Clackmannanshire Council

The Education Refugee Team provide an innovative service delivery model to improve wellbeing and learning outcomes for Syrian refugees resettled into Clackmannanshire. Supports introduced include wellbeing support, English language support, employability support, mother and baby groups, and targeted youth work/holiday programmes. Applying quality improvement methodology has resulted in a well-co-ordinated ‘getting it right for every child’ approach and a clear pathway of support. It has been creative and ambitious at every opportunity, in driving forward change in outcomes for all.

This award is open to a single council or where appropriate a partnership of councils, or a council-owned company. Private sector partners can enter on a council’s behalf, with the permission of the council itself. This award recognises strong performance by a council, with a primary focus on the relevant timescale, in developing a diverse and inclusive culture that permeates the council itself and its workforce and/or the broader local area. The entry could demonstrate the council’s attempts to foster a more diverse and inclusive workplace for all employees, and members, and describe how this is helping to attract and retain talent. It could include internal council initiatives, customer/service user-facing work, or work to promote a wide range of careers on the council to appeal to different people. The entry could alternatively focus more on the broader local area, highlighting initiatives to foster diversity and help facilitate inclusion across the local community. It could include how the council has worked with other business and other local organisations to improve opportunity or participation. It could look at engagement.