The judges have met and deliberated and we are delighted to now announce the shortlisted projects and teams in each of the eight categories of this year’s Guardian Public Service Awards.
The winners and runners-up will be announced at our awards ceremony on 28 November 2017 and a special supplement will be published online and in the paper on 29 November 2017.
Shortlist (in alphabetical order by organisation):
Care
Cardiff and Vale University health board: the introduction of a nutrition and dietetic service to the emergency unit multi-disciplinary team
Hertfordshire county council: family safeguarding service
Spectrum Community Health CIC: pulmonary rehabilitation programme, HMP Full Sutton
Digital and technology
Airedale NHS foundation trust: Airedale stammering therapy project
Greater Manchester Police: mobile team
The Connection at St Martin’s: better connected workshops for homeless people
Finance
Independent Lives: using personal health budgets to support end of life care, as part of a wider partnership including Crawley CCG, Horsham and Mid-Sussex CCG, Live Well Dying Well, and Helen Sanderson Associates
The London housing directors’ group: pan-London accommodation rates project 2016-17
Warwickshire county council: franchising of recycling centre reuse shops
Health and wellbeing
A Mile in Her Shoes: London-based charity offering free running groups to women affected by homelessness
Highgate primary school: North London: pastoral care team
Vale of Glamorgan council: Dragons’ Den-style wellbeing challenge group
Housing – sponsored by Norse Commercial Services
Arhag housing association: RISE into employment project
Bron Afon Community Housing: homes that work
Hope into Action: UK-wide charity that helps churches fight homelessness
Learning and development – sponsored by Skills for Care
Baby Lifeline: BIRTH 2 (bringing interactive response training to hospitals) maternity training initiative
Carmarthenshire county council: Dewis Sir Gar training strategy for call handlers involved in the information, advice and assistance service
City and county of Swansea: team around the family in schools programme to support Swansea council’s team around the family
Recruitment and HR – sponsored by the PPMA
City of Wolverhampton council: recruitment in Wolverhampton
Greater Manchester Police: positive action recruitment team
Lincolnshire county council: revitalised social worker recruitment team
Leadership excellence – sponsored by Veredus
Fiona Jenkins, executive director, therapies and health science, Cardiff and Vale University health board
Paul Allen, team manager, Manchester city council
Carmel McKinney, chair, Northern Ireland fire and rescue service
Public Servant of the Year
Five public servants have been shortlisted for this prestigious award, which is now open for public vote.
You have until 9 October 2017 to cast your vote, and you may vote only once.
Overall Winner
This category celebrates the best of the category winners, deemed by the judges to be the strongest of this year’s entries.
This team or individual will have demonstrated an exceptional level of application, innovation and achievement, and will have delivered substantial improvement in a public service that has made a real difference to people’s lives.
This award will be announced at the awards evening in November 2017.
