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RAILSTAFF AWARDS
RAILSTAFF MAY-JUNE 2021
WHAT MAKES
RAILSTAFF AWARDS
UNIQUE? EVERY YEAR, THE RAILSTAFF AWARDS ATTRACTS MORE ENTRIES, MORE INTEREST AND MORE COMPANIES THAN EVER BEFORE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT A CORPORATE EVENT. WHY?
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he rail industry, like almost all other industries, has its fair share of awards evenings. Organised by trade associations, publications, interested parties and even individual companies, they are all pretty much the same. Only the RailStaff Awards stands out as being completely different from all the others. Since its inception in 2007, the annual RailStaff Awards has been quite different from all the other rail industry events that take place throughout the year. The first major difference is that no company ever wins anything. The RailStaff Awards are for rail staff – the people that make the industry great. There are 22 categories, some for teams, some for individuals and some for both, but they are all for people. Of course, all of those people work for a company, and their employer will get the kudos of them winning an award. Indeed, many companies encourage employees to enter, and even help them do so. Posters appear on company noticeboards, and it is possible that some nominations are even written by company PR departments, but, at the end of the day, it is the person that is in the frame, not the company. Very often, the entrant isn’t even nominated for being a good employee, or a good representative of the company. The Rail Engineer of the Year doesn’t win because she is great at engineering, and the Rail Manager of the Year isn’t a winner because he is a conscientious manager. No, they win because of what else they do, in their spare time and between shifts. They work to support colleagues, the public and the industry, to make the railway safer or to help the needy and infirm, to help schoolchildren be safe around the railway and to develop new ways to make the railway more efficient and perform better – often not in the area in which they normally work. In short, they win for ‘going the extra mile’ – a rather hackneyed phrase but one which, in this case, describes exactly what the judges are looking for.
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Do you work with an extraordinary train driver, station manager or engineer? Nominate them in one of 22 categories today:
THE CATEGORIES IN FULL: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Apprentice of the Year Award for Charity Covid Hero - Outstanding Individual Award Covid Heroes - Outstanding Team Award Customer Service Award Depot Staff Award Digital Railway Person (S&T) or Team Award Graduate or Newcomer Award Health & Wellbeing Award HR, Diversity & Inclusion Person or Team Award Learning & Development Award Lifetime Achievement Award Marketing & Communications Team Award Rail Civils / Infrastructure Team Award Rail Engineer of the Year Rail Manager of the Year Rail Person of the Year Rail Project Manager Award Rail Team of the Year Safety Person or Team Award Samaritans Lifesaver Award Station Staff Award
