Cllr Awards: Community Champion

The Community Champion Award is our most popular category.

The councillor who wins this award will demonstrate:

• They have championed a cause (or several) on behalf of the community using council mechanisms or structures, leading to positive change for the local area.
• Visible efforts to engage communities and individuals in decisions about their local area, leading to better outcomes for local people.
• An understanding of the different views of communities within their area and that they effectively facilitate discussion and representation of these views to the council.
• Strong relationships with community activists and community groups that have led to tangible positive changes.
• They have worked tirelessly to use their position within the council to bring residents’ voices into council decision-making, support their projects and ideas, and bridge diverse opinions within the community.

Successful submissions should:

• focus on how the councillor has used council structures to bring about a positive change in the community;
• provide clear examples of work or projects they have carried out in their role as a councillor.

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