COUNCIL’S GOOD COMMUNICATIONS

Thanet District Council has been shortlisted in two categories of this year's Good Communications Awards.

The awards, which are now into their fifth year, are open to all public sector organisations and aim to recognise effective communication with local residents and staff.

The Youth Matters magazine, aimed at 11 to 19 year olds, was shortlisted in the Council Publication - Design category and will be competing against Essex County Council, Haringey Council in London, Stoke-on-Trent Council and Salford City Council.

The council has also made it on to the shortlist in the Internal Communications category for its Moving Matters campaign, which includes a dedicated website, staff cut outs and publicity material. This aims to keep staff informed during a three year project that will see the vast majority of the council's office based staff having to move, as part of a programme to reduce the amount of office space used by the council.

In this category, Thanet will be competing against Westminster, Essex and Harrow Council and the Ministry of Justice.

Leader of Thanet District Council, Cllr. Sandy Ezekiel, said: "It's excellent news to see the council being recognised at a national level for the work we do. Youth Matters is a superb publication and does a great job of getting some really important messages out to young people in a way that's appealing and exciting to them. A lot of work also goes on to ensure that our staff, who are our most important asset, are kept up to date with what's happening at the council. It's therefore really pleasing to see us also shortlisted for internal communications, as this is something that's a real priority for us."

The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony in early July.