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Happy New Year and welcome to the third e-newsletter for the Public Servants of the Year Awards 2005. This monthly bulletin provides you with updates on what is happening with the awards including promotion, judging the entries and the ceremony in April. Creative Solutions Following the Chancellor's Pre-Budget Speech we launched a new category, ‘Creative Solutions – the award for better regulation’, with an extended deadline of the 31st December 2004. Despite the late announcement of the category and the short deadline, that coincided with the Christmas holidays, we have had an excellent response with many outstanding entries. The scrutineers have now returned their marks for all entries and Project Advisor, Brian Smith, has moderated those awarded for each. As always the scrutineers did a sterling job against tight deadlines and for this we would like to say a very BIG thank you.Judges Having been a judge for the Public Servants of the Year Awards since 2002 we are sad to have to say goodbye to Sir John Stevens QPM. As was recently reported, Sir John is retiring as Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police at the end of January. Sir John was keen to continue his personal association with the awards, however as he is taking a much-deserved break in February he will be unable to participate in the judging process. We are very grateful for Sir John’s valuable input over the last three years and wish him well in his retirement.Succeeding Sir John on the judging panel, we are delighted to welcome Chris Fox, President of the Association of Chief Police Officers.
Chris is the first full time President of the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO). He has represented the service on matters as diverse as finance, the national communications system, police reform and general policing. The other members of the judging panel are:
Interested in sponsoring an award? We’d like to say thank you to all of our awards sponsors. All are companies with close links to the public sector and all are pleased to publicly demonstrate their support by giving recognition to those among our public servants who have delivered exceptional service.
Want to attend the awards ceremony in April? The winners will be revealed on the evening of Thursday 21st April 2005 at a glittering ceremony, hosted by Dermot Murnaghan and Mary Nightingale. The ceremony will celebrate the 5th anniversary of the awards and will be held at the prestigious Grosvenor House Hotel on London’s Park Lane.This event provides the ideal opportunity for companies to entertain customers, make new contacts and have a great night out at one of the most prestigious banqueting venues in Europe. Tables of ten are available for just £1,200 + VAT. Individual tickets are also available for just £120 + VAT per head. Join us at The Grosvenor House Hotel on Thursday 21st April 2005 for a night to remember – it’s a winning formula! For more information or to purchase tickets contact Helen McDonnell on 020 7543 5872; email: publicservants@publicfinance.org Timetable 24 March 2005 – Finalists announced 21 April 2005 – Winners revealed at awards ceremony |
Chris
joined Nottinghamshire Police, in 1972, as a graduate entrant, serving
in various roles such as City Divisional Command, CID, Special Operations
and Community Affairs. In 1991, he joined Warwickshire Constabulary
as Assistant Chief Constable (Operations and Crime), becoming Deputy
Chief Constable in 1994. After acting as Chief Constable in Warwickshire,
he was appointed Chief Constable of Northamptonshire Police in 1996.
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