Kirklees Council Staff Awards

On Friday 4^th October, Kirklees Council in association with Kirklees Stadium Development Limited held their prestigious staff awards here at The John Smith’s Stadium. Staff arrived to a 2 course Yorkshire tapas lunch including a range of main courses and desserts, as well as a welcome drink on arrival of bucks fizz. The main courses included mini battered fish, pea puree, tartar sauce, scraps. Patatas bravas, tomato salsa. Aubergine and sweet potato parmigiana. Chicken, lemon and rosemary spedini. Smoked cheddar and spring onion empanadas.

The Revell Ward Suite, situated within The Core Stand was split into two separate rooms for the occasion. One side was for formal presentations and videography about the winners on the day. The other was for dining, with an opportunity for people to meet council colleagues and representatives. The amazing decorations of balloons, flowers, table covers and sashes were provided by the Stadium’s preferred supplier, Huddersfield stylist – Attention to Detail. Hospitality boxes were used as a backdrop for photography of the winners.

Not only were the lucky winners awarded a trophy and certificate, everyone who attended received a new Kirklees Council lanyard and pin badge. The lucky winner of the raffle receiving 4 x directors box tickets for the Huddersfield Town v Hull City match, were kindly donated by KSDL.

This is the first year that The John Smith’s Stadium has hosted the awards with Kirklees Council. The High Five Awards were to celebrate and reward some of the best examples of dedication, commitment and innovation demonstrated by the council workforce. Since the scheme was launched in November 2018 they have received 700 nominations for the great work colleagues do, and out of those, 60 award winners were invited along to this event to recognise the great work that they do to make Kirklees a great place to live, work and play.

Chief Executive, Jacqui Gedman, said “I have been blown away by some of the nominations I have read. The talent and drive demonstrated by our employees makes me incredibly proud”.

The more formal part of the event, gave an opportunity for Cllr Pandor, the leader of the Council and the senior leadership team to personally thank and acknowledge the lengths people go to, to make a difference for the Kirklees citizens.

The awards included;

• Volunteering Award
• Inclusion Award
• Leadership Award
• Working Together for Kirklees Award
• Beyond Kirklees Award
• Innovation Award
• Healthy Kirklees Award
• Community Collaboration
• Chief Executive’s Special Recognition Award

Adele Humble, Human Resources Manager at Kirklees Council commented “The event was sponsored by Kirklees Stadium Development Limited and we can’t thank them enough for supporting this event; the support we received to ensure the event was a success and ran to plan was great and the staff who worked on the day were extremely helpful and professional throughout. The decorations by Ros, from Attention to Detail, were equally as brilliant. The award recipients felt very valued and thoroughly enjoyed the event”.

The day was a great success.