Cleanzine: your weekly cleaning and hygiene industry newsletter 16th January 2025 Issue no. 1145
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Top tips webinar for winning entries to the 2022 Golden Service Awards: sign up now
The Kimberly Clark Professional Golden Service Awards 2022 has opened for entries. This year for the first time, all entrants are invited to attend a free 'How to Enter' webinar on Thursday 29th July at 10.30.
Participants will learn first-hand how to maximise the chances of winning a coveted Golden Service Award from the 19 categories across key sectors healthcare, education, offices, retail and manufacturing.
"Over the last 30 years of running the industry-leading awards, Kimberly Clark Professional has developed a highly-experienced pot of knowledge about how to prepare the best winning entries," explains Steve Jones, the organisation's general manager UK & Ireland.
"Working with the British Institute of Cleaning Science who are the independent judges for all the awards, we have collected expert advice about how to highlight the highest standards of cleanliness and the excellence of cleaning teams."
Together, the presenters will guide participants through the entry process, provide an understanding of the categories and specify what the judges are looking for. The webinar has some hints and tips to make the entry process straight forward and give yourself the best chance to be a winner.
There will be 19 categories that acknowledge excellence and the achievement of the highest standards in the industry. The closing date for all entries is 29 October 2021, with finalists to be announced in November. The 2022 awards include a special new category 'Going the extra mile', for those who have delivered above and beyond during recent times of adversity.
The awards are open to contract cleaning and FM companies based in the UK and Ireland and the categories have been designed to provide opportunities for all cleaning professionals across the UK & Ireland's diverse business sectors:
* Healthcare
* Hospitals
* Office areas below 100,000 sq.ft
* Office areas between 100,000 and 300,000 sq.ft
* Office areas over 300,000 sq.ft
* Education - pre-school and primary school
* Education - secondary and further education
* Retail/shopping malls under 1 million sq.ft
* Retail/shopping malls over 1 million sq.ft
* Manufacturing: food, processing plants and power stations
* Hospitality: hotels, restaurants, cafes and holiday parks
* Leisure: stadiums, outdoor shopping malls and plazas, theme parks, airports and stations
* Environmental awareness
* Training
* Diversity
* Going the extra mile
* Small business
* Supervisor of the Year
* Cleaning Operative of the Year
The webinar will be hosted by Kimberly Clark Professional in cooperation with BICSc, the judges, and Suzanne Howe Communications, the organiser of the event.
All potential entrants are invited to attend, by registering at:
https://kcc.zoom.us/webinar/register/
For those unable to attend the webinar it will be recorded and placed on the website:
22nd July 2021