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Council of the Year recognises a local council which has gone above and beyond for the people of the community. It must have developed and be continuing to develop a range of innovative projects and initiatives which improve and enhance the social, environmental, cultural and economic aspects of community lives. This category is not open for entry; instead County Councils with the highest number of finalists over all the categories will be invited to submit a 600 word entry outlining the criteria below.

  • Tell us about the key projects that were undertaken by the council and how they were implemented? (50%)
  • Tell us about the success of each project and how the success of each project was measured? (50%)