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chief’s award A HIGH-flying bank director has been named among the re- gion’s top business leaders in the Institute of Directors (IoD) Lon- don and the South Director of the Year Awards. Dina Henry
(52), chief oper- ating officer of Kings Hill-based CAF Bank, was
named public/third sector direc- tor of the year. Owned by the Charities Aid Foundation,CAFBank provides services for charities and not-for- profit organisations. Otford resident Dina, who is married with two grown-up chil- dren, said: “Raising CAF Bank’s profile to other sectors has al- lowed me to highlight how phi- lanthropy can shape thewaywe live, and to showcase the impor- tant contribution fromCAFBank in providing service and support to professionals in civil society.” Rodger Broad, director of the
IoD South, said: “Dina’s win is a tremendous achievement. She will now compete for the title of UK Director of the Year.”
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PCSO is honoured for dedication to her work
AFORMERMalling PCSO has re- ceived a top award for her dedica- tion to the job. Caroline Wayland (48) was named PCSO of the Year at the first Chief Constable’s awards cere- mony held by Kent police. Caroline started with the rural policing team covering Eccles in 2007, before moving to Maidstone five years ago. She was honoured for dealing with two major inci- dents and her work to make the town centre a safer place. During her time on duty in the
town, her efforts led to more than one life being saved. Last November, she had just ar-
rived at work when a report came in that an unconscious man was floating in the River Medway. She was the first officer at the scene and, after the manwas pulled from the water, gave CPR until para- medics arrived. She said that shewas asked to go
and assess the situation and arrived to find a member of the public had pulled the man from the river, but hewas unconscious. She said: “You don’t really have
time to think about what you’re going to do. You just know you have to save the person’s life.” Next month, during a rooftop protest in Lower Stone Street in the town centre, the PCSO stayed on duty five hours past her finish time, arriving at work early next day to support evidence-gathering. Caroline said her role was 100%
about assisting the community and it was nice to know people recog- nised her and felt they could ap- proach her. She found the switch from village policing to her town
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PCSO Caroline Wayland receives her award for dedication to her job from Chief Constable Alan Pughsley
centre patch a massive change. “I was dealing with very rural,
parish council stuff, so it was dif- ferent dealing with a busy area,” she said. PCSO Wayland was among a number of officers who were pre- sented with awards by the Chief Constable Alan Pughsley at the Mercure Great Danes Hotel. He said: “The contributions that officers and staff have made are wide-ranging. Each person has helped to make Kent a safer and better place to live.”
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