Residents’ expectations as to how public services communicate with them have never been higher. As ever, local government is rising to the challenge, striving to find better and more interesting ways to communicate with their communities. High quality social media, new digital channels, interactive and proactive comms and brand marketing are all high on the agenda for comms teams up and down the country.

In this feature, we celebrate these communications and marketing professionals who have been recognised as rising stars by their organisations for their creativity, innovation and desire to connect with their communities.