{"id":3476,"date":"2026-01-29T15:55:41","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T15:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/colabstaging.co.uk\/iese2026\/award-winner-2025\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T16:00:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T16:00:34","slug":"public-sector-transformation-awards-2025","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/colabstaging.co.uk\/iese2026\/awards\/public-sector-transformation-awards-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"IESE Awards 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1769702909711{background-color: #ffd1e8 !important;}&#8221; el_id=&#8221;award-winner&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;color-main&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Previous IESE Award Winners<\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;awards_list&#8221;]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/colabstaging.co.uk\/iese2026\/awards\/public-sector-transformation-awards-2022\/\">2022<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/colabstaging.co.uk\/iese2026\/awards\/public-sector-transformation-awards-2023\/\">2023<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/colabstaging.co.uk\/iese2026\/awards\/public-sector-transformation-awards-2024\/\">2024<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2025<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/colabstaging.co.uk\/iese2026\/public-sector-transformation-awards-2026\/\">2026<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; el_id=&#8221;awards&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1769701261273{background-color: #fff2f2 !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;color-main&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><strong>IESE Awards 2025 &#8211; the results!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>This year we received 140 nominations from 63 public sector organisations across the UK and overseas. Please find the winners below who were crowned Gold, Silver or Bronze for each award category in our awards ceremony on Wednesday 5th March 2025.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><strong>Award Categories 2025<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Best Transformation Team<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>This award captures the exceptional focus and effort from a team who has made a significant contribution and long-term positive impact within their organisation, on their residents and communities. They have improved outcomes for their organisation, customers, and wider community through innovative transformation and continuous improvement. This team has delivered the best possible services to their residents and service users by embedding strong values, culture and behaviours.<\/p>\n<p><strong>GOLD: Enfield Council<br \/>\nSILVER: Dorset Council \u2013 Adult Care Programme Management Office<br \/>\nBRONZE: South Wales Police and Gwent Police<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Community &amp; Customer Focus<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This award is for the initiative that does most to reinvigorate the local community and deliver outstanding service to their customers. Through the use of asset management and regeneration, they have created opportunities for their local area by delivering proven benefits, greater resilience and less dependency on local public services. And they can clearly demonstrate the link between excellent customer service and improved service performance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>GOLD: BCP Council<br \/>\nSILVER: South Staffordshire District Council<br \/>\nBRONZE: Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Best Use of Digital, Technology &amp; Data Insight<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This category is for the innovative use of digital tools, technology, and data that have led to improved outcomes for their organisation, customers, and wider community. This could be from remodelling existing services, to creating totally new and dynamic services that have transformed the roll of the local public services and the way it supports its residents and communities. Within their submission, they have evidenced and highlighted their creative approach of managing and manipulating data to deliver outstanding results.<\/p>\n<p><strong>GOLD: East Suffolk Council<br \/>\nSILVER: Careium &amp; Yokeru<br \/>\nBRONZE: South Staffordshire District Council<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Efficiency &amp; Effectiveness<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This body has harnessed the real potential in their organisation, delivering elevated performance, creating efficiencies, and delivering outstanding customer service with improved value to their residents. Above all, this organisation has shown its ability to adapt to a fast-paced and ever-changing environment, while achieving fantastic results in doing so.<\/p>\n<p><strong>GOLD: Humberside Police<br \/>\nSILVER: Hackney Council<br \/>\nBRONZE: Surrey County Council<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>5. Green Public Service<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This category recognises, rewards and promotes environmental best practice across the public sector in the UK. This organisation has shown how they have helped the environment by driving sustainability not only in their organisation, but in their surrounding local area, and have improved the quality of life and well-being of their local residents.<\/p>\n<p><strong>GOLD: Hertfordshire Climate Change and Sustainability Partnership<br \/>\nSILVER: Hackney Council<br \/>\nBRONZE: Cambridgeshire Energy Retrofit Partnership<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>6. Innovation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This category is for developing and bringing to market new innovative technologies, facilities or services that can transform the delivery of a local public service. They are able to show the success of innovative ways of working, and the improvement it\u2019s made to their customers and community. This category is not only open to the public sector but also to private or third sector organisations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>GOLD: CorkSol UK Ltd<br \/>\nSILVER: Spelthorne Borough Council<br \/>\nBRONZE: Gravesham Borough Council<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>7. Transformation in Health &amp; Social Care<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This organisation has highlighted the greatest impact for customers of health and social care, through the successful launch of creative and forward-thinking services for children, young people or adults. Submissions can be based upon transforming access to services, remodelling the service itself, or integrating different services and partners.<\/p>\n<p><strong>GOLD: North Central London Integrated Care Board<br \/>\nSILVER: South Ayrshire Health and Social Care Partnership<br \/>\nBRONZE: Brentwood &amp; Rochford Councils<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>8. Working Together<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This category is for simplifying the way that residents and local businesses deal with public services, bringing together multiple contact points, removing the barriers between organisations and moving resources closer to the customer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>GOLD: South Staffordshire District Council<br \/>\nSILVER: Tonbridge and Malling Council<br \/>\nBRONZE: London Borough of Tower Hamlets<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><strong>Of the Year Winners 2025<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>UK Fire &amp; Rescue Service of the Year 2025 &#8211; Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UK Police Service of the Year 2025 &#8211; National Business Crime Centre<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UK Council of the Year 2025 &#8211; Watford Borough Council<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>International Public Body of the Year 2025 &#8211; Dubai Digital Authority<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>Read our awards winners magazine<\/h2>\n<p>To find out more about the winning submissions, read our special edition of our magazine that showcases the projects.[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=&#8221;Read the Award Winners Edition 2025&#8243; css=&#8221;&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fissuu.com%2Fiesecic%2Fdocs%2Fiese_awards_winners_2025&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;388927&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1775806063719{padding-top: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Watch the IESE Awards 2025 Live Stream<\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dUvMI625DbA&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1769702909711{background-color: #ffd1e8 !important;}&#8221; el_id=&#8221;award-winner&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;color-main&#8221;] Previous IESE Award Winners [\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;awards_list&#8221;] 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; el_id=&#8221;awards&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1769701261273{background-color: #fff2f2 !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;color-main&#8221;] IESE Awards 2025 &#8211; the results! 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