For this category, the judges are looking for an all-round great driver. Evidence of safe driving, positive results from surveys and commendations from the public will all help the judges pick the winner. To complete the form, click on the grey square in each section and start typing. Use the number of marks for each section as a guide to how much you should write. When you’ve finished, click Save As..., give the file a name, and e-mail it to us at [email protected]Don’t forget to send at least two photographs of the driver, which may be used in publicity purposes for the Award. Ideally, take the pictures outside, to avoid the glare of a flash, and by a bus or in the cab. Word Limit You should not exceed a limit of 2,000 words in the amount you write, including all the fields you complete on this form: entries that exceed the limit will automatically lose 10% of their total marks and entries with serious overruns may be disqualified. Word Counter Total is now 0 < FIRST highlight this number and press F9 † Starting word count 888 Number of words you have written -888 < THEN highlight this number and press F9 † † In some versions of Word, you must highlight the number, right click and select Update field. The third row in the table below shows the number of words you have written, and this is the figure that must not exceed 2,000. Category criteria, guidance notes & conditions of entry You can find various documents on our website www.ukbusawards.org.uk linked below including: Criteria for this category Guidance notes for completing entry forms Conditions of Entry Thank you for your interest in the UK Bus Awards, and good luck in the competition! Where and how to send your entry E-mail this form with your supporting information to [email protected]
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For this category, the judges are looking for an all-round great driver. Evidence of safe driving, positive results from surveys and commendations from the public will all help the judges pick the winner. To complete the form, click on the grey square in each section and start typing. Use the number of marks for each section as a guide to how much you should write. When you’ve finished, click Save As..., give the file a name, and e-mail it to us at [email protected]’t forget to send at least two photographs of the driver, which may be used in publicity purposes for the Award. Ideally, take the pictures outside, to avoid the glare of a flash, and by a bus or in the cab.
Word Limit You should not exceed a limit of 2,000 words in the amount you write, including all the fields you complete on this form: entries that exceed the limit will automatically lose 10% of their total marks and entries with serious overruns may be disqualified.
Word Counter
Total is now 0 < FIRST highlight this number and press F9 †
Starting word count 888Number of words you have written -888 < THEN highlight this number and
press F9 †
† In some versions of Word, you must highlight the number, right click and select Update field. The third row in the table below shows the number of words you have written, and this is the figure that must not exceed 2,000.
Category criteria, guidance notes & conditions of entry
You can find various documents on our website www.ukbusawards.org.uk linked below including:
Criteria for this category Guidance notes for completing entry forms Conditions of Entry
Thank you for your interest in the UK Bus Awards, and good luck in the competition!
Where and how to send your entry
E-mail this form with your supporting information to [email protected] Please send the Word file, do NOT send a pdf. For sending large files, we recommend putting them into one folder, zipping it, and
sending the zipped folder using a file transfer service such as wetransfer.com, mailbigfile.com, or pcloudtransfer.com.
Top London Bus DriverThe Luke Rees-Pulley Charitable Trust Award
1 | Details of DriverName Company or Organisation
Garage at which based No of years as a bus driver
Accidents
Number and type of accidents in the last three years or since they joined you (if less).Total number of accidents 5 marks
Number of blameworthy accidents 10 marks
Important note: nominee’s agreement You should ensure that you obtain your employee’s consent to their name being put forward for this award category, and make sure that they understand that this may result in them and their family receiving media coverage and press enquiries. By submitting this form you are confirming that you have done this.
2 | The nominationPhotographs
Don’t forget to send at least two photographs of your driver! They are an essential part of the nomination process. We suggest taking pictures of the driver on and near a bus, outside if possible to avoid the glare from a flash. If your driver wins, these photographs will be used in publicity.
Additional MaterialIf you want to send pdfs or other attachments, please e-mail them with you entry form with file names that make it clear what they are. Please see the section above on ‘Where and how to send your entry’ for how to send large files or large numbers of smaller ones. Please refer to the attachments in the text with a few words to say what they show, e.g. “An e-mail from a happy customer is attached”. Remember that additional material should support what you’ve written in your entry, not replace it.
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Why have you entered this driver? 20 marksWhy do you think your driver should win this competition? Sell your driver to the judges!
Commendations from customers 40 marksIf your driver has received any commendations from customers, please tell us what they said. You can add them as additional material, but it would help if you could quote the relevant part directly in this section.
Feedback from staff 20 marksGive us some quotes. We would like to know what colleagues say about your driver. Include something that demonstrates how helpful and co-operative your driver is, as well as how well he or she gets on with supervisors and managers, and alongside other drivers.
Results from surveys (DQM, CES etc) The judges would love to hear about the results of any internal or external surveys, covert surveys, mystery travelling etc. If your driver has had any, please tell us what the results were. If available, we’d love to have this information as it will support the details give in other sections.
3 | Details of driver’s employerUse this section to give us contact details for the organisation nominating the person shown above. Please note that in the case of large groups, the entry must include details of a local representative.Company/Organisation
