GEM Council Employee of the Year and GEM Council Team of the Year
The winners of these awards have been selected through Doncaster Council's employee recognition scheme, GEM 'Going the Extra Mile'.
The GEM Council Employee of the Year and GEM Council Team of the Year are selected from GEM nominations made throughout the year.
To nominate an individual Council employee's or team's efforts and contributions as part of the GEM scheme, simply complete a GEM nomination form which can be obtained in any Council building reception area or it can be downloaded from the Doncaster Council website by using the link below.
GEM Employee of the Year 2008
Sarah Coney
Sarah was nominated for her role in evacuating a residential care home, Chapel Garth in Bentley, during the flooding last summer.
The home had been affected before the situation in the wider area became clear but in the absence of her team manager Sarah acted quickly to organise an evacuation that minimised trauma to the home's 30 residents.
Sarah provided a pivotal co-ordination role in ensuring that residents were relocated to appropriate alternative accommodation. Acting outside of her role as a Contracts Officer Sarah assisted colleagues to carry vulnerable residents to the safety of transport, keeping them calm and reassured at a stressful time.
GEM Team of the Year 2008
The Public Building Maintenance Team
The Public Building Maintenance Team
The Public Building Maintenance Team are: Dean Birkby, Steve Bowers, Mick Bowkett, Kelham Close, Malcolm Cooper, Dominic Gibbs, Barry Hardy, Pete Hunter, Trevor Jennings, Michael Kelly, Ian Killeen, Scott Kynman, Nathan Old, John Power, Gary Ward and Graham Woods.
The team were nominated for their outstanding effort to replace fire doors, effect repairs to the alarms and emergency lighting systems and deal with numerous other building related issues within the council’s sheltered housing accommodation.
The work was undertaken to a very strict deadline and the team worked extremely long shifts in harsh working conditions, putting their home life on hold in order to get the job done.
They are a credit to the council having kept a positive attitude throughout the project and kept the disruption to residents to a minimum.
