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of staff and governors, assess each submitted nominee
against the Trust values and declare the winner as Alder
Hey Star of the Month. The winning individual or team
receives a certificate, a gift voucher, and a place in the
Atrium Star Chart.

‘Annual Staff Awards’ – The annual awards evening
is designed to bring people together and celebrate the
passion, dedication and successes of our remarkable
staff at an annual Alder Hey Star awards gala. There
are 11 categories which recognise staff for the
commitment, care and compassion they deliver all
year round. This includes a category which is subject
Staff ’pledge wall’ to a public vote, the winner of which this year was
described by patients as “nothing short of exceptional”,
“extremely compassionate and caring”, and “truly
Activities included:
made the difference in helping me and my family cope
• A free raffle with 61 prizes, for staff who submitted a through what was the worst time in our whole lives”.
change pledge.

• A commitment from staff to participate in a
Randomised Coffee Trial, where pairs of staff from
different parts of the Trust meet over a coffee and
discuss each others roles, with a view to gaining a
greater understanding of the organisation and sharing
improvement ideas.
• Numerous healthy lifestyle stalls including ‘Smoke
Free Liverpool’, ‘Simplyhealth’, ‘Citizen’s Advice’,
‘Slimming World’, ‘Union advice’, ‘Financial Advice’,
‘NHS Pensions advice’

A delighted
staff
member Alder Hey Stars celebrating at the Annual Awards gala
claiming dinner
her raffle
prize
‘Thank You Cards’ – We have also developed a simple
thank you card that all staff can download and use as
an expression of gratitude to their colleague(s) whether
for a piece of hard work they have done, or a positive
attitude, or even simply just to show that they are
appreciated.

• Star Awards
This year, we relaunched our staff recognition scheme
to provide several opportunities for staff to recognise
the tremendous work done by colleagues, by
nominating them for a Trust award through the monthly
or annual staff awards, or to simply say thank you to
staff using one of our specially designed ‘thank you’
cards.
Alder Hey ‘Thank You’ Card
‘Star of the Month’ award – Staff are invited to
submit nominees each month with evidence of how an
individual, or a team, truly live the Alder Hey values and
go beyond the call of duty. A panel of judges made up

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