South Lanarkshire Council has received a public providers award for its work with the Gypsy/Traveller group.
The council’s housing and technical assets’ partnership work with Gypsy/Traveller communities noticed them acquire recognition within the 'Constructing Variety and Inclusion' class on the Municipal Journal Achievement Awards 2022.
Government director, Daniel Lowe, informed Lanarkshire Reside : “Enormous congratulations to all of the staff for profitable this award – it's actual testomony to the laborious work everybody concerned has put in to make this mission successful.
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“This comes scorching on the heels of the mission profitable a COSLA award, the highest Scottish public sector award programme.
"To win at a UK-level is unbelievable recognition for the work delivering constantly excessive ranges of buyer providers at our two Gypsy/Traveller websites in the course of the pandemic. Judges famous the service’s work in partnership with these residing on the websites.”
The council’s chief govt, Cleland Sneddon, added : “Working within the public sector isn't solely about awards it's about doing all your greatest for the group and I do know all of us try for that at SLC.
“That is only a reflection of the standard of providers supplied by workers in South Lanarkshire day-in-day-out.
“The MJ awards are each nice recognition for effort, innovation and dedication and a benchmark that lets all of us within the public sector study from the perfect work presently being delivered throughout the nation.”
HRH The Princess Royal visited the Springbank Gypsy/Traveller website in East Kilbride just lately and the outcomes of the profitable partnership working with the council.
The Municipal Journal Achievement Awards had been launched in 2004 and the occasion is without doubt one of the most recognised award programmes open to the general public sector.
The council’s group and enterprise assets staff additionally made it via to this 12 months’s ultimate for the roll out of the PACE electrical automobile charging community, however missed out on first place within the Finest EV Charging Undertaking Class.
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