The Westgrove Group, the Warrington-based facilities management company, has been nominated for a diversity awareness award; as a finalist in the Kimberly-Clark Professional Golden Service Awards 2020.
Held biennially, the awards were created 30 years ago to mark facilities management and cleaning teams. The winners will be announced at The Golden Service Awards ceremony, on March 4, at the London Hilton on Park Lane.
Claire McKinley Smith, Managing Director of The Westgrove Group, pictured, said: “We are delighted to have been shortlisted as a finalist in these prestigious awards for Diversity Awareness, recognising our commitment and investment in raising mental health awareness in the workplace.
“We have seen so many benefits this year in raising awareness of mental health with our colleagues across the UK. This will continue into 2020 with more investment in training and support in mental health and other areas of diversity awareness.”
Westgrove has rolled out across the year initiatives which, it says, aimed to create a work place where all colleagues felt comfortable in discussing their own and other people’s mental health. The company, of over 1,000 people across the UK, got involved and it delivered measurable results including the appointment of mental health first aiders, awareness weeks and a new well-being portal with the charity retailTRUST offering 24/7 free and confidential help to colleagues.
Working with bodies such as the Samaritans, MHFA and Revo, the representative body for retail and shopping centres, the FM firm, an ACS Pacesetters company, is also looking at good practice and specialist training around mental health and suicide awareness for all staff working in shopping centres.
About The Westgrove Group
The company provides its security, cleaning and PRM (Persons with Reduced Mobility) services to shopping centres, corporates, business parks, retail environments and airports across the UK. Founded by Group Chairmen Simon Whittle and Steve Fives, it recently celebrated its 21st anniversary. Visit www.westgrove.co.uk.
