Recognising excellence in Scotland's local authority fleet, waste and grounds teams

APSE is delighted to announce the Bronze, Silver and Gold Award winners of the APSE Striving for Excellence Awards 2022.

These Awards provide an excellent opportunity for Scottish local authorities to demonstrate how they are going above and beyond when delivering fleet, waste and grounds services for their local communities. 

Speaking of the Awards, APSE Chief Executive Paul O'Brien said, "These Awards recognise the incredible work and success of local authority services in Scotland; providing a much-deserved opportunity for those within the related service areas to put forward their most deserving initiative. To all of our Award winners, I would like to say a huge thank you for not simply maintaining but exceeding the high standards you have set for yourselves when striving to secure safe and beautiful neighbourhoods for your local communities."

The Gold Award winners were announced at the APSE Scotland Fleet, Waste and Grounds Seminar in Aviemore on Thursday 19 May 2022.

All Silver Award winners competed for the Gold Award within their service area. Each Silver Award winning council were asked to provide a short presentation on their submission to the judging panel during the event to compete for the Gold Award.

A massive congratulations to all of this year's winners!

You can view the APSE Scotland Fleet, Waste and Grounds Seminar programme here. 

APSE Scotland Rising Star Award 2022 Finalists

Fleet (sponsored by Geesinknorba)

Bronze: Dundee City Council

Bronze: East Ayrshire Council

Silver: Falkirk Council

Silver: Fife Council

Gold: Aberdeenshire Council

Grounds, Parks & Street Scene (sponsored by Brigade Electronics)

Bronze: Falkirk Council

Bronze: Scottish Borders Council

Silver: Aberdeen City Council

Silver: North Lanarkshire Council

Silver: Glasgow City Council

Waste & Recycling (sponsored by Zero Waste Scotland)

Bronze: Aberdeen City Council

Bronze: Dumfries & Galloway Council

Bronze: Glasgow City Council

Silver: City of Edinburgh Council

Silver: Fife Council

Silver: Perth & Kinross Council

Gold: South Ayrshire Council

NOTES TO EDITOR

• There were 34 entries in total across the 3 categories.
• The Association for Public Service Excellence (APSE) is a not-for-profit local government body working with over 300 councils throughout the UK. Promoting excellence in public services, APSE is the foremost specialist in local authority frontline services and operates one of the UK’s largest research programmes in local government policy and frontline service delivery matters.
• For finalist photographs, please email Garry Lee at [email protected] and Matt Ellis on [email protected]