North East Lincolnshire Council worker wins award for best community service

Decentralisation Minister Greg Clark has presented Jenny King from North East Lincolnshire Council with an award for her exceptional work in the community.

Jenny King was voted the winner of the Community Engagement Award after a public vote for her work as co-ordinator of a Central Children's Centre in Grimsby, at the Council Worker of the Year Awards.

The award, sponsored by Communities and Local Government, is presented to a council worker responsible for an exceptionally innovative project that gives the public brilliant customer service and makes a difference to the community.

The Grimsby Children's Centre offers a range of projects that are raising aspirations, offering life skills and empowering people to make a difference to their own lives. Jenny King introduced a Peer Education Project, raising awareness of teenage pregnancy by training young mums to go into schools and talk to pupils about the realities of parenthood. She is also the champion for a community allotment helping people with healthy eating and exercise.

The annual awards, presented by news presenter Jeremy Vine and run by the Local Government Channel, ask co-workers and the public to nominate individuals. The best nominations are then short-listed by a panel before being put to public vote.