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Lord Mayor

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Heather Ogburn, Senior Leadership Adviser in the department for Learning and Communities was congratulated following the receipt of her MBE earlier in the year in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list;

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The William Phillip and Gladys May Tucker Trophywas presented to Mike Wilkinson ‘Social Worker of the Year’.

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The National Highways and Transport survey on customer satisfaction with city's roads and transport systems had resulted in a national award for improving public satisfaction with the condition of the City’s roads.  The award was presented to Victoria Hutchens, Mark Smith and Ray Li

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Wellbeing charter award – Michelle Hingston-Wood and Neil Minion from the Health Safety and Wellbeing Team were presented with the accreditation for the new Workplace Wellbeing Charter.

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Legal Services Certificate issued by Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance - Dave Shepperd, Assistant Director & Head of Legal Services and Cheryl Spear, Support Services Manager were presented with an external accreditation for meeting the requirements of ISO standards.

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Southwest Green Energy Awards – the Lord Mayor announced that Plymouth City Council had won the ‘Most Proactive Public Sector’ award.

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Best Energy Efficiency Building Scheme – it was announced that Plymouth Energy Community had been shortlisted for the ‘Best Energy Efficiency Building Scheme’ award.

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The Strategic Planning and Infrastructure Awards – officers from the strategic planning and infrastructure department were presented with two prestigious national planning awards – the Strategic Planning Award for the Plymouth Plan and the Local Authority Planning Team of the year.

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Chartered Institute of Public Relations – Nicola Lenden and Gemma Pearce were presented with the Silver award for ‘Public Sector Campaign 2015’

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Partnership Awards (Genesis and Plymouth Community Homes) – the Lord Mayor announced that Plymouth Community Homes had won the award for ‘Regeneration Scheme of the Year’ and ‘Building of the year award.

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The Leader, Cabinet Members or Chairs of Committees 

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Councillor McDonald – Cabinet Member for Children, Young People and Public Health - announced that alongside Councillor Davey she had attended the launch of the South Devon Peninsula Family Drugs and Alcohol Court in Exeter which specialised in helping families to stabilise and get through Drugs and Alcohol issues.