Breckland DC

This new award is open to a single council or where appropriate a partnership of councils with a joint staff team. Councils deliver a vast array of services and as a result employ staff in numerous different roles and with a wide range of professional backgrounds. From staff working with communities on the front line to technical experts delivering services such as planning, council workforces are unique and supporting their varying needs and ensuring they all feel part of the organisation can be challenging. This award seeks to recognise the council or council partnership that has gone the extra mile to ensure all staff are engaged, supported and developed to fulfil their personal potential in the interests of the place and communities they serve. The LGC Best Place to work will have a positive and inclusive culture where staff at every level feel valued and that their voices are heard. Judges will be looking for exceptional learning and development provision as well as innovative approaches to staff engagement, workplace wellbeing and equality, diversity and inclusion that other councils could learn from. Entries should also be able to demonstrate how this has led to the strong performance of the organisation.