Birmingham City Council

Chamberlain Awards 2009 - Rewarding Excellence

Chamberlain Awards 2009
Rewarding Excellence in the Workplace

Message from Councillor Alan Rudge
Cabinet Member for Equalities and Human Resources

2009 is the fifth year of the Chamberlain Awards Birmingham City Council's first corporate recognition scheme which aims to honour and reward employees who are dedicated to delivering excellent services to our citizens.

The scheme which is managed through the Corporate Human Resources team is named after Joseph Chamberlain, one of Birmingham's most distinguished civic leaders. Under his leadership Birmingham was described as the best-governed city in the world. Today we remain dedicated to providing quality services to the public and business alike.

Birmingham City Council is the largest employer in the West Midlands Region. We employ over 59,000 workers to deliver high quality services to residents and businesses and when they do it well it pays to reward their achievements. Recognising good work improves staff motivation and increases productivity.

The 18th century French philosopher Voltaire understood the importance of recognition when he said:

'Appreciation is a wonderful thing; it makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.'

The Chamberlain Awards fits in with our Human Resources strategies to raise performance, increase motivation and share best practice so that we so that we can have one of the best performing local Authorities in the UK.

Councillor Alan Rudge,
Cabinet Member for Equalities and Human Resources


The search for a winner

The search for the public's choice of the Chamberlain Award winner for 'Outstanding Customer Service' is on again and we are inviting you to register your appreciation by nominating your favourite Council worker. If you can think of someone who has exceeded your expectations, made it happen, brightened up your day or simply brought a smile to your face, why not send us your nomination. You can vote for any council worker, from the best librarian or the friendliest school crossing patrol warden, the choice is yours.

All you have to do is download a nomination form here.

You can also have one sent to you in the post please call 0845 888 9506 to request one.

The deadline for your nominations is Friday 29 May 2009

Enquiries and completed nomination forms to be directed to:


Corporate Recognition Team,
Birmingham City Council,
Ground floor Norfolk House,
Smallbrook Queensway,
Birmingham,
B5 4LJ

Phone:0845 888 9506 or 0845 888 9505
E-mail:chamberlainawards@birmingham.gov.uk
www.birmingham.gov.uk/chamberlainawards

Three finalists and their nominators will be invited to the ceremony at the ICC on 6 November 2009.

Good luck!

A Final Note for Birmingham City Council Employees

Chamberlain Awards Individual and Team Awards 2009

Birmingham City Council employees who do not have access to the staff Intranet pages should use the Internal Nomination Form. Please note this nomination form is for council staff only, please see the attachments below for the public nomination form.

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