UNISON’s Local Service Champions campaign celebrates and defends local government workers for the everyday heroes they are.
Local government workers go above and beyond the call of duty to keep local services going, yet their efforts are often overlooked.
UNISON celebrates the invaluable contribution local authority staff make to our lives. That’s why we’re raising the profile of these unsung heroes and everything that they do.
Without great people running our local services, our communities would suffer. As well as celebrating their work, we must ensure they are paid fairly, and with fair terms and conditions.
Local Service Champions Awards 🎉
Our annual Local Service Champions Awards celebrate the incredible work that local authority staff do and the immense impact this has on the lives of the people who depend on those services.
Without dedicated workers, many invaluable local services would simply disappear.
Meet our 2024 winners
Our 2024 winner, Alys Exley-Smith is a Community Relations Manager at Lewisham Borough Council.
Runner-up, Lisa Thomas is an assistant team manager in Buckinghamshire Council’s foster care unit.
Runner-up, Ramon Hutchingson is the Coordinator of an autism resources centre in South Lanarkshire.
When Alys met Sally
Our 2024 Local Service Champion Alys Exley-Smith sat down with actor; Sally Lindsay to discuss the importance of local government workers and the impact of funding cuts to local services:
