HEALTHCARE ESTATES 2022 IHEEM AWARDS
Celebrating excellence at biggest Awards Dinner yet
The presentation of awards in 12 categories, an after-dinner speech by England’s most capped female hockey player, and the chance to make new acquaintances, talk over the first day’s events, and renew contacts face-to-face, were among the highlights of last month’s Healthcare Estates 2022 IHEEM Awards Dinner in Manchester. Held on the evening of 4 October, the first day of the conference and exhibition, this year’s gala awards dinner was the biggest to date, with over 600 guests, as HEJ’s editor, Jonathan Baillie, reports.
The venue for this year’s Healthcare Estates IHEEM Awards Dinner was the magnificent Grand Ballroom at Manchester’s Kimpton Clocktower Hotel. The hotel’s imposing clocktower and striking Victorian architecture are among the notable features of the striking terracotta Grade II listed building, which dates back to 1890. Guests were able to enjoy pre-dinner drinks in the hotel’s Whitworth Rooms, and the chance to relax after a busy first day, before being seated for the dinner and the gala awards presentation. Once all were seated, Master of
Ceremonies, Andy Powell – a seasoned host at Healthcare Estates Awards evenings – welcomed guests, with the words: “Most of you have been at the frontline of the pandemic, and tonight is as much a celebration of your work, as it is recognising the shortlisted companies, Trusts, and individuals, here this evening. “As we all know, healthcare estates and
facilities personnel need to be adaptable, so pandemics, new venues, and rail strikes, are meat and drink to this sector. Consequently, tonight sees the biggest attendance in the history of the awards with 630 of you here – I think that deserves a round of applause.”
Chosen charity As is customary at IHEEM Healthcare Estates dinners, before the dinner got under way, a representative from the
The venue for this year’s Healthcare Estates IHEEM Awards DInner was the Grand Ballroom at Manchester’s Kimpton Clocktower Hotel.
evening’s chosen charity, Guts UK, reportedly the UK’s only charity funding research into the digestive system ‘from top to tail’, had the opportunity to tell dinner guests about some of the organisation’s work. Andy Powell welcomed the charity’s CEO, Julie Harrington, to the stage. After a brief presentation outlining the charity’s work, she showed a video explaining a little more, and closed by asking those present to donate, either via envelopes on tables, or via the JustGiving page shown on screen. In all, the evening saw £8000 raised for
Guts UK, including a £3000 donation from IHEEM.
IHEEM’s new President, Alison Ryan, who had officially taken office at the Institute’s 2022 AGM earlier in the day, then said ‘grace’, and guests enjoyed a three-course dinner.
Charity prizes and star after-dinner speakers Towards the end of the dinner, as guests enjoyed coffee, Andy Powell presided over the usual ‘Heads and tails’ game, where guests are asked to put their hands either on their head or their bottom until there is just one person ‘left standing’ as the winner. Andy Powell then introduced the
Master of Ceremonies, Andy Powell, presided over proceedings with his usual flair.
England hockey player, Kate Richardson-Walsh OBE, gave a rousing after- dinner speech.
Julie Harrington, CEO of Guts UK, spoke to guests about the charity’s important work.
evening’s after-dinner speaker, Kate Richardson-Walsh OBE – the most capped female hockey player in her country’s history, and captain of the GB and England women’s hockey teams for 13 years. She was widely credited for helping build the strong team ethos and commitment that drove the GB team to victory at the Rio Olympic Games in 2016, and made history in other ways, notably by becoming one half of the first same- sex married couple to win an Olympic
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