Usdaw Organising Awards celebrate excellence

Usdaw's national Organising Awards ceremony was recently held on 19 January at the Radisson Hotel in Manchester. The event, now in its third year, was a great success and celebrated the hard work of representatives from all over the country.

"This ceremony is all about recognising the hard work that our reps are putting in on a day-to-day basis." said General Secretary John Hannett. "Here we celebrate the very best recruiters, organisers and campaigners who make sure our values remain alive and relevant to every Usdaw member."

In addressing the nominees on the night, John Hannett praised their commitment and dedication, "2007 was a good year for organising and a good year for Usdaw. We ended the year with 356,046 members, the highest level of membership for over 16 years. We also recruited 2,000 new reps, people like you who work so hard on behalf of the Union."

"2008 has started well and with our modernisation strategy and our innovative approach to organising and involving our reps in their Union, we are well placed to go from strength to strength."

The awards were split into eight categories that reflect the diverse work of the Union with each division putting forward one nominee form all the entries they received for each category. The Executive Council then voted in a secret ballot for the national winner in each category. The categories and their winners are listed below.

Roll of honour - all the divisional nominations

(National winners in bold)

Individual Organising Award

Tony Strudwicke (South Wales and Western Division)
David Urquhart (Eastern Division)
Stephen O'Connor (Midlands Division)
Pauline Marshall (North Eastern Division)
Tony Sneddon (Scottish Division) (joint winners)
Tim Nash (Southern Division)
Stephen Turner (North West Division) (joint winners)

Individual Recruitment Award

Susan David (South Wales and Western Division)
Andy Hearn (Eastern Division)
Maryann Matthews (Midlands Division)
Richard Adamson (North Eastern Division)
Ian Scott (Scottish Division)
Amy Douglas (Southern Division)
Sharon Davies (North West Division)

Team Recruitment and Organising Award

The Reps at Tesco Camborne (South Wales and Western Division)
The Reps at Fenny Lock NDC C060 (Eastern Division)
Midlands Co-op Society E004 (Midlands Division)
Yorkshire Morrisons F061 (North Eastern Division)
The Reps at Scotland Tesco Distribution G122 (Scottish Division)
Richard Smith and Adrian Brown (Southern Division)
Lorna Young, Rui Ramos, David Foster and Karl Pinter (North West Division)

Campaigns Award (joint winners)

Heather Morris and Debbie Davidson (South Wales and Western Division)
Patricia Darby (Eastern Division)
Paul White (Midlands Division)
Tracy Scholey and Sharon Simpson (North Eastern Division) (joint winners)
Isobel MacInnes (Scottish Division) (joint winners)
Denise Margetson (Southern Division)
Jane Rogers (North West Division)

Health and Safety Rep Award

Pamela Jones (South Wales and Western Division)
Patricia Lynch (Eastern Division)
Wayne Lindo (Midlands Division)
Pam Bryan (North Eastern Division)
Robert Thomson (Scottish Division)
Michael Smith (Southern Division)
Edward Ringrose (North West Division)

Union Learning Rep Award

Robert Williams (South Wales and Western Division)
Vicky Nelson (Eastern Division)
Terence Hamp (Midlands Division)
Mary Kennedy (North Eastern Division)
Shona Wilson (Scottish Division)
Mandy Owens (North West Division)

Equalities Award

Maureen Williams (South Wales and Western Division)
Jeannette Whenmouth (Eastern Division)
Donna Lindsay (Midlands Division)
David Chadwick (North Eastern Division)
Maria King (Scottish Division)
Su Patel (Southern Division)
Nick Entwistle (North West Division)

Most Promising New Activist Award

Estelle Crump (South Wales and Western Division)
Neesha Devlia (Eastern Division)
Bella Peabody (Midlands Division)
Daniel Rouse (North Eastern Division) (joint winners)
David McKeown (Scottish Division) (joint winners)
Aron Vernon (Southern Division)
Georgina Roberts (North West Division)

View pictures from the Usdaw Organising Awards 2007 in the gallery. http://www.usdaw.org.uk/gallery/

Notes to Editors:

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