Our 2019 Heart of Gold Award Winner
We went out to the industry at the end of May for nominations and stories of all the wonderful things happening in the Rail Industry. We hunted high and low for examples of people who have a genuine heart of gold, have gone the extra mile, shown amazing kindness and made a real difference.
We were flooded with so many inspiring and heart -warming stories of rail heroes. Nominees spanned right across all corners of the industry from Toc’s to Freight, infrastructure to suppliers. The shortlisting panel were faced with an almost impossible task of shortlisting down to 5.
The shortlist was then put out for public vote via social media, text and email and we were inundated with over 1,000 votes. The winner was announced on our social platforms by our charity President, Pete Waterman on 18th July.
We are delighted to announce that this year’s winner is Ronnie Hardman from Merseyrail!
Ronnie is the greatest supporter anyone could wish for. He works his full time job in the Ticket office at Lime street is a Union rep for RMT but also finds time to help his colleagues when they need help, he finds help for them from us here at RBF. Due to his consistent dedication & drive Merseyrail now make up the largest group of employee support on Payroll. Ronnie plans events, all visitors to site are pursued to put their change in our tin, he is always bursting with ideas of new events for us, never shy to offer his personal time to help us grow.
