Previous Pride Award winners

One of the predecessors to our Staff Excellence Award was the long running Pride Award.

Many congratulations to all of our past Pride Award winners.

2020 winners

Date	Name, location	Reason for nomination
September 2020	Angela Forsyth, Accommodation Co-ordinator	Angela’s nomination singled her out for her ‘tireless’ work and “unflagging efforts” on the Clearing hotline call centre, as well as helping to implement a new procedure for processing student data.
	Keira Hannigan, Chargehand	Keira’s award recognised her “dedication, consistency, proactiveness, and her willingness to support and assist the Housekeeping Team in their work” espescially when recently helping to run and manage one of the college Housekeeping Teams above and beyond her role.
	Jason Townsend, IT Systems and Develoment Officer	Jason produced 14 fully operational tracking devices for Kent Hospitality’s catering outlets. He designed a bespoke computer prototype, tested it, sourced parts and manufactured the final trackers often in his own time and successfully completed the project in a tight timeframe.
June 2020	Liz Ralph, Assistant Housekeeping Manager	In her own time, Liz produced hundreds of practical, colourful and reuseable facemasks for the housekeeping team members working on campus thoughout lockdown and for vulnerable people in her community.
March 2020	Heather Dyer, Domestic Assistant	Heather’s award recognised her generosity and kindness towards others, exemplified when helping a Christ Church student in need. Part of an email sent by a friend of the student wrote: “the amazing compassion your colleague showed towards my friend is commendable and not everyone would have helped her in the way that she did.”
	Claire Whale, Housekeeping Supervisor	Claire’s award recognised her consistent hard work and proactive attitude in assisting with accommodation viewings and resolving problems before they develop. Her nomination noted “there is never a time that you feel you are asking too much of Claire because her positive attitude and helpful demeanour is always at the forefront of any correspondence”.
	Jason Townsend, IT Systems, Development and Support Officer	An extract from Jason’s nomination read: “he consistently surpasses expectation, gives up his personal time, is willing to help everyone, and demonstrates pride for the department and the University through his actions, which are a positive example to others.”

2019 winners

Date	Name, location	Reason for nomination
December 2019	Tracy Hayes, Domestic Assistant	Tracy's award recognised the positive impact she has made at Kent Sport with the award nominee stating: 'Anyone who comes across Tracy will see that her customer service is tangible – in both her standards and kind and considerate personality.'
September 2019	Helen Taylor, Kent Hospitality Receptionist	Helen's award recognised her going the extra mile to help students and their families arriving to Darwin College during Arrivals Weekend.
June 2019	Lizzie Arbus, Chargehand	Lizzie's award recognised her stepping up to resolve a student complaint directly and her continued attention and effort to fix the problem as quickly as possible and provide support to the students throughout, liaising with different teams to ensure a swift positive resolution.
March 2019	No winner, as nominations received did not meet the criteria for the award.

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2018 winners

Date	Name	Reason for nomination
December 2018	Linda Jarvis, Rutherford College Receptionist	Linda was nominated for her “dedication to ensuring each and every customer experience is memorable” espescially at one Open Day event where attending parents and students "came back enthused about the facilities and very, very impressed with Linda".
December 2018	Sam Riddington, Medway Food and Beverage Manager	Sam's award recognised her “outstanding support and organisational skills” and consistent “professional commitment” when working on catering for events.
September 2018	Becky Wyatt, Keynes College Receptionist	Becky's award recognised her “consistent exceptional customer service throughout the years” as well as “playing a key role in assisting with the processing of all guest feedback for the 2018 conference season”.
June 2018	Julie Williams, Turing College Domestic Assistant	Julie's award recognised her caring personality while consistently providing additional "help and support" to residential students on the Canterbury campus alongside the "best advice".
March 2018	Dave Jordan, Health & Safety - Tanglewood	Dave’s award recognised his dedicated attitude and hard work as he went "above and beyond" for providing additional support to a residential student on the Canterbury campus in a time of need.

2017 winners

Date	Name, location	Reason for nomination
December 2017	Fay Allen, Accommodation Office	Fay's award recognised her dedication to go "the extra mile to deliver excellent customer service" and for having a positive impact within the Accommodation Office in the short time since she had started.
December 2017	Christine Nottage, Keynes College Housekeeping	Christine's nomination recognised the extra tasks that she undertakes on top of her regular workload with her input "making the Keynes College workplace more organized and safe for her colleagues”.
September 2017	Steven Lambert, Cargo - Medway campus	Steven's award recognised how he "always goes above and beyond and works incredibly hard' while specifically referencing one incident that occured over the summer.
April 2017	Chris Scrutton, Houskeeping	Chris was nominated by three different people for the "amazing support she provided" for those completing the BICS Assessor Training course.

