The Blueline Laundry Achievement Awards
Blueline Laundry’s annual staff awards coincide with the International Day of People with Disability thanks to the long history that Blueline Laundry has in supporting those working with a disability, and the benchmarks we set as one of Australia’s prominent disability employers.
Our awards celebrate the achievements of our supported employees, and those supporting employees, at work and in the community. Our awards recognize that every member of our diverse workforce plays a pivotal and valued role in creating what we believe is Tasmania’s most inclusive work environment. People with a disability work alongside people without disabilities, and they learn from each other within our fully integrated workplace.
The annual awards events are also a chance for us to thank our customers and supporters who, by choosing to partner with Blueline Laundry, are making a significant contribution to the social fabrics of the community in which they live and work.
The awards categories celebrate the full depth of diversity and achievements across all of our staff, and ensure that all employees have equal opportunity to have their achievements recognized.
Awards Categories
Charles Mansfield Award – our flagship staff award that recognizes an individual working with a disability who shows outstanding work performance and achievement, excellent team work, attitude and willingness to assist others.
Inclusion and Diversity Award – in recognition of an individual or team who displays outstanding and consistent actions to promote workplace inclusion and respect diversity.
Customer Service Award – in recognition of an individual or a team that is wholly customer-centric in their approach, who goes above-and-beyond in managing customer expectations and delivers the best possible service.
CEO Award – For an employee, team, or group who exemplifies the core values of Blueline through exceptional generosity, passion and dedication to service, and who has relentlessly championed the Purpose of the organization.
Certificates of Commendation – these awards are for outstanding employees who have made significant contribution to the organization and are a role model for others to aspire to.
2020 Recipients Wall of Fame
Charles Mansfield Award
Inclusion and Diversity Award
Customer Service Award
CEO Award
Joanna Hargraves
Certificates of Commendation
History of Charles Mansfield
The Charles Mansfield Achievement Award is named after a gentleman who came to Blueline Laundry in around 1990 to initially, believe it or not, wind up the laundry business and close down the factory.
After spending some time at the laundry he realised the opportunities that could be gained from the laundry as a way to help people with disability gain employment and become part of the community. Charles worked with the management at the time to create what we have at Blueline Laundry today. In recognition of the work conducted by Charles Mansfield, an award was created in his name.
The Charles Mansfield Award is presented to a worker participating in our supported worker program who has shown through their work, their dedication and willingness to learn, the attributes that were envisioned by Charles Mansfield when he developed the Blueline Laundry business model that has grown to what it is today.
A number of criteria are assess to decide the award recipients and it is always a difficult task to sort the final nominations and choose our winners. Some of the things that we consider include:
How much enthusiasm the person shows
The quality of their work
The speed in which they work
How they have adjusted to work
How they interact in the community
2019 Hobart
Rebecca Triffett and Michelle Sale
Presented by Pam Cosker
2017 Hobart
Caroline Reid and Max Swifte
Presented by Andrew Hill
2009 Hobart
Vanessa Mansfield and Jason Pearce
Presented by Archbishop Doyle
2019 Launceston
Gaieth Koko
Presented by Darrin Geard
2017 Launceston
Rebecca Kerrison and Joshua Reid
2007 Hobart
Craig Hansen and Brian Kirkwood
Presented by Charles Mansfield
2019 Launceston
Teegan Smith
Presented by Darrin Geard
2015 Hobart
Damian Murtagh and Erin Huxley
Presented by Peter O’Brian
2018 Launceston
Pavel Anichkin
Presented by Darrin Geard
2013 Hobart
Ramila Cairns, Sean MacKenzie and Craig Davie
2018 Launceston
Alanna Jansen
Presented by Darrin Geard
2011 Hobart
John Cremasco and Andrew Alberry
Presented by John Hargrave