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Local Government Challenge
The Local Government Challenge gives staff with the drive and determination to reach the top, the opportunity to demonstrate their individual and team-working skills. Open to employees in the Local Government Association's (LGA's) member authorities, contestants undertake a series of challenges in a range of council services.
Local Government Challenge 2012
The shortlist of contestants for this year's challenge has now been selected. The 10 finalists who will be battling it out to become 2012 Local Government Challenge champion are:
- Bahar Eser, Senior Contracts Officer, Hertfordshire County Council
- Edward Adams, Project Officer, Kent County Council
- Hannah Lavender, Performance Officer, Northampton Borough Council
- Hannah Rees, Communications Manager, Cornwall Council
- Holly Rae, Corporate Policy Officer, Stockport Council
- Jodie Harris, Principal Strategy Officer, Southwark Council
- Lorna Gibbons, Senior Economic Development Officer, Borough of Poole Council
- Miladur Rahman, Partnership Development Officer, Rochdale Borough Council
- Rachael Hawthorne, Estate Renewal Project Officer, Northampton Borough Council
- Vikas Bhanot, Efficiency Officer, London Borough of Croydon Council
The winner will be announced at the LGA Annual Conference in Birmingham in June 2012.
The 2012 quest to find the best begins in Birmingham - read about the start of the 2012 LG Challenge.
Local Government Challenge 2011 winner
This year's champion, Paul Knight, Customer and Business Services Manager at South Cambridgeshire District Council, has been busy since winning the competition at the end of June. He has been getting his winning Bruce Lockhart scholarship proposal off the ground and has been on a trip to visit Cambridge City Council, Massachusetts, USA.
Read Paul's experiences since winning the Local Government Challenge (October 2011)
Read Paul's update from February 2012
Paul will be updating us on a regular basis as to how his proposal is proceeding. We're looking forward to hearing more about the USA trip soon.
Catch up with all the Local Government Challenge 2011 action
Further information
Please contact: lgchallenge@local.gov.uk
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