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Salford council big winners at the 2008 Good Communication Awards | Print |  Email to a friend
Thursday, 17 July 2008
The 2008 Good Communication Awards, which aim to recognise excellence in public sector communications, saw Salford council emerge as the region’s big winner at this year’s awards ceremony in London this week.
The 2008 Good Communication Awards, which aim to recognise excellence in public sector communications, saw Salford council emerge as the region’s big winner at this year’s awards ceremony in London this week.

Stoke council was the only other winner from the North West.

Stockport’s comms team may even have breathed a sigh of relief to attend the first ever ceremony where they didn’t walk off with all the honours…

The categories – and winners and commendations were:

Public Relations/Mixed media campaign

Commended: Cheshire county council - A56 Bridge Closure campaign
Stockport MBC - Clear the Air campaign
Salford council - BIG Events in Salford campaign

Local authority PR team of the year
 

Commended: Stockport MBC

Council publication of the year
 
Winner: Stoke-on-Trent - Our City
Commended: Wigan council - Borough Life
 
Council publication - design
 
Commended: Salford council - 'On'
Stockport - The Reporter

Council publication - journalism
 
Commended: St Helen's Council - St. Helen's First

Image
Salford - print team
Print innovation award
 
Winner: Salford - Trick or Treat Posters

Website accessibility award
 
Winner: Salford - www.salford.gov.uk
 
Contact centre award/telecoms innovation
 
Commended: Cheshire county council - Cheshire Telecare Project

Local authority of the year
 

Commended: Salford
Stockport MBC

Strategic communications campaign
 
Commended: Lancashire Partnership for Road Safety - Missing Matthew

Unfortunately, due to industrial action, How-Do was unable to get quotes from the councils concerned.
 

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