| Public Servants of
the Year Awards 2004
Welcome to the fourth e-newsletter for the Public Servants of
the Year awards 2004. This monthly bulletin provides you with updates
on what is happening with the awards from promotion to judging the
entries and the ceremony in May 2004.
These prestigious awards, run by Public
Finance magazine in partnership with the Chartered Institute
of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA),
the Cabinet Office
and the Office of Government Commerce,
seek to recognise and reward excellence and outstanding achievement
displayed by individuals and teams from Britain's 4 million public
sector workers.
ON YOUR MARKS
The first stage of the award entries marking process
is now complete and Brian Smith, Project Advisor and a former President
of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance & Accountancy,
is currently moderating those marks. This process will be completed
soon and will produce a long-list of entries, which will be put
to the panel of judges in February. Finalists for the seven individual
and six team awards will be announced towards the end of March and
all finalists will receive an invitation to the awards ceremony
taking place at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London on 10 May 2004.
Will your nominee be one of them?
OUR CHOSEN CHARITY
 The
2004 awards are again proud to support the UK children's charity NCH
to which a presentation will be made at the 2004 ceremony. NCH is
one of the UK's leading children's charities, working in partnership
to run over 500 projects for the most vulnerable children, young people
and their families and in doing so supports over 100,000 people. NCH
gives the children and young people it works with the opportunity
to reach their full potential by offering them diverse, innovative
and responsive services and by campaigning for change. NCH projects
are varied because they are developed in response to local needs and
range from adoption and fostering services to youth homelessness projects
and family centres.
For further information visit
http://www.nch.org.uk
THE AWARDS HOSTS
We are delighted that Dermot Murnaghan and Mary Nightingale will
once again host the ceremony at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel
on Monday 10 May 2004. Here are a few facts about them.
 Dermot
is familiar to most people as the face of BBC Breakfast. But it's
probably a little known fact that he is also a vice-president of
the NCH, one of the leading UK children's charities. Prior to joining
the BBC in 2002, Dermot presented the ITV Evening News with Mary
Nightingale, his co-host on the 2004 Awards night. He moved to the
programme having previously fronted the ITV Nightly News, which
was launched in March 1999. Since 1992, he co-presented ITN's Lunchtime
News and ITV's daily news summaries. He has also worked for Channel
4 News and won the prestigious Newscaster of the Year award from
the Television and radio Industries Club in 2000. He also scooped
the Interview of the Year award from the Royal Television Society
Journalism Awards in 1998 for his vigorous interview with the former
trade and industry secretary Peter Mandelson who resigned the next
day.
 Mary
is best-known for co-presenting the ITV Evening News but, like Dermot,
she is also a vice-president of the children’s charity NCH.
Until April 1999, Mary was co-presenter with Alastair Stewart of
London News Network's flagship news programme London Tonight. She
was also sole presenter of London Today, Carlton's lunchtime magazine
programme. She has anchored Wish You Were Here? And she has presented
The Really Good Food Show, I-Spy, Most Wanted and Ratrap for ITV.
Mary has also worked for the BBC presenting the Holiday Programme
on BBC1 and presenting BBC Ski Sunday in 1996. She has also worked
for the BBC Word Service and for Reuters Financial Television.
OUR SPONSORS
All of our awards are now sponsored so thank you very much to all
the companies and individuals involved. Each of the companies has
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.
There are some smaller sponsorship opportunities available. To
learn more about becoming a sponsor and the generous benefits package,
call Peter Wright on 020 7543 5731 or email him at peter.wright@publicfinance.org.
WANT TO ATTEND THE CEREMONY?
The Awards ceremony takes place on MONDAY 10 May 2004
at the Grosvenor House Hotel, London. Tickets are
available to individuals and organisations that want to enjoy this
glittering occasion. Companies wishing to entertain public sector
clients will find this appropriate setting an ideal opportunity
to cement relationships and enjoy a splendid black-tie event celebrating
outstanding achievements and networking with other organisations.
Discounts are available for CIPFA exhibitors and sponsors. For more
information, contact Laura Kerr on 020 7543 5872 or email her at
laura.kerr@cipfa.org.
And dust off your dancing shoes!
AWARDS 2004 KEY DATES:
Judging: February 2004
Finalists notified: March 2004
Awards ceremony: MONDAY 10 MAY 2004
Visit the Awards website: http://www.publicservants.org.uk
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