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“Lynne joined the business 18 months ago and whilst she had some experience of Safety in her previous job the Rail Industry was totally new to her. She has adapted extremely well to the new challenge she was faced with and quickly became an integral part of the team. She hit the ground running with specific projects ensuring that there was a seamless transition from her predecessor with projects such as the Safety Roadshows and the Eyes Open magazine both of which she has developed further in order to reach a wider audience. She has built excellent relationships with her function and is visible and approachable helping to improve the safety culture within the business and has extensively networked with external stakeholders which has resulted in being asked to present at RSSB forums to other TOC's. She has done extensive work with the Samaritans, BTP and Network Rail in ensuring that all our front line staff are equipped to intervene when a vulnerable passenger is identified and that staff are recognised formally for these actions.“
“Lynne, joined the Merseyrail Electrics Safety team in early 2014 as a Safety Business Advisor.
In the short time Lynne has been part of the safety team her commitment and drive to make a difference to safety is tireless. She has worked closely with front line staff and trade unions in building up relationships and trust. The benefits of this have seen a real increase in engagement with front line staff.
In particular, Lynne has been facilitating Safety road shows on the network with great success on various topics, in particular alcohol awareness with free breathalysers being given away and educating passengers about Merseyrail bylaws. She has worked tirelessly with Samaritans,Network Rail and other industry Stakeholders to reduce fatalities on the Network.
She has been instrumental in staff training with Samaritans, which has resulted in 320 staff developing the skills and knowledge to be able to help vulnerable passengers. Because of the Samaritans training there have been 32 staff interventions in the past 18 months.
Lynne is currently working on a project to reduce passenger accident on escalators.“
“I fully support the nominations by both Steve Riley and Sally Ralston. Lynne is full of enthusiasm, with a can do attitude and a real desire to make a difference to our staff and customers alike.“
“Just wanted to say a massive thank you and well done on Saturday night. It was a great evening which was thoroughly enjoyed. Hope you have managed to relax now! Thank you very much”
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