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The iNetwork Innovation Awards are an important opportunity for local public services to celebrate and share leading practice and recognise the valuable work of peers. With 50 entries across seven categories this year, competition was fierce.

Eager to hear the winners, 130 representatives of local public services, including finalists and sponsors, gathered on 18 November for a dinner and awards ceremony at the Albert & Victoria Hotel in Manchester.

As the highlight of a buzzing evening, nine awards were presented for innovation with impact in the field of public service delivery. Darra Singh, partner at EY, presented the Outstanding Contribution Award with Steven Pleasant,

chief executive of Tameside MBC and chair of the iNetwork partnership, to Wigan MBC.

Mr Pleasant said: “It has been such an amazing evening. It demonstrates how committed people are and how hard and creatively colleagues are working to support their communities.”

Despite the competitive tension, many people said they felt inspired by the atmosphere and finalists. This feeling was carried forward into the following day when many of the finalists and winners shared their expertise at the Delivering through Devolution conference where Manchester City Council leader Sir Richard Leese (Lab) headlined alongside Essex CC leader David Finch (Con) and

Chorley DC leader Alistair Bradley (Lab).

The awards were open to any of the 120+ iNetwork member organisations; 1,400 votes were received during the short voting window with the final decisions being taken by public sector peers involved with iNetwork or national programmes.

iNetwork offers public service organisations the

chance to deliver innovative, high quality and cost effective services to the communities they serve through a range of events and other activities where members can share their experiences and what has worked for them. Membership includes council, health, police, fire, housing, voluntary and community sector organisations.

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Excellence in Information Sharing and Security (EISS) Award Winner Lancashire and Cumbria IG GroupWinning project Information Sharing Gateway

This award is for effective and secure use of personal information to deliver innovative service delivery between organisations.

Innovative Access to Public Services (IAPS) AwardWinner Trafford MBCWinning project Trafford Intelligence Lab

This award is for innovation and achievement in access to frontline services by the public including work that involves the use(s) of digital, channel migration, mobile workforce, customer insight/business intelligence, open data, social media or systems integration.

Effective Service Redesign and Reform (ESR2) AwardWinner Cheshire East CouncilWinning project Fostering Transformation Project

This award is for innovation and achievement in whole service design. In particular nominations were welcomed for work that involved multi-service systems thinking, design led initiatives, customer centric change and services that impact on demand.

Connected Procurement AwardWinners Salford, Trafford and Rochdale (STaR) Procurement and the Association of Greater Manchester Authorities Procurement HUB.Winning projects Connecting Procurement in Greater Manchester & Greater Manchester Social Value Policy

This award is for outstanding success and achievement in public procurement or commissioning.

Tameside MBC chief executive Steven Pleasant

Awards and winners http://devolution.i-network.org.uk/awards/

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iStandUK AwardWinner Sedgemoor DCWinning project Community Impact Mitigation

This award is for innovation and achievement in the development and use of electronic data standards. “e-standards” are vital for enabling information sharing and information exploitation to support efficiency, transformation, and transparency of local public services in the UK.

Supplier Excellence AwardWinner FutureWinning project Get Online Campaign and Go ON Warrington

This award recognises outstanding performance from suppliers that work with iNetwork member organisations. The award celebrates innovation, collaboration, efficiency and going the extra mile. Nominations could only be made by public sector organisations.

Outstanding Contribution AwardWinner Wigan MBC

iNetwork’s top award, recognising the outstanding contribution of the iNetwork member organisation which has most extensively promoted learning and sharing of innovation and best practice. All iNetwork members were automatically eligible to be considered.

Most Creative Video AwardWinner Tameside MBCWinning project Alcohol Licensing Toolkit Video

This year iNetwork decided to hand out a spot prize for the most creative video presentation of a nominee’s project. All nominees who produced a video were eligible for the award and a total of 15 video entries were received. The only rule was that no money could be spent on video production. As a result there were some truly inspiring, innovative and entertaining efforts.

Awards and winners http://devolution.i-network.org.uk/awards/

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SPONSORSHIPThe 2015 iNetwork Innovation Awards were primarily sponsored by EY and iNetwork’s corporate members – NDL Ltd, IEG4 Ltd and YPO. Egress sponsored the Effective Information Sharing & Security Awards.