record back home. By looking at their driving patterns with their families and road safety trainers, young drivers can learn about how to improve and develop their driving skills.
The black box is an integral part of Staffordshire's Young Driver Coaching Programme and results from the pilot programme indicate a massive improvement in participant's driving.
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Read more about the Prince Michael International Road Safety Award
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Winner of Double Gold - 2008
Staffordshire County Council's Highways team has been officially recognised as one of the country's most thoughtful road builders.
The Staffordshire team has struck double-gold in the National Considerate Constructors of the Decade Awards, recognising their commitment to delivering highway improvements working with and for local communities.
Only one per cent of construction projects receive a single gold award - achieving two is thought to be unprecedented.
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Read more about the Considerate Constructors Award
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Finalist -Councillor Development Achievement of the Year 2009
Councillors make the decisions in councils so giving them the support to make these decisions well is essential to the running of a successful local authority. Staffordshire County Council is a finalist in the prestigous MJ Awards.
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Commended - Legal Achievement of the Year Award 2009
The contribution of lawyers to Staffordshire County Council's ground breaking projects has been commended.
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Energy Efficiency Achievement of the Year Award 2009
The county council's Chasewater Innovation Centre is in the finals of this prestigious competition that recognises innovattive practices that combat climate change.
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Winner -MJ Awards 2008
Staffordshire County Council and its partners have been recognised as delivering the best Children's Services in the county by the Local Government Assocation.
The creation of Community and Learning Partnerships have lead to multi-agency teams providing education, health and safety services in schools, children's centres and other community venues.
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Commended - Best Use of Resources - MJ Awards 2008
The county council's Highways team has been commended for making the best use of your money by combining partners from the private and public sector in service delivery.
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Finalist - Partnering with Health Service Achievement of the Year - MJ Awards 2008
Staffordshire County Council and its partners were a finalist in this award for the Stafford Signpost Project. The project has lead to a strong partnership that has lead to more of the community taking a 'prevention is better than cure' approach to their health.
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Winner - Innovation category - Local Government Awards 2008
Staffordshire County Council officer Peter Kear won this prestigous award after he developed a 'computer patch' which turns off computers accidentally left on overnight. The technology has saved the county council £40,000 and counting in electricity bills and helps to reduce our carbon production. The technology is now being shared across the country.
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Silver Award- Environmental Best Practice and Sustainable Development
Staffordshire Highways won this national award for their dedication to protecting the environment, specifically during the construction of the £25 million Rugeley Bypass.
The authority was given a silver award in recognition of the excellent environmental example it has set within the construction industry.
It used a range of recycled materials when developing the congestion busting, economy boosting bypass. Just over 80% of the materials used were recycled or contained recycled components.
Foammaster - which is made up of 75% recycled materials - was used for the surfacing base. Recycled hardcore was used for all of the temporary haul roads which were removed when the work was completed and the hardcore was recycled again.
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Winner - Irene Williamson- Staffordshire Criminal Justice Board Local Justice Award
The award recognised Irene's work on the Driving the Buzz to Death campaign - an initiative designed to show young people the consequences and costs of reckless driving under the influence of drink and drugs.
Irene, from Little Haywood, is dedicated to the challenges of working with young people.
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Winner - Green IT Award - 2008
Staffordshire County Council won this major award for Peter Kear's 'patch' to reduce energy consumption and carbon production.
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Read more about the Government Computing Awards for Innovation
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Centre of Excellence status us Local Transport Delivery
Staffordshire County Council were awarded Centre of Excellence status in Local Transport Delivery in 2007 by the Department for Transport for the excellent work undertaken during the first Local Transport Plan (2001-2006).
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Winner -Green Champion for Environmental Best Practice - 2008
Staffordshire County Council's IT service won this national award over 500 other nominations for it's continued and industry-setting standard of environmental care, whilst supporting the council's IT needs.
The award was given in recognition of a variety of different environmental initiatives including:
- producing a cost and energy saving computer patch to turn off machines left on overnight.
- producing nearly 1000 eco-computers for use in schools, resulting in lower costs and energy consumption.
- increasing the use of remote technology to fix faulty equipment and for thorough and effective recycling of hardware.
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Read more about the Green Apple Awards
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Winner - User Involvement/Children and Families category - Community Care Magazine 2008
The county council and Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service won this national award after touring the county with a roaming diary room, encouraging young people to speak up on what it's like to live in their local community. Local young people had a chance to give Council bosses honest feedback about life in their neighbourhood by giving a one minute low-down to camera.
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Winner - Disability category - Community Care Magazine 2008
The county council's Social Care and Health Central Performance Team won this national award for making sure that the quality of services delivered to vulnerable residents receiving social care is uniformly high across the county.
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Winner - Quality Champion category - Community Care Magazine 2008
Amanda Terry, one of the county council's Social Care Quality Assurance Assessor has won the award following carrying out an extensive consultation exercise with service users about quality of care and services in residential care establishments. This has led to a revision of service targets and methods of care.
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More about the Excellence Network Awards
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Jacqui Knight - 2008
Staffordshire County Council employee Jacqui Knight has won this prestigous award for outstanding work with young people in custody.
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Winner - The Sentinel -2008
Staffordshire County Council's Highways team has won this award from a local media organisation that recognised their use of recycling practices in road construction.
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Commended- Improving Quality of Life category - 2008
The county council has been commended for their innovative approach to support people with dementia and their carers, friends and family.
'Alz Cafes' are now available across the county to give people the opportunity to come together in a safe environment to meet others and share their experiences.
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Regional finalist- NHS - 2008
Staffordshire County Council's Mental Health and Employment Group won a commendation for producing a CD aimed at promoting positive mental health in the workplace.
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Winners - Trent and Dove Housing -Overall Impact on Communities by an Organisation - 2007
Staffordshire County Council's Learning Skills project collected this award in recognition of providing older people with educational facilities and recreational activities.
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Winner - Birmingham Telegraph - 2008
Cannock Chase's Enterprise Centre, a supported business environment with Staffordshire County Council as a major partner, has been used by over 400 companies which has created over 1,000 jobs for the local community.
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Winner - Redundant Building Grant Scheme - Business and Economy Category - 2008
Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Solihull Redundant Building Grant Scheme have received this prestigous award for breathing life into market towns through the Market Towns Initiative.
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Read more about the West Midlands Market Town Award
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Staffordshire County Council has been shortlisted for a national award for its programme of work to reduce alcohol consumption among 11 to 15 year olds.
As the only local authority in the country to be shortlisted, Staffordshire is one of nine finalists in the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) Awards 2008.
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Finalists - National Business Awards 2008
Staffordshire County Council's Trading Standards services was a finalist for this award for demonstrating how the service has improved, amended or simplified statutory regulation or processes in order to create a more effective and efficient operating environment for UK business.
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Finalists - eGovernment National Awards - sponsored by KPMG
For sustainable, 'green IT' or 'carbon-efficient services'
Staffordshire County Council has been shortlisted for this major award for Peter Kear's 'patch' to reduce energy consumption and carbon production.
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Read more about the eGovernment National Awards
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Finalists - Outstanding In-House Public Relations Team
The Communications Team was a finalist fo the regional in-house acommunications team by the Chartered Institute of PR.
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Finalists - Law Society Awards 2008
This rewards excellence in practice management and service delivery from practices that have successfully implemented the Lexcel standards. The judges look for practices that have effectively incorporated the Lexcel framework into their business strategies to drive continuous improvement.
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