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Here’s the shortlist in all nine categories for this year’s Public Service Awards. Winners announced 29 November.
Here’s the shortlist in all nine categories for this year’s Public Service Awards. Winners announced 29 November.

Guardian Public Service Awards 2016: the category shortlist

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The shortlisted projects and teams in each of the nine categories in this year’s awards

The judges have met and deliberated and we are now delighted to announce the shortlisted projects and teams in each of the nine categories in this year’s Guardian Public Service Awards.


The winners and runners-up will be announced at our awards ceremony in November 2016 and a special supplement will be published online and in the paper on 30 November 2016.

Shortlist (in alphabetical order by organisation):

Care – sponsored by CGI

10-60-6 dementia care team, Barchester Healthcare

Sefton multi-agency child sexual exploitation panel, Sefton council

Pause Southwark, London borough of Southwark

Digital and technology – sponsored by Havas People

Baby Buddy app, Best Beginnings

Peterborough Open+ libraries, Peterborough city council

Healthcare innovation team proactive care system, Welsh government

Finance - sponsored by Finders International

Economic development, Angus council

Financial turnaround of Bolton NHS Foundation Trust, Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

Financial self-sufficiency, Sevenoaks district council

Health and wellbeing – sponsored by Remploy

Community Works for Health, Bart’s Health NHS Trust

Healthy Futures, Derventio Housing Trust

Housing - sponsored by Oyster Partnership

Staffordshire offenders service, Heantun Group

The Money House, Hyde Group

Live and work project, Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust

Learning and development - sponsored by Skills for Care

Your Training, Your Way, Independent Lives

Every colleague matters event, Nottingham city council

Co-responding project team, Surrey Fire and Rescue Service and South East Coast Ambulance Service

Recruitment - sponsored by Quadrant Resourcing

Insight programme, Cheshire Constabulary

Smart sourcing, Transport for London

Social promotion project, Wiltshire council

Sustainability – sponsored by Repic

Warm Homes, Oldham council

Green Wheels travel scheme, Salford city council

Transformation – sponsored by Ameo

Youth homelessness databank team, Centrepoint

Chief executive and area managers, Home-Start Lincolnshire

Accents team, Poplar housing and regeneration community association

Overall Winner

This category celebrates the best of the individual category winners deemed by the judges to be the strongest of this year’s entries. This project or team 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 2016.

Public Servant of the Year - sponsored by EY

Five public servants have been shortlisted for this prestigious award, which is now openfor public vote. You have until 30 September 2016 to cast your vote - and you may vote only once.

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