Congratulations to... West Midlands Regional Awards

On Wednesday last week the West Midlands Regional Awards took place at the Rep theatre in Birmingham. Congratualtions to all the winners.

Award	Winner
Gina Meredith Customer Service Award	Birmingham branch won this award Sittu Ahmed of the CVS branch; Ian Houston of the UHNM branch and Helen Randle of the Dudley Group of Hospitals branch were all highly commended
Irene Barker – best recruiting and growing branch	George Eliot branch
Adele Gwyne Organising Award	Coventry and St Cross branch
Recruitment Innovation	Walsall healthcare and UHNM branches were joint winners Dudley Group of Hospitals were highly commended
Campaigning	Birmingham branch
Communications	Black Country Health
Equalities	Dave Warren, Keel University branch
Health and Safety	Mike Maley, Walsall General branch
Learning at Work	Winners were West Midlands Fire Birmingham branch were highly commended

Regional Branches and Activists win Midlands TUC Awards

Following on from the UNISON West Midlands Regional Awards that took place in early November the Midlands TUC held their awards night on Friday 28^th.

 

It is with great pleasure we can announce that UNISON branches and activists won Awards:

 

The Winners were:

• Dawn Downes of the George Eliot hospital branch won “organising rep of the year” award
• The George Eliot hospital branch jointly won the campaign of the year award with Unite for the successful campaign to stop the privatisation of George Eliot Hospital

 

The following were highly commended:

• Laney Walsh from Redditch and Bromsgrove branch was highly commended in the Health and Safety award for the really great work she and the branch are doing on mental health in their employer
• Ian Middle from the Sandwell general branch was highly commended in the Communications rep award for the excellent work he has done to ensure members in his branch ware kept well informed

 

The success of these branches and activists at the TUC awards clearly shows the hard work they have put in this year and demonstrates an ever increasing commitment to the union and our members.

 

Congratulations to the winners of awards and those who where highly commended

And the Winner is...

Votes counted, trophies polished and speeches written: Tonight is the night that our regional awards take place at The Rep Theatre in Birmingham with 9 categories to be decided with over 25 nominations; competition was tight!

The awards ceremony is our opportunity to celebrate the past year and the successes of our many branches across the region.

To keep up to date with the action throughout the evening follow us on twitter @unisonwestmids using #wmuawards14