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Redbridge i wins prestigious LGC award
26 March 2009
Press Release Number: PR353
Redbridge i scoops top award
Redbridge Council has taken home a prestigious award
for its ground-breaking innovative website Redbridge i.
The Council’s revolutionary website has earned
the prize for ‘innovation’ at the Local Government
Chronicle Awards.
The result was announced at a Gala dinner at
the Grosvenor House Hotel on Wednesday 25 March.
The awards seek to recognise the very best in
Local Government and judges were looking for projects that have not
only broken new ground but can demonstrate that they have had a
major impact on service delivery and the lives of local people.
They were exceptionally impressed with
Redbridge i which is increasingly being cited as the benchmark for
local government website innovation.
Angela Bernard, Web Manager for Redbridge Council, said, "We are
extremely proud to be the winners of the LGC’s prestigious
'Innovation Award'. Our success has strengthened our team identity
and given everyone in the teams a tremendous boost and
encouragement that our ground-breaking website has achieved what it
set out to do - deliver a range of services, offer interactive
consultation and features that are on a totally different
platform.
"The impact on our residents lives has been clear and a huge
thank you goes out to our residents, who have helped us to shape
and develop the website to meet a wide range of their everyday
needs in a more interactive way. We are pleased that Redbridge i is
has been recognised for leading the way."
The website allows users to customise the home
page design and has enabled the Council to build new relationships
and new forms of interaction with residents.
Since the websites launch in June 2007 the
number of unique visitors per month has increased from 45,600 to
133,700 and Redbridge i now has more than 21,000 registered
users.
The website has been used for more than 7,000
online job applications, more than £8m in online payments and more
than 5,800 messages posted in 615 topics in the discussion
forums.
Redbridge Council beat off competition from
Dacorum, Ealing, Glasgow City Council, Islington and Newcastle City
Council for the award.
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