London Borough of Hackney wins 2 Beacon Awards
On 3rd March 2009 it was announced that the London Borough of Hackney was awarded Beacon Status in the areas of Strategic Commissioning and Olympic Games and Paralympic Legacy: using the opportunity of hosting the Games to encourage communities to be more active. The Beacon Scheme is a prestigious award scheme that recognises excellence in local government, and Renaisi is very happy that Hackney has been recognised for its work in these areas.
In the Olympics category, Hackney was awarded due to its early recognition of the potential legacy benefits of the Games, and for its development of a strategy to deliver the Mayor’s manifesto. This included work around boosting jobs training and volunteering, increasing physical activity, encouraging involvement in cultural programmes and developing community environmental projects. Renaisi has been supporting the borough with its Olympic legacy work since the very beginning, so we are very happy that Hackney has won Beacon status in this area.
In the strategic commissioning category, Hackney was recognised for its development of a Strategic Commissioning Framework alongside the Local Area Agreement, which is being used to performance manage the delivery of Hackney’s Sustainable Community Strategy. The framework has helped the council to deliver continually improving services to benefit the local community as well as strengthening relationships with partners.
Over the coming year Hackney council will be sharing its best practice experience with local authorities throughout the Country. This will be an excellent opportunity to raise the profile of the borough. Renaisi would like to say a big “congratulations!” to everyone involved in the hard work that’s seen Hackney achieve this.
