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Staff and student awards return to South Bristol Skills Academy in joyous ceremony

30 June was a special day at City of Bristol College as our staff and student awards returned to South Bristol Skills Academy after two years of remote ceremonies.

Colleagues from all Centres gathered in the airy Winter Gardens to celebrate the achievements of everyone at the College over the past year, at the event kindly sponsored by our partners Latcham, Mindful Education, Vistry, Reach, Bristol City of Sanctuary, Klosterhaus and Sustainable Fashion Week.

Staff awards including the Rising Star Award, the Staff Recognition Award for Excellence and the Staff Recognition Award for Supporting Colleagues aimed to recognise those colleagues who go above and beyond to make our College a great place to work.

The staff awards and winners were:

Award nameWinner
Rising Star AwardErin Hewitt
Rising Star AwardJessica Cochrane
Rising Star AwardEmily McKinney
Staff Recognition Award for Above and BeyondJulie Tyler
Staff Recognition Award for Above and BeyondJody Russo
Staff Recognition Award for Above and BeyondJenny Exon
Staff Award for Apprentice of the YearDaniel Gracey
Staff Recognition Award for Enhancing the Student ExperienceAmy Creech
Staff Recognition Award for Enhancing the Student ExperienceRyan Fernandes
Staff Recognition Award for Enhancing the Student ExperienceDean Dennis
Staff Recognition Award for Enhancing the Student ExperienceHannah Button
Staff Recognition Award for Enhancing the Student ExperienceDesmond Smith
Staff Recognition Award for ExcellencePaul Catchpool
Staff Recognition Award for ExcellenceChloe Cotterell
Staff Recognition Award for ExcellenceEllie Gillis
Staff Recognition Award for ExcellencePat Lune
Staff Recognition Award for Excellent Customer ServiceKirsten Toghill
Staff Recognition Award for Excellent Customer ServiceMaria Gonzalez
Staff Recognition Award for Excellent Customer ServiceKaren Caddy
Staff Recognition Award for Excellent Customer ServiceColin Smith
Staff Recognition Award for Innovation or ImprovementEleanor Wintersgill
Staff Recognition Award for Supporting ColleaguesDave Dibble
Staff Recognition Award for Supporting ColleaguesDenise Hagan
Staff Recognition Award for Supporting ColleaguesHayley Shaw
Team Recognition Award for ExcellenceSafeguarding and Welfare Team

Following the staff awards, students and proud families and friends joined us for the next ceremony. Awards including Apprentice of the Year, Contribution to College Life and the Effort and Determination Award recognise students aged 16-18 and aged 19+ who have shown outstanding commitment to their learning and to the College.

A regular feature of these awards is the Lee Sheriton Award for Endeavour, honouring a much-loved colleague who passed away in December 2018. This award recognises a student who has worked incredibly hard and overcome significant challenges to achieve and is a prestigious addition to our awards line-up.

Thank you to everyone who worked hard to make this event a success, and a big congratulations to all of our award winners!

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