PR 3249
Two
council services have been shortlisted for awards at the Making a Difference
in Yorkshire and Humber 2007 awards.
The
North Lincolnshire Highways Alliance Partnership and the FreshStart initiative
have both been shortlisted for the annual awards.
The
awards is organised by Local Government Yorkshire and Humber. Local
Government Yorkshire and Humber is a regional partnership of local councils
and fire and rescue authorities. It enables them to work together and collaborate
on issues of common purpose. The
awards are open to the 22 councils in the region as well as the four fire and
rescue authorities.
FreshStart
is a partnership project between the council, the Primary Care Trust,
and Voluntary Action North Lincolnshire. It has been shortlisted in the Making
The Connections award category.
FreshStart
works to develop new services and activities for the over 50-year-olds in North
Lincolnshire. These are provided around themes of health and care, information
and signposting, socialising, and services in the home. By providing these services,
FreshStart helps keep people aged fifty and above informed about a range of
issues that are important to them. By putting people in touch with groups, events
and activities taking place in their community, FreshStart helps people feel
part of their community and helps break down isolation and loneliness.
The
North Lincolnshire Highways Alliance Partnership has been shortlisted in the
Working Together to Improve award category.
The
council is developing better highway and transport services for local people
through a new way of working. So council staff formed an alliance between the
civil engineering and building contractor Clugston Construction, and highway
and structure designers Pell Frischmann. Together they make up the North
Lincolnshire Highways Alliance Partnership.
The alliance means
that all upcoming projects are carried out by the council and its partners,
rather than putting contracts out to tender to different firms each time. Working
together on projects has advantages in time, quality, cost, health and safety
and the environment. Other bonuses are extra skills, training and continued
employment for staff of the partners, jobs for North Lincolnshire people, and
more supply opportunities for other local firms.
Cllr
Mark Kirk, Leader of North Lincolnshire Council said:
“It’s great news to see two schemes that the council is heavily involved
in gain this level of recognition. Being shortlisted for these two awards
lets us know that these schemes really do make a difference to local people.
“FreshStart is making massive strides into improving the quality of life
and awareness of services for people aged 50 and over in North Lincolnshire.
And the Highways Alliance Partnership combines our own employees skills with
those of our partners. Together the partnership is determined to work together
to see less accidents on our roads and improved accessibility and availability
of alternative transport. Both schemes are definitely worthy of awards and
I wish them the best of luck on the awards evening.”
The
Making a Difference
in Yorkshire and Humber 2007 award
ceremony will take place on 29 November at the Queens hotel in Leeds City Centre.
For further information
please contact: Stacey Dickens on 01724 296364. Email stacey.dickens@northlincs.gov.uk.