The 2012 LGiU and CCLA C'llr Achievement Awards are open for entries.  Liberal Democrat councillors have done very well in these awards since they first started two years ago.  Last year, Cllr James Barber from Southwark won Online Councillor of the Year and two years ago we had three winning councillors.  They are now established as the only national ceremony that recognises and rewards the fantastic work of councillors from across the political spectrum.

In light of the ever-growing popularity of the awards, they have created some exciting new categories for 2012, including the Age UK Pride of Place Award, the Judges’ Special Award for Contribution to Local Government, and the Bruce-Lockhart Member Scholarship.

With these additions, there will be a total of 11 different awards on offer at the 2012 ceremony. The Bruce-Lockhart Member Scholarship will be of particular interest as the winning councillor will be presented with a £10,000 bursary, supported by Kent, Essex, and East Sussex councils.

It is free to enter the 2012 awards, and the closing date is set for Friday 30th December 2011. The ceremony is due to be held in late February 2012.

For further details on the different awards and the new streamlined nomination process then visit www.lgiu.org.uk/cllrawards or contact the LGiU at awards@lgiu.org.uk.

ALDC presented its annual Campaigner Awards at its AGM during Federal Conference in Birmingham.  We had a large number of entries from across the country and the standard of entries is improving every year.  Once again, the awards were kindly sponsored by Midshire and Riso.  The awards were presented once again by our Party President, Tim Farron MP.

Pictures of all the winners can be found on ALDC's Flickr site.

The winners were:

Overall Winner

Bath and North East Somerset

Best Focus

Winner: Cambridge
Highly commended: North Somerset and Eastbourne

Best literature by a volunteer campaigner

Winner: Cotswold
Highly commended: Preston and South Northamptonshire

Best ward campaign

Winner: Brent
Highly commended: Southwark and Lewisham

Best election campaign material

Winner: Portsmouth
Highly commended: Wycombe, Manchester Withington and Swansea

Best online / e-campaigning

Winner: Wiltshire
Highly commended: Mid Sussex

All of the artwork from the winners and highly commendeds will be uploaded to the Best Practice area of our website over the next few weeks.  Links will be added in above as appropriate.

Win money for your local party with the 2011 ALDC Campaigner Awards.

These awards celebrate Liberal Democrat campaigning – it’s the third year the awards have been sponsored again by Midshires and RISO, this enables us to award cash prizes to local Liberal Democrat parties.

You can enter anything that you think was an effective piece of campaigning since 1st October 2010. It does not necessarily have to be from a winning campaign, just something you think was done well and that you're proud of.

This year nominations are sought for:

-    1st Prize (Overall winner)  £500

FIVE Runners Up Prizes (£100 each)
 
 - Best FOCUS Leaflet

 - Best literature by a volunteer campaigner

 - Best ward campaign

 - Best election campaign material

 - Best online / e-campaigning award
 
Please send in your nominations to: awards@aldc.org (PagePlus11 and PDF files) or by post to Mark Alcock, ALDC, The Birchcliffe Centre, Hebden Bridge, HX7 8DG.

The deadline for nominations is Monday 5th September 2011.

This year’s awards are much simpler to enter. No forms; no word limit; no format. If you can send me a convincing reason why you should be given an award by Friday 25 February, you’re in.

In fact, if you think there isn’t a category suitable then you can even ask me to create one.

Yes, we’re cutting out the bureaucracy, localising the decision-making and building the system around the convenience of … you.

Our judging panel this year will be chaired by Cllr Richard Kemp, Leader LGA Lib Dem Group and will comprise:

Tim Farron MP, our in-coming Party President
Andrew Stunell MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
Simon Hughes MP, Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader and Co-Chair of the CLG Parliamentary Committee
Cllr Kath Pinnock, Chair, ALDC
Lord Shipley, LGA Vice President
Cllr Jill Shortland, Chair, LGA Lib Dems

Our categories this year are:

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LGiU and CCLA have launched this year's Cll'r Achievement Awards.

Do you know a councillor who works tirelessly for their community and deserves to be recognised?  These awards recognise and reward the contributions of individual councillors across the country. Make your nominations now:

The categories:

• Leader of the year
• CCLA award for outstanding contribution to financial performance
• Community champion of the year
• Young councillor of the year
• Scrutineer of the year
• Online councillor of the year
• Sustainability champion of the year
• Partnership achievement of the year
• New councillor of the year

The deadline for entries is 5pm, Friday 31 December 2010. These prestigious awards are being judged by leading councillors and experts in local government. Winners will be announced at the C'llr Conference in February 2011 where they will be presented with their award.