A decade of success

In 2019, the Local Government Challenge celebrated its 10th anniversary and we intend to continue to make it bigger and better than ever in 2020, with a new range of exciting real-life challenges taking place across the country.


Kartar Singh

 

Back in 2009, in a darkened room somewhere in the backstreets of Westminster, a group of local government enthusiasts were bemoaning the quality of contestant in a well-known prime time reality show, hosted by a well-known member of the House of Lords.

“Local government people are so much better than that,” they declared. “they are ambitious yes, but they are also honourable and supportive and they deliver outstanding results. We should find a way to showcase that to the world!”

And so it came to pass, that with the support of colleagues in the media world, and a prize generously donated in memory of Sandy Bruce-Lockhart, former LGA Chairman and Leader of Kent County Council, the Local Government Challenge was born.

In 2019, the Local Government Challenge celebrated its 10th anniversary and we intend to continue to make it bigger and better than ever in 2020, with a new range of exciting real-life challenges taking place across the country.

Many of our past contestants have gone on to bigger and better things as a direct result of the experience and profile they gained from taking part in the Challenge. We recently launched the LG Challenge Alumni Year Book, both to track the careers of our past stars and to give new contestants the opportunity to expand their networks and further their own careers.

So if you have the drive and ambition to be a future leader in Local Government, or you would like to nominate one of your rising stars to take up the Challenge, we want to hear from you.