Civil Service Awards within the Civil Service community

27 Jan 2022 HR

How we got here: Winners of the Lifetime Achievement Award look back over their civil service careers

"Take the time to develop the skills to progress – it’s not a sign of failure if you’re not getting promoted every 18 months": three CSA winners share tips and fond memories from their decades in the civil service

16 Dec 2021

Civil Service Awards 2021: Shortlist

Find out the shortlist for the civil servants who have performed exceptionally over the past 12 months, being nominated for the prestigious Civil Service Awards 2021

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20 Sep 2021

Why hybrid cloud will be the future of UK public sector infrastructure

Tim Skinner, public sector director at NetApp, outlines the benefits of cloud adoption in a post-Covid environment

29 Jul 2021 HR

Skilled, innovative, ambitious: new vision for 2021 Civil Service Awards

Annual awards get an overhaul, with new categories to align with Modern Civil Service vision

11 May 2021

Civil Service Awards: Delivering benefits technology fit for the 21st century

DWP staff won the Project Delivery Excellence Award for a project to upgrade systems delivering jobseekers’ allowance and many other benefits during the first wave of the Covid pandemic. Mark Bell tells CSW how it was done

10 May 2021

Civil Service Awards: How the Citizenship Award winner reached out to people most in need

DWP official Sarah Morton has been recognised for her voluntary work with organisations that support homeless people in Liverpool. She tells CSW how staff from across the department’s Belle Vale service centre support the HOPE Project

07 May 2021

Civil Service Award winners: Breaking new ground with support networks

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office’s Gillian Whitworth won the 2020 Health & Wellbeing Award in recognition of her extraordinary commitment, courage and compassion in raising greater awareness of eating disorders. She tells CSW about the background to her nomination

06 May 2021 Coronavirus

Civil Service Award winners: Supporting communities through a year like no other

In the second of our series of interviews with Civil Service Awards winners, CSW spoke to MHCLG senior policy adviser Abigail Agyei,. who won the Rising Star Award for her work with marginalised communities during the coronavirus pandemic. She spoke to CSW about her work, winning the award, and trying to celebrate during lockdown

05 May 2021 Local & Devolved

Civil Service Award winners: Leading the way to better lives for victims of the Troubles

There was no shortage of talented individuals and teams recognised in this year’s Civil Service Awards. In this series, CSW talked to some of the winners about their work and how it felt to win. First up is Chris Atkinson, who won the Inspirational Leadership Award for his work coordinating the delivery of long-stalled plans for a payments scheme to help people left with permanent disabilities as a result of conflict in Northern Ireland. He tells CSW about the background to the project

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15 Mar 2021

‘I’m in awe of everything civil servants have achieved’: One Civil Service Awards sponsor reflects on a year like no other

Rhona Parry, Chief Executive Officer of Indesser, sets out why the company is backing the Civil Service Awards

12 Mar 2021

Civil Service Awards: lessons from the innovation award winners

In the first of a series of articles looking in-depth at the winners of the Civil Service Awards, CSW republishes our in-depth examination of the work of the Home Office’s Accelerated Capability Environment, who won the 2020 Innovation Award

25 Feb 2021 Energy & Environment

Civil Service Awards recognise pandemic innovation and community spirit

Cross government employment-aid efforts, apprenticeships drive and founder of eating-disorder support group among latest recipients

14 Jan 2021 Commercial

Civil Service Awards 2020: see the full shortlist

After a year in which public servants’ resilience and ingenuity has been truly tested, the nominations for the Civil Service Awards recognise the unparalleled efforts that have gone into the pandemic response

14 Sep 2020

Bright ideas: Civil Service Awards opens for nominations

Celebration of excellence in public service marks 15th birthday with its biggest-ever category range

10 Oct 2019 Government Tax Profession

“Civil servants should feel immensely proud of their achievements” – a perspective from the National Audit Office

As the Civil Service Awards shortlist is announced, judge Gareth Davies, the head of the National Audit Office, shares his reflections on what made these nominations stand out from the crowd

23 Sep 2019 Civil Service Reform

How will government rescue Thomas Cook holidaymakers? The 2017 repatriation of Monarch Airline passengers shows the way

The government quickly became the UK’s fifth largest airline following the closure of Monarch Airlines. After winning the project delivery excellence award at the 2018 Civil Service Awards, Eirik Pitkethly told Civil Service World earlier this year how the Department for Transport did it

17 Sep 2019

‘A model across government’: We hear from the award-winning team who recruited 2,500 new prison officers

We spoke to the communication insight and evaluation manager of the 2018 Communication Award winners about how strategic use of data led to a highly successful campaign

24 Jul 2019

‘If you see someone changing things for the better, thank them. Nominate them.’ D&I Award winner Charlotte Dring on driving change and backing yourself

With a few more days to nominate for the 2019 Civil Service Awards, winner of the 2018 Diversity & Inclusion Award Charlotte Dring tells CSW about the change she helped to drive, and why winning the award meant so much

17 Jul 2019

One Public Estate: Hear from the programme on course to create 44,000 jobs, and unlock space for 25,000 homes

With only a week until award nominations close, we hear from the programme manager of the 2016 Collaboration Award winners about what the team have achieved in the three years since

10 Jul 2019

GOV.UK Notify: How a team of only 12 civil servants are on track to save government £45 million a year

With nominations still open for the 2019 Civil Service Awards, we speak to the winners of the 2018 Operational Excellence Award about how Notify has tripled its users in the past year, and how it first came into being

01 Jul 2019

Marina Pettigrew: Meet the inspirational leader who built an international correspondence unit from scratch

Pettigrew received the Inspirational Leadership award in 2018 for her work in the FCO’s Central Correspondence Unit. With nominations for the 2019 awards still open, she speaks to CSW about the challenges the team had to overcome, and what it takes to be a great leader

26 Jun 2019

Developing People: Elizabeth Gardiner on the award which celebrates professional practice in the Civil Service

Civil Service Awards champion Elizabeth Gardiner on what she’s looking for in a ‘Developing People award’ winner, and why we should all be nominating our colleagues

19 Jun 2019

The Race Disparity Audit: How one civil service team is mapping the impact of ethnicity in Britain

The Race Disparity Audit won the Chris Martin Policy Award in 2018. Marcus Bell, director of the RDU, speaks to CSW about the work of the unit, and what lies in the future