Kelly Rail was proud to enter a team of 10 into this year’s Big Rail Diversity Challenge supporting the Women in Rail charity. The Big Rail Diversity Challenge delivers the Women in Rail undertaking by showing that gender diverse teams raise awareness for women working across the rail industry and the business benefits attained when companies improve gender balance.
Women in rail was created to improve diversity in the UK rail industry through providing network opportunities and support for all women within the sector, to encourage companies and stakeholders to adapt diversity as a business strategy and devising initiatives aimed at positioning rail as an attractive career choice for young people.
Adeline Ginn (Founder of Women in Rail) said…
“The Big Rail Diversity Challenge is an important step in the rail industry agenda. It openly tackles rail’s outdated image, demonstrates that the industry engages both men and women in equal measure and shows our sector’s commitment to improving gender balance, diversity and inclusion in order to create a more attractive, productive and successful workforce.”
Our Kelly Rail team partook in 12 physical, mental, and skill-based challenges over the course of the day including shelter building, hungry hippos, capa-bubble, and walk the plank. Teams had the chance to collect 20 points through each individual challenge and our team worked extremely hard throughout the day collecting 225 points and finished at 13th place out of 57 teams. A huge well done to our team members for pushing through all challenges and raising awareness for such an important cause.
Kelly Rail Team Members: Shanta Pindoria, Sam Guerin, Mario Dufourg, Ricardo Dowling, Neil Vise, Jo Manns, Imariagbontua Mark Aideyan and Craig Marnoch.
Robert Burnside (Kelly Rail Managing Director) said…
"It was fantastic to see our teams from London and Nuneaton collaborate and demonstrate exceptional teamwork as they tackled various challenges throughout the day. This event was an ideal opportunity to strengthen our broader team, as we competed with industry peers for the ‘Team of the Year’ title. A very well done to all and it was a pleasure as always to participate We were proud to support the Women in Rail charity and look forward to promoting gender balance within this diverse industry in the future."
Kelly Rail’s brand values represent the importance of culture, inclusion, equal opportunities, and diversification within the company. Kelly Rail is harnessing the power of gender equality, and we recognise the need to advocate equal opportunities within our industry. We are delighted to see a growing number of females joining our workforce on a regular basis. It is important that each of us carry on with the conversation around career opportunities and inspire the future generation of young female talent to join the rail industry.
The Kelly Rail team has always shown support for gender equality as we operate in a predominantly male industry and find that The Big Rail Diversity Challenge is the perfect opportunity to amplify the important message of equal opportunities. Kelly Rail is delighted to support The Big Rail Diversity Challenge and the Women in Rail charity, remaining at the forefront of diversity and inclusion while celebrating our diverse nationwide workforce from different cultures and backgrounds.
