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Janet Johnson is the TUC's 2008 union learning rep of the year
Janet was delighted to receive the award, but she is keen to stress that receiving it is also thanks to the trade union movement. 'It was me who went up to get the award, but I couldn't have done it without the support of everyone else - the training I received from the PCS, my regional committee, my own branch have been brilliant and so have the contributions of the ULRs I work with.' she says. Janet took the ULR five-day course and in time-honoured fashion has not looked back since. Within a year she became branch learning coordinator and started recruiting new ULRS. And just another year on she was elected to DWP regional learning officer for the Yorkshire and Humberside Region, and has now recruited some 24 ULRs. Her achievements include bringing learning to hundreds of PCS members. She has arranged literacy, numeracy and ICT* screening and courses. As branch ULR she was the driving force in numerous successful learning at work days - six in the last 12 months - as well as introducing skills for life courses in works time and on the employer's premises.
For Janet the joy of seeing people transform their lives through learning maintains her enthusiasm: 'Learning is the best thing I have ever done in my working life. It's fantastic. You can see the difference it makes to people's lives. It helps with an individual's confidence and you can see them change and take more responsibility for the decisions being taken around them.' Photographs© Jess Hurd/reportdigital.co.uk
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Janet Johnson travelled from her home town of Barnsley, where she works as a validation officer at a 
In addition Janet has signposted and given ongoing support to learners from level 2 to an Open University student. Her leadership has introduced the branch and the union in the region to a wider circle of providers, creating sustainable relationships for ongoing learning.