Cap Awards

Proof that good housekeepers make a difference

September 19, 2018

Housekeeping so often goes unnoticed and unrewarded. But not always. At CAP Awards, we like to put that right. But it seems we’re not the only ones. Here’s a heart-warming story reported by the BBC.

Some 230 students at Bristol University responded to a crowdfunding initiative by donating £1500 to send cleaner Herman Gordon and his wife Denise on holiday to Jamaica so that they could visit family for the first time in a decade. Herman has worked on the housekeeping staff at Bristol Uni for 12 years. He’s obviously highly regarded by the students – it took them just one week to raise the funds.

Read the BBC News story and see the video here

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