Cleaning with Class – Hello 2024! 

Cleaning with Class Blog by Chairperson, Anne Goldie Facilities Services Manager, South Lanarkshire Council The Cleaning with Class Group had a very busy 2023 and has a lot of momentum and excitement going forward in 2024. Memberships increased and therefore, attendance at the quarterly meetings did also, which meant that all of our meetings were […]

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Cleaning with Class

Blog by Chairperson, Anne Goldie

Facilities Services Manager, South Lanarkshire Council

The Cleaning with Class Group had a very busy 2023 and has a lot of momentum and excitement going forward in 2024. Memberships increased and therefore, attendance at the quarterly meetings did also, which meant that all of our meetings were super beneficial and extremely informative. 

The highlights for 2023 were:

Cleaning with Class were finalists in the European Cleaning And Hygiene Awards 2023 in the category “Best Initiative Raising the Profile of the Cleaning Sector”. 

It was an honour to attend the glittering awards ceremony which took place in the beautiful Mansion House in Dublin on 5th October 2023.

Although we did not lift the trophy this year it was a massive achievement to reach the final as the awards received a record number of entries. The judges reviewed over 230 nominations with 49 finalists across 10 categories. 

See more details of the winners and finalists in the link below:

Awards | European Cleaning And Hygiene Awards (echawards.com)

  • Attendance at the UK’s premier cleaning and hygiene event “Cleaning Show 2023” in Excel in London in March 2023. The show was packed with business opportunities, innovative products, industry speakers and over 70 exhibitors. This gives a great opportunity to network and share ideas with the group.

 

  • Journey to Cobotics/Robotics – Highland Council – inspiration for our Local Authorities to follow.

Quarterly Meetings – Our meetings have been well attended with great discussion and sharing of problems as well as solutions. Our guest speakers in 2023 included :

    • Sandra Williamson – REHIS
    • Angie McCarty – Scotland Excel
    • David Harkness – Benefits – South Lanarkshire Council ( Autumn Seminar)
    • As well as our many members who have presented throughout the year!

ASSIST FM members can access the meeting minutes over on the Resource Site. 

Priorities for 2024:

  • Continue to grow Cleaning & FM services Profile 
  • Establish a Data Collection/Sharing Group
  • Attend Cleaning Show – 2024 Manchester Cleaning Show register now
  • Continue to share best practices and collectively work together to find solutions