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“Willie Freeland is a very kind, polite and very helpful member of staff. Working as a Fleet Planner he has the difficult job of planning the long term and intermediate maintenance of VTECs HST fleet.
His job is frequently hampered by in service failures and supplier issues a restricted amount of spare vehicles to work with, but Willie copes well with these challenges with little or no complaint.
Outside of the railways Willie is also a committed member of his local community helping to run his local junior football team, organising events and sponsorship as well.
It has been my pleasure to work with Willie for the last 25 years.“
“The Lifesaver award seeks to recognise those individuals who have intervened to potentially save the life of a vulnerable person on the rail network, and to demonstrate that talking and listening to someone in need can make a huge difference. Samaritans’ aims of breaking down barriers to intervening and the myths about suicide are now imbedded in rail culture with over 10,500 staff trained, while the number of interventions are up by 34% from April 2015. Empowering staff to support vulnerable members of the public, colleagues, friends or family remains a core part of the relationship between the rail industry and Samaritans and The Lifesaver award is an opportunity to highlight this crucial on-going work as well as encouraging rail staff to be champions for our service.”
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