Pictured above: Councillor Rudge and Raffaela Goodby holding their Personnel Today award

Birmingham City Council's Human Resources department has received a top national award for its BEST programme.

This year's Personnel Today Award for 'Employee Engagement' was presented to Birmingham City Council for its BEST (Belief, Excellence, Success, Trust) programme.  

BEST  standing for Belief, Excellence, Success and Trust is an innovative employee engagement programme being led by Councillor Alan Rudge, Cabinet Member for Equalities and Human Resources at Birmingham City Council.

He comments: "I am delighted at the national recognition that this project has received, this demonstrates that the approach being taken through the BEST programme is working effectively. It is also key that we have competed, and won, against private sector companies in this category". 

Councillor Rudge, along with Raffaela Goodby, Employee Engagement Manager for Birmingham City Council and HR Director Andy Albon accepted the award at the ceremony held at the Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane, London.

Councillor Rudge added "We were delighted to be able to accept this award on behalf of all of the employees in Birmingham City Council who have contributed to the success of the BEST programme.

"This award recognises the creativity, passion and innovation of all of our BEST leaders, managers and teams, who have put our citizens at the heart of everything we do, and used their BEST workshops to improve the service that we deliver. 

"The Personnel Today awards are the ideal opportunity to showcase the work we are doing on engagement here in Birmingham, to other councils across the UK, and to celebrate our employees' success."