2016 winners

Date	Name	Reason for nomination
December 2016	Mark Finch, Rutherford Dining Hall	Mark was nominated after administering life-saving first aid at an event. An extract from his nomination read "his calmnessm, professionalism and helpful attitude made a stressful situation less stressful and contributed to the other guests remainng calm".
September 2016	Colin Reynolds, Rutherford Dining Hall	Colin was nominated for his "tireless" work ethic. "He is unfailingly cheerful and helpful and one cannot count the number of times he has done more than he is required to".
April 2016	Anne Munday, Keynes College Reception	Anne was nominated for producing a detailed ‘Knowledge of the College’ document for future receptionists drawing upon her years of service at Park Wood College.
April 2016	Mike Sault, KBS Servery	Mike was nominated for providing first class services to KBS staff, students and visitors, as well as his excellent first aid skills.

2015 winners

Date	Name	Reason for nomination
December 2015	Diba Artingstoll, Tanglewood Reception	Diba was nominated for her constant enthusiasm within the team and for the great work she has been doing on the Accommodation Office social media accounts.
December 2015	Oliver Rattingan, Origins - Darwin College	Oliver was nominated for defusing a potential problem with an event in December using quick thinking and clear communication with the event client.
September 2015	Steve Cullen, Turing College	Steve was nominated for his hard work as Turing College’s handyman, including building Hut8 a bespoke label holder out of odds and ends.
September 2015	Liz Slattery, College Receptionist	Liz was nominated for taking an injured visitor to hospital from Keynes College having bandaging it up after her shift had finished.
April 2015	Karen Gardner, Housekeeping Support Team	Karen was nominated for her positive attitude about altering her shift times to help the department.
April 2015	Rebecca Reeves, Catering - Turing and the 'Silver Bullet'	Rebecca was nominated for her support, motivation and enthusiasm with all things ‘Hut8’.

2014 winners

Date	Name, location	Reason for nomination
December 2014	Marie Cullen, Keynes Accommodation	Debbie and Marie were nominated for the award by a colleague in recognition of the help and support they provided to a student during her first year at the University.
December 2014	Debbie Hanks, Keynes Accommodation
September 2014	Sophie Shipton, Turing Reception	Sarah and Sophie were nominated for setting up a temporary reception for Turing with only 24 hours’ notice and for all their hard work in ensuring that those new students who were able to move in to Turing had as smooth an arrival as possible.
September 2014	Sarah Tooze, Turing Reception
April 2014	Aaron Kitchener, Darwin Housekeeping	Aaron was nominated for his speedy action in resolving a problem in a student house.

2011 - 2013 winners

Date	Name	Location
December 2013	Chris Scrutton	Keynes Housekeeping
September 2013	Hilary Dryland	Park Wood Housekeeping
September 2013	Kay Friend	Dolche Vita, Keynes College
April 2013	Chinonso Onuigwe	Dolche Vita, Keynes College
December 2012	Julie Biggs	Rutherford Dining Hall
December 2012	Michele Hackman	Rutherford Dining Hall
September 2012	Caroline Hames	Conference Office, Beverley Farmhouse
September 2012	Ann Stewart-Paver	Rutherford Reception
April 2012	Roland James	Origins, Darwin College
December 2011	Kay Friend	Dolche Vita, Keynes College
September 2011	Rachel Timson	Catering Office, Tanglewood
September 2011	David Cooper	K-Bar, Keynes College
April 2011	Adrian Smith	Dolche Vita, Keynes College

2007 - 2010 winners

Date	Name	Location
December 2010	Caroline Dennis	Conference Office, Beverley Farmhouse
September 2010	Holly Psaila	Tyler Court Reception
April 2010	Christine Auld	Darwin Housekeeping
April 2010	Federico Zelaschi Foreman	Mungo's, Eliot College
December 2009	No winner, as nominations received did not meet the criteria for the award.
September 2009	Wojtek Politowski	Keynes Housekeeping
April 2009	Ben Elsbury	Dolche Vita, Keynes College
December 2008	No winner, as nominations received did not meet the criteria for the award.
September 2008	Alan Hobson	Darwin Housekeeping
June 2008	Alex Clarke	Mungo's, Eliot College
April 2008	Gwen Gawler	Tyler Court Housekeeping
December 2007	Tracey Parsons	Rum Tum's Shop, Eliot College
September 2007	Ray Grant	Rutherford Housekeeping
June 2007	Lynda McJannet	Café Revive, Woolf College

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