Stacey Knill

Stacey has performed exceptionally well in her role. She has so much going on and is still providing an exceptional experience for her learners. She had fantastic feedback on a session highlighting her effective planning and implementation of delivery techniques to allow learners to make progress. Another strength was how she stretches and challenges her learners to develop their knowledge. Stacey also received praise from the Dental EQA, who recognised the hard work Stacey has put in and how impressive Stacey is in her role.

Louise Beizsley

We are excited to announce that our Key Account Manager Louise is our May employee of the month. Louise’s commitment to quality for our learners and employers is exemplary and very often commented on by all those who work alongside her. Louise’s tenacity, drive and ambition has seen exceptional results of late and we wanted to recognise this and say thanks for all that you do!

Helen Murray

Helen has continued to provide excellent support and guidance to the delivery team. She’s also recently had some success with supporting her own learners through EPA.

Eloise Ormerod

Eloise has been outstanding over the past few months and in particular more recently. Eloise has led from the front and has been exceptional with the induction and training of two new members in the BST team as well as keeping the day to day tasks moving forward. She really is a dream to manage and a huge asset to BST and the whole Riverside team.

Kieren Cox

Since moving into a marketing support role, Kieren has taken on responsibility for our social media activity and has moved it forward at an impressive pace. We have had a considerable amount of positive comments from external customers about the quality and innovation of his posts and we are so pleased with his performance so far which has definitely exceeded our expectations! He’s a well-deserved award winner for this month. Keep it up Kieren.

Clair Rogers

Clair is our latest monthly award winner. Clair has recently had huge success with her learners EPA results, her dedication and commitment to her learners has had such a positive impact. Clair has also carried out some fantastic work while supporting the quality team.

Lucy Calverley

Lucy is our latest monthly award winner for being “practically perfect in every way” and for making such a positive impact on the business in such a short amount of time.

Paula Andrews

Paula has gained employee of the month for responding to the business growth in her sector in an extremely positive and professional manner. Paula has also completed some fantastic work on a project to support the induction process for new starters.

Alix Wheeler

Alix is our latest monthly award winner.  Alix has worked incredibly hard on the new learner induction activities.  Alix is always full of “bright ideas” and strives to make continuous improvements in efficiencies to support the business and her colleagues.  Thank you Alix, your passion and enthusiasm is admired and appreciated.

Jane Hossack

Jane continues to go above and beyond expectations to support learners and colleagues at Riverside Training.  Jane led an innovative and engaging session for our PE apprentice cohorts to increase their confidence in assisting during swimming sessions. Jane has been supporting new staff by welcoming them into the team and developing their understanding of our procedures.  This has been much valued by new colleagues.  Jane has also supported colleagues with their interests and hobbies outside of the workplace, for example by delivering a session for a local Scouts group.  In recognition of her successes, Jane has been given theatre vouchers which she is very much looking forward to using in the new year.

Kevin Morris

Kevin is our latest monthly award winner having worked incredibly hard as part of our curriculum development team, creating exciting new content to support our learners during their induction process.  Alongside this he has proven himself to be an excellent Learning and Development Coach, supporting his learners to make superb progress across a number of our qualifications. Here’s a picture of our award winner with his gift choice – some classy Japanese whisky. Cheers for all your efforts  Kev.

Rochelle Gregory

Rochelle is our latest award winner and she is just amazing. She is such a key member not just to the Business Support Team but to the company as a whole. Rochelle gives 100% at all times and nothing is too much trouble. I am very lucky to have her in my team. Thanks for all your hard work Ro.

Rebecca McLauchlan

Congratulations to Rebecca for winning the Employee of the Month award for May. Nothing seems to faze Rebecca; she is always willing to embrace change and new tasks  and to keep an open mind about these. Rebecca has also been commended  for her delivery skills into schools and her can-do attitude. Rebecca steps outside of her comfort zone to try new things and gets stuck in.

Eloise Ormerod

Eloise always gives her best and we can depend on her to get the job done. Nothing is too much trouble. She is a strong member of the Business Support Team. She works part time but always works flexibly to meet deadlines. Thank you for your hard work Eloise and for being someone I and the wider team can count on.

Paula Andrews

Paula has received employee of the month for her outstanding commitment to the organisation. Paula has embraced the move to remote delivery and has supported her colleagues with this transition too. Paula has an extremely positive attitude towards supporting the success of the business and her learners. Thank you for your continued hard work, Paula, it’s really appreciated.

Lewis Horner

During April Lewis put in tonnes of extra hours on the ESF SSW project working straight through weekends in order to get us up to speed on paperwork. Despite his wing women Charlotte & Millie being on furlough and the challenges of switching all sessions to remote delivery via Zoom and training the delivery team on the platform, the attendance numbers have remained very high.

Well done in these challenging times.

Julie Nowlin

Julie’s contributions to Riverside have been phenomenal, always going above and beyond with her work. In addition to this Julie runs and shares resources including the daily wake up shake up, monthly newsletters, information on weekly events and much more to assist everyone in the business.

Julie will be receiving a Strava membership for the year to support her with her running goals.

Chloe Watkins

Chloe’s work throughout the month has been fantastic, in addition to diligently completing her self-study for the AAT L4 Qualification due to FE establishments Chloe has immersed herself in additional tasks supporting with Sub-Contracting and compliance issues whilst working in collaboration with another department. This has provided terrific insight and awareness of compliance matters and has also resulted in massive improvements. Thank you so much, keep the great work going.

Being a little camera shy and CV-19 effects means we don’t have a photo but I am sure Chloe is smiling! Enjoy the Molten brown products.

Helen Murray

Helen Murray has undertaken some robust and very well-received training this month and this has been fed back to me from a variety of staff members.  She has had a lot of additional workloads to complete as we endeavor to make further improvements and have embraced these all positively.  Her work is excellent and she has been supporting staff members so that they feel confident and comfortable with areas of difficulty and this has greatly improved outcomes for learners.  I have been impressed with Helen’s attitude to change and proactivity in problem solving and making improvements within our organisation.  Well done Helen and keep up the good work!

Steve Harrison

Steve, you are one in a million and always put 100% into all of your learners and every situation.

You have proactively resolved a number of problems this month resulting in excellent outcomes for both learners and our employers.  We receive excellent feedback from our employers who value your support and excellent customer service

Rochelle Gregory

“Ro is an outstanding member of the team. Her work ethic is always at a high level. Ro’s memory is unbelievable, she knows everything about the learners even the other team members learners.”

“I don’t know what I would do without her. She is driven and always gets the job done.”

“Well done Ro and thank you for your hard work every day.”

Jo Hewitson

“Jo Hewitson is a proactive and integral part of our new quality team.  She has prioritised numerous crucial activities and worked hard to resolve them efficiently and effectively to meet business needs.  She has used her initiative and taken ownership of tasks for the benefit of the organisation and to improve quality within the business.  I have been particularly impressed with the support of new staff and volunteering to take on and improve maths across our provision.  She has gone the extra mile with resolving issues, helping other departments and helping staff and learners.  Well done Jo!”