UNISON want to hear about your public service champion - £300 to be won! NOW CLOSED

[AnnMumsnet]

The team at UNISON is putting the call out for your very own champions of public services in the UK – who do you want to show your appreciation to?

They say "Our public services are in crisis. Comment, tweet, campaign, vote, say thanks – but whatever you do, back your public service champions now.

“We can all relate to being under pressure and having to put a brave face on. For public service workers this has become part of daily working life, but now the crisis in our public services is so bad many of them are at breaking point. They are telling us about their struggle to support the schools, health and social care services, libraries, youth services and policing that our families and communities all depend on.

“Every day thousands of people turn to mumsnet for support, so what better place to get behind our public service champions and show them some love? This is your chance to share stories of how a public service champion has made a difference to you. Thank the teaching assistant for giving your DC the confidence to put their hand up in class. Shake hands with the police community support officer who keeps your neighbourhood safe. Show the care worker who helps your nan get up in the morning some appreciation. It doesn’t matter what you do to support them, it just matters that you back your public service champions now.”

So to get involved, you can do two things. One, post on this thread some info about the public service champion you want to thank – you don't have to give their name but just let us know briefly what they do and what this means to you. Or, two, you can get involved at: champions.unison.org.uk/.

Everyone who posts on this thread will be entered into a prize draw where one winner will get two £150 Love2Shop vouchers (which the winner can either keep or split with their nominee!)

Thanks and good luck

MNHQ

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Every foster carer in the country. Amazing people I know because I am lucky enough to work in a job that supports them. Very proud of my carers.

Thanks for all the comments and nominations - am pleased to say Kleptronic wins the voucher(s), well done

Definitely the NHS. Staff are absolutely brilliant, despite these pressing times. My sister in law is a nurse. She works so so hard, and her compassion and desire to care gets her through. I feel she represents the vast majority of NHS employees.

The nurse at my local doctors surgery, she is brilliant with kids and even managed to give my daughter 2 separate vaccinations without her getting upset or crying.

Constantly hearing of people having problems with getting appointments etc. but I can't praise my local surgery enough. Everybody from the receptionists to the doctors are so helpful and I never feel as if I'm rushed through the system. An on-line booking system where I can see all available staff and times listed along with a repeat prescription service is a godsend. An in-house pharmacy is the icing on the cake as the surgery is in our village, 9 miles from the nearest town

the whole of the nhs, amazing at what they do!!