Government Project Delivery Awards 2021

Presented by Alex Chisholm, Chief Operating Officer for the Civil Service and Permanent Secretary (Cabinet Office) and Nick Smallwood, Chief Executive Officer of the Infrastructure and Projects Authority and Head of Government’s Project Delivery Function.

Congratulations to all the awards winners that were announced on 17th March! If you missed the awards,  please click on the award you would like to watch in the category section to see the recordings. All videos can be found in the content library. 

The Categories		The Shortlisted Nominees		And the winner is...
The Collaboration Award		DWP Disputes Modernisation Programme Team - Stephen Haythornthwaite, Project Team Leader, Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)  The Outsourcing Programme - Clare Gibbs, Director, Cabinet Office Fuel Poverty team, Data and Analytics, DWP - Chris Fuller, Project Delivery and Governance Lead, Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), and the Policy Team in BEIS		Fuel Poverty team, Data and Analytics, DWP - Chris Fuller, Project Delivery and Governance Lead, Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), and the Policy Team in BEIS
The Innovation Award		Covid-19 Wales RD&I Scheme - Phil Allan, Head of Knowledge Transfer & Commercialisation, Welsh Government The CivTech Programme - Mark Elliott, Director, Scottish Government DfE Carers Support Network Committee - Sue Thorpe, Chair and Senior Delivery Office - Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, North West		DfE Carers Support Network Committee - Sue Thorpe, Chair and Senior Delivery Office - Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, North West
The Inspirational Project Leadership Award		Chris Hider, Team Leader, Home Office Julie Mechen, Assistant Project Manager, Department for Education (DfE) Chris Donovan, Team Leader, HM Revenue & Customs Andrew Beniston, Team Leader, Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)		Chris Hider, Team Leader, Home Office
The Project Delivery Achievement Award		Batch 2 Offshore Patrol Vessels Team - Gareth Morris, OPV Team Leader, Ministry of Defence The Scottish Government's Social Security Programme - Low Income Benefits Team - Leanne Carson, Head of Live Running and Wave 1 Implementation, Scottish Government HMP Five Wells Construction - Robin Seaton, Deputy Director - SRO for New Prisons, HM Prison and Probation Service FSA Signals and Incidents Management System - Osman Tariq, Delivery Manager, Food Standards Agency		HMP Five Wells Construction - Robin Seaton, Deputy Director - SRO for New Prisons, HM Prison and Probation Service
The Resilience & Rapid Response Award		Defra Technology Response to COVID - Stephen Dines, Joint lead for Group Infrastructure and Operations and Head of Transition Services British Embassy Algiers COVID 19 repatriation crisis team - Foreign and Commonwealth Office Defence Business Services (DBS) Incident Management Response to COVID-19 - Elizabeth Farnham, DBS Hd Strategic Change (Operations), Ministry of Defence  National Shielding Service Helpline - Andy Seeley, Transformation Programme Lead, Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)		British Embassy Algiers COVID 19 repatriation crisis team - Foreign and Commonwealth Office
The Rising Star Award		Hannah Cooper, Project Manager EU Exit Priority Customs Intermediaries Project (Borders Design to Delivery), HMRC Julie Mechen, Assistant Project Manager, Department for Education Amelia Hoad, Project Manager Readiness and Engagement (Northern Ireland Protocol, Borders Design to Delivery), HMRC		Julie Mechen, Assistant Project Manager, Department for Education
The Covid Response Award		NHS Nightingale hospitals construction - Lieutenant General Tyrone Urch KBE, Command Home Command, MoD The Vaccine Taskforce - Maddy McTernan, Senior Responsible Owner, BEIS Cabinet Office Ventilator Challenge Team - Clare Gibbs, Director Outsourcing Programme & Ventilator Challenge, BEIS Vaccine Deployment Programme - Emily Lawson, Senior Responsible Owner, DHSC/NHS England		The Vaccine Taskforce - Maddy McTernan, Senior Responsible Owner, BEIS & Vaccine Deployment Programme - Emily Lawson, Senior Responsible Owner, DHSC/NHS England