LG Challenge

Local Government Challenge is a competition which seeks out the best and brightest local government officers with the drive and determination to reach the top.

Competitors take part in a series of real-life challenges in host authorities around the country, which test their individual and team-working skills. The competition offers a great career development opportunity and if they win, there is a prize of up to £10,000 from the Bruce-Lockhart scholarship.

Watch the first 2013 challenge

This film (20 minutes 37 seconds) introduces us to the 10 contestants as they take part in the first challenge in Bournemouth.

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Read the summary of the Bournemouth challenge film.

Local Government Challenge 2013

Ten of the top young local government officers in England shared a testing time in Norfolk as part of this year's Local Government Challenge:
Breckland – something different for the LG Challenge (PDF file, 1 page, 2.6MB)

Duncan Flint, Internal Communications Manager at Bournemouth Borough Council, enjoys the first challenge:
LG Challenge 2013 kicks off in Bournemouth

Dermot Joyce, Chief Executive of CapacityGRID and a judge for LG Challenge will be writing a blog after each challenge. Read his first blog:
Contestants show appetite for innovation in Bournemouth

The following councils will be hosting challenges in 2013:

• January – Bournemouth Borough Council
• February – Rushcliffe Borough Counci
• March – Breckland Council
• April – London Fire Brigade
• May – Northampton Borough Council.

The following 10 contestants have been chosen to participate in the Local Government Challenge 2013:

• Ben Whitter, Cheshire East Council
• Darren Willetts, Staffordshire County Council
• Francine Oddy, London Borough of Haringey
• Hannah Cooke, Worcester City Council
• James Wyatt, Somerset County Council
• Justin Phillips, Essex County Council
• Lana Fisher, Leeds City Council
• Liz Richardson, Wiltshire Council
• Scott Sullivan, Thurrock Council
• Steven Hume, Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council.

Further information

Please contact: lgchallenge@local.gov.uk

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