Six circles, framing pictures of happy people living a thumbs up. There is a UNISON logo top right and a Local Service Champions logo bottom left. Across the bottom reads: 'Recognising their incredible contributions'.

Nominate your Local Services Champions for 2025

Nominations open soon – who would you like to see recognised in our awards?

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Local Service Champions: binding our communities together

We meet the winners of this year’s Local Service Champions Awards

Dawn Hallewell receiving her award

Conference applauds the Local Service Champions

Award winners named before local government delegates get back down to the debates

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

A month of perennial change

But championing and defending our members are always on UNISON’s agenda

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Blog: We will always fight for local services

As the biggest local government union in the country, we will always fight for local services – and for the funding that’s needed to provide them. So it was fantastic to see so many people getting behind the heartbeat of our local communities, local government workers, on our first Local Service Champions Day yesterday. There’s […]

General Secretary's blog, News on the UNISON National site.

Are you local champs ready?

With Local Service Champions Day fast approaching on 17 October, we chatted with Diane Peacock, the branch secretary at UNISON’s City of Sunderland branch, about the exciting plans her team have in place to celebrate local government’s hidden heroe

Article on the UNISON National site.

Come rain or shine, UNISON’s on the case

July might have meant the start of the summer holidays proper, but UNISON and our members are still on the case

News on the UNISON National site.

Tahir’s youth mission

Peterborough youth worker is a Local Service Champion and has been honoured by the Queen

Article on the UNISON National site.

Local Service Champions – making our communities safer

We don’t always see what council workers do in our communities, but they’re there, making our lives better

News on the UNISON National site.

‘Your days are numbered,’ Dave Prentis tells Tories in Durham speech

‘There is an alternative‘ says general secretary as he lambasts austerity and calls for properly funded public services

News on the UNISON National site.