Local Home Worker Calls on Avon and Wiltshire for Support

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Local Home Worker Calls on Avon and Wiltshire for Support

Marieke Guy, a remote worker for UKOLN, which is based at the University of Bath, is calling on North East Somerset and Wiltshire to band together to support her bid to win The Home Worker Award in the Remote Worker Awards.

To celebrate National Work from Home Day, Remote Employment, a job site specialising in remote working and home working positions, has launched The Home Worker Awards in association with BT Business to highlight how home working benefits the British public and their working life.

Marieke is said to be ‘remote working champion' at UKOLN (a centre of excellence in digital information management) and entered the Remote Worker Awards as she really wants to raise the profile of successful remote working in both the public and private sectors.

UKOLN has a great support framework for remote workers and many other employers and employees could benefit from their resources.

The big attraction for Marieke was the Vivid Green Penthouse Garden Office on offer in the Awards as she wants somewhere to work away from her three children and her hubby! He was recently been made redundant so having her own space is now even more essential.

As a member of her local Climate Friendly Group, Marieke believes that working from home was because it is a greener way to work and is very keen to reduce her carbon footprint.  She said: “Home working is great! I no longer have to drive over to Bath everyday and as a result I get to spend more time with my family!”

Along with a trophy to honour the home worker of the year, Marieke stands the chance to win an array of prizes to improve her 'home work' as well as the wonderful eco garden office.

There are nine different Awards, which includes a national search to find the most innovative business that demonstrates how remote working and home working has made a beneficial impact on their business and home life.

Not to forget the wannabe 'work-from-homers', The Home Worker Awards is on the hunt for five of the most admirable people who can prove their hunger, determination and ambition to change their lifestyle and run their own home business.

The Home Worker Awards will also give one very special person their own home based franchise worth £15k! The Helen O' Grady Special Award will be presented to the person who is most interested and enthusiastic for social interaction and communication with children and can show how they will change the lives of young people in their community.

Paula Wynne said, "The Home Worker Awards comes at a time when thousands of people across the UK are faced with job losses or reduced hours. The Awards aim to raise awareness of remote and home working as an alternate solution to redundancy and the traditional nine to five office routine. We want to unearth the inventive pioneers who champion home working and show the UK how they work in their home office and why more enterprises should give it a go!"

The Remote Worker Awards has lined up a prestigious panel of judges with successful businesswoman and serial entrepreneur, Karen Darby, founder of SimplySwitch, leading the way. Marieke’s entry along with all the others, will also be judged by Jeff Zbar, founder of Chief Home Officer in the United States, who is a Remote Judge. This is remote judging ... or remote working at its best!

There are other categories including The Remote Worker Award and The Remote Employer Award.

For your chance to win one of these fantastic awards, enter at www.remoteworkerawards.
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For interviews with Paula Wynne or Marieke Guy, please call 0844 800 8355 or email Paula at Remote Employment.

Other contact details:
UKOLN: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/
Marieke’s blog: http://remoteworker.wordpress.com/
Melksham Climate Friendly Group: http://www.climatemelksham.co.uk/

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