Welcome to the COSLA Excellence Awards
July 10, 2011 – 10:16 am | Comments Off

 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.

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Gold Award Winners 2011

Find out about what makes a winning 2011 application, watch a video about the project, and download more details.

Silver Award Winners 2011

Read more about our 2011 short leeted projects, including short video overviews and downloadable details.

Bronze Award Winners 2011

Download more details of the ten short leeted 2011 projects for each category.

Special Award Winners 2011

The 2011 COSLA Chair’s Award, SOLACE Best Team, and Scottish Government Award for Excellence.

previous winners

Read about projects that have been recognised in previous years, and download more information about them.

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Articles in Tackling Health Inequalities and Improving Health

Scottish Government Award Winner: North Lanarkshire Council – NLC Breakfast Clubs
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Scottish Government Award Winner: North Lanarkshire Council – NLC Breakfast Clubs

North Lanarkshire Council operate one of the most innovative and extensive networks of breakfast clubs anywhere in the UK. Their leading edge approach has successfully expanded the programme in recent years to encompass a wide range of additional activities.

Category 3 Winner: Glasgow City Council – Healthy Eating Project for Adults with Learning Disabilities
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Category 3 Winner: Glasgow City Council – Healthy Eating Project for Adults with Learning Disabilities

The Healthy Eating Project is an exciting and innovative initiative involving the development of a training course for adults with learning disabilities, across a range of ability levels, which enables them to learn about the key healthy eating messages from the Scottish Healthy Living Campaign by changing it into a more accessible format.

City of Edinburgh Council- PrePare
March 9, 2011 – 10:21 pm | Comments Off
City of Edinburgh Council- PrePare

The PrePare service aims to ensure effective care management and coordination by bringing together a specialist and multi-disciplinary team based in one location.

Category 3 – Tackling Health Inequalities and Improving Health
March 4, 2010 – 10:30 pm | Comments Off
Category 3 – Tackling Health Inequalities and Improving Health

Peer Education Tackles Health Inequalities and Improves Health in Dundee.

The Dundee Peer Education Project (DPEP) has successfully developed and delivered peer education across Dundee. The project has developed an effective model in Dundee to tackle issues relating to drugs, smoking and alcohol using peer-led methods to inform and educate young people.

Glasgow City Council – Come Cook With Us!
March 4, 2010 – 10:15 pm | Comments Off
Glasgow City Council – Come Cook With Us!

Saint Anne’s Primary School is situated in Calton, an area of considerable poverty and multiple deprivation where there are significant health issues in the community. The school took the decision to begin to tackle the health inequalities and improve the health of both the children and the wider community by a targeted intervention of Healthy Eating and Cooking in the Curriculum – ‘Come Cook With Us’.