Our awards
Our residents are at the heart of everything we do and this had been recognised through a number of achievements and awards.
Here's a few of which we're particularly proud.
2025
- APSE Service Awards 2025: Best Collaborative Working: SBC Submission - 'Activity Champion Network' - Winners
- APSE 2025: Council of the Year - Shortlisted
- MJ 2025: Local Authority of the Year - Shortlisted
- Local Government Chronicle (LGC) Award 2025: Council of the Year - Shortlisted
- MJ 2025 Innovation in Children's and Adults Services submission - 'Getting Corporate Parenting Right' - Highly commended
2024
- MJ 2024 Workforce Optimisation: Revenues and Benefits submission - 'One Vision One Team' - Highly commended
2023
- APSE Service Awards - Frontline Service Team of the Year - Catering service - Winners
- APSE Service Awards - Best Collaborative Working initiative - Stockton-on-Tees Tree Programme - Shortlisted
- APSE Service Awards - Frontline Service Team of the Year Housing, Construction and Building Service - Minor adaptations major impact - Shortlisted
- APSE Service Awards - Best Public or Private Partnership Working Initiative - Stockton-on-Tees 'Beat the Street' - Shortlisted
- APSE Service Awards - Frontline Service Team of the Year - Street Cleansing and Street Scene Service - Shortlisted
APSE Service Awards - Best Community and Neighbourhood initiative - A Fairer Stockton-on-Tees - Shortlisted
2019
- Customer Service Excellence 2019
- Considerate Constructors Gold Site Award 2019 - Silver Street, Bishop Street Public Realm
- National Energy Efficiency Awards, North East Council of the Year, Highly Commended 2019
- Considerate Constructors National Most Considerate Site Runner-up - Silver Street, Bishop Street
2018
- National Highways and Transport Survey 2018 - Overall number 3 rated service nationally
- Investor in People Re-accreditation 2018
- LuxAwards 2018 - Newport Bridge - Outdoor Lighting Scheme of the Year - Commended
- Civil Engineering Contractors Association Awards 2018 - Going The Extra Mile - Highly Commended
2017
- APSE Best Housing, Regeneration or New Build Initiative Finalist 2017
- National Highways and Transport Survey 2017 - Overall number 1 rated service nationally
- North East Better Health at Work Awards Assessment 2017 - Continuing Excellence
- Council of the Year by Local Government Chronicle - shortlisted 2017
- Council of the Year by APSE - shortlisted 2017
- Council of the Year by Municipal Journal Achievement - shortlisted 2017
- Best Health and Wellbeing Initiative 2017 by APSE
- Lustrum Beck - Partnership Working category at the Project Excellence Awards 2017
- Lustrum Beck - Sustainability category at the Constructing Excellence Awards 2017
- Lustrum Beck - Highly commended in the ICE Robert Stephenson awards 2017
2016
- Customer Service Excellence 2016
- Great British High Street 2016 - Rising Star Award
- Best health and well-being initiative 2016 by APSE
- National Urban Design Awards 2016 - Stockton High Street Regeneration
2015
- Best Community and Neighbourhood Initiative - APSE 2015 for the Positively Stockton-on-Tees campaign
- Constructing Excellence National Awards 2015 - Client of the Year
- Constructing Excellence North East Awards 2015 - Client of the Year
- Institute of Civil Engineers Robert Stephenson Awards 2015 - Thornaby footbridge
- ICE North East Robert Stephenson Awards for Thornaby Footbridge Replacement in 2015
2013
- Customer Service Excellence Award 2013
- UK Housing Awards - Strategic Local Authority of the Year 2013
2012
- Best Ever School Results - 2012
- Investor in People Re-Accreditation 2012
- National Training Award 2012
2011
- Most enterprising place in NE - Enterprising Britain 2011
2010
- Best Ever Adults Inspection - 2010
- Council of the Year 2010 by APSE - shortlisted 2014 and 2015
- Entente Florale 'Gold' 2010
- Winter Resilience - not one bin missed
- 'Best City' winner at Northumbria in Bloom ten years' running
