City residents are being asked to nominate an exceptional council employee or team to be crowned the People’s Champion 2024.
The Star Awards are Aberdeen City Council’s annual staff recognition awards, which includes the People’s Champion, the only award category that is nominated and voted for by the people of Aberdeen.
Councillor Neil Copland, Convener of Staff Governance Committee, said: “The People's Champion award recognises individuals or teams who go above and beyond to improve the lives of the people or communities of Aberdeen.
“This is the people of Aberdeen’s chance to recognise their Council champion. We very much look forward to receiving the nominations and celebrating the winner - or winners - in September.”
The nomination for the People’s Champion award must be:
- An individual or team which works for Aberdeen City Council;
- An individual or team with a passion and commitment to making a difference while maintaining high standards in their council career;
- An individual or team whose contributions have a substantial and positive impact.
The activity that the council employee /team are being nominated for must have taken place within the city between June 2023 and August 2024. Their contributions could be in the workplace, or as volunteers outside work, or both.
The nominations will then be reviewed before the top three finalists are chosen by an external panel made up of representatives from local voluntary groups. The finalists will be revealed on Monday 9 September when voting will reopen for the public to select their favourite with voting closing at 5pm on Sunday 24 September.
You can vote for your 2024 People’s Champion online now.
Nominations close at 5pm on Wednesday 4 September 2024.
The winner of this year’s People’s Champion will be revealed on Friday 27 September 2024.