Royal College of Nursing – Representative of the Year Awards 2016 – Nomination form RCN Representative of the Year Awards 2016 Nomination form Section 1: award category Please select the award category you are nominating for (select one only): □ □ □ Learning representative of the year Safety representative of the year Steward of the year Please note that only accredited RCN representatives are eligible for an award. For further information, please refer to www.rcn.org.uk/repsoftheyear for supporting information. Section 2: details of the representative you wish to nominate (Please include as much of the information below as possible) Name: RCN membership number (if known): RCN country/region or branch: Job title: Address: Postcode: Telephone (home): Telephone (work): Telephone (mobile): Email address: How do you know the nominee? Section 3: your details Name: Address: Postcode: Telephone: Email address: □ Are you an RCN member? Yes Are you an RCN staff member? Yes □ No □ No □ 1 Royal College of Nursing – Representative of the Year Awards 2016 – Nomination form Section 4: supporting statement Use this section to outline why you are nominating the representative for this award. You should write between 200 and 300 words in total. We have included some questions below to help you structure your statement: 1. Describe how your nominee made a difference in the workplace or to other members – give specific examples, including any special initiatives, of what and when they did it. 2. What were the benefits of what they did – either to the individuals who they represented, or to the workplace as a whole? 3. What was special about the way in which they did this – for example, what personal qualities did they exhibit and how did they go about it? 4. Did others learn from what they did, and has anything changed in your/their workplace more widely because of it? 2 Royal College of Nursing – Representative of the Year Awards 2016 – Nomination form Section 5: where did you hear about this award? Please mark all those relevant: Activate magazine Bulletin magazine RCN event or conference Facebook Twitter RCN email RCN website Other (please explain): Regional communications RCN representative RCN staff member RCN staff intranet Poster Flyer Letter Section 6: submitting your nomination Please return your entry by 5pm on Friday 1 April 2016 Please send this nomination form to RCN awards – representative of the year Governance Support Team Royal College of Nursing 20 Cavendish Square London W1G 0RN Or email the completed form to: governance.support@rcn.org.uk Telephone: 0207 647 3644 Please visit www.rcn.org.uk/repsoftheyear for more information. 3