Aberdeenshire UNISON success at Scottish Communication Awards

Following on from their success at last year's Scottish Communications Awards, the branch has won a silver and a bronze at this year's awards.

Kate Ramsden receives silver award from
Sara McLelland UIA

The branch took the UIA sponsored second prize in the Best Campaigns category, for the campaign to recruit members in Children and Families Social Work teams, with the Branch newsletter awarded a bronze award sponsored by the TC Branding Group in the best publications section.

Certificates were presented to Inez Teece who received it on behalf of Morag Lawrence, Newssheet Editor and Kate Ramsden, Branch Chair at UNISON's Scottish Council Meeting of branches on Saturday 7th February 2015, along with cheques totalling £150 for the branch.

Branch does the double at Scottish Communication Awards

The branch won gold twice at this year's Scottish Communications Awards, winning first prize in the Best Publications category for UNISON Matters, the Branch newsletter, and taking the honours in the Best Online Presence category for the website, Branch Blog and Twitter.

Gold certificates were presented to Morag Lawrence, Newssheet Editor and Kate Ramsden, Webmanager at UNISON's Scottish Council Meeting of branches on Saturday 7th December 2013, along with cheques for £150 in each category.

Morag said, "I am delighted to have won this award on behalf of the branch. It's the first time that the Branch has entered the Newsletter, so to win the gold award is a great accolade."

Kate added, "It was fantastic to win these awards and it is a tribute to all the organising and campaigning work done by the branch.

"I maintain the website and the Blog, and Morag edits the newsletter, but we are never short of things to report. We are a very active branch and the newsletter, website and blog shows just how much work all our branch officers and activists do to support our members."