The COSLA Excellence Awards celebrate the very best in Scottish local government. Our emphasis is on rewarding the most innovative and passionate developments, and on recognising projects that demonstrate excellent service delivery to communities.
Read the full story »Find out about what makes a winning 2012 application, watch a video about the project, and download more details.
Read more about our 2012 short leeted projects, including short video overviews and downloadable details.
Download more details of the ten short leeted 2012 projects for each category.
The 2012 COSLA Chair’s Award, SOLACE Best Team, and Scottish Government Award for Excellence.
Read about projects that have been recognised in previous years, and download more information about them.
The 2012 COSLA Excellence Awards have honoured eight Scottish councils and their partners for outstanding quality of service to the public.
West Lothian, Glasgow City, North Ayrshire, and City of Edinburgh Councils, along with South Lanarkshire Council and Strathclyde Police, all took first place in the main categories of the Awards. Glasgow City Council also scooped the Chairman’s Award, while the SOLACE Best Team Award went to Midlothian Council. A ground breaking partnership of councils to deliver the M74 Completion Project was also recognised for Delivering Excellence by the Scottish Government.
COSLA President Councillor Pat Watters CBE, who chaired the judging panel, described the entries for the awards this year as inspiring:
“The COSLA Excellence Awards showcase and celebrate the very best of Scottish Local Government. The sheer impact being achieved by these projects is proof that Scotland’s local services are in great shape.”
Councillor Watters continued: “All those who took part- and we had more entries from more organisations than ever before- can be proud of their achievements. The Scottish local government family faces major challenges over the next few years, and now more than ever, the COSLA Excellence Awards have a vital part to play in translating real success stories into more responsive, efficient and effective local services across the country. Where these projects are leading, others will follow, and that makes the future very bright indeed.”
Find out detailed information about all of the winners by downloading our press release:
In partnership with10 organisations, the Long Term Conditions & Macmillan project delivers from one point of contact, a targeted intervention service to meet the needs of some of our most vulnerable customer in a hospital, outreach surgery or home setting to maximise income, increase benefit uptake, reduce debt and provide help with financial problems.
The M74 Completion is a genuine, multi-agency partnership setup to deliver 8 kms of new motorway which links the M74 with the M8, west of the KingstonBridge, Glasgow and provides the missing link in the area’s strategic motorway network.
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