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Sellafield Ltd鈥檚 Dawn Watson is on a high this International Women鈥檚 Day as she celebrates being shortlisted in this year鈥檚 Northern Power Women Awards.

Head of strategy and technical in Sellafield鈥檚 infrastructure team, Dawn has been nominated as 鈥榤entor of the year鈥� for her role in the Women in Nuclear (WiN) Mentoring scheme.

Dawn said:

I鈥檓 really proud of being shortlisted for this award, it鈥檚 a team effort to run the scheme so recognition has to go to the others too.

皇冠体育app feedback we鈥檝e had has been great, and I think it is really important for people to feel like they can be completely themselves at work, and I hope that the scheme can help some encourage some people to do that.

皇冠体育app scheme has been running now for 4 years, and the feedback has been positive, with a number of people returning each year to be mentors and give something back.

皇冠体育appre have been around 200 people so far involved, across different companies in the nuclear sector in Cumbria, and there aren鈥檛 any other schemes like this one running now 鈥� we are hoping this will be used as a template for the other areas of WIN.

皇冠体育app scheme mentors people of all genders, and there is a real need to support people in the industry and help them progress their careers 鈥� it鈥檚 really important for us to maintain as much talent as we can in the industry and company to help us with the forward mission that we have.

I feel that I have been really lucky in my career in the support I鈥檝e had and the encouragement that being different is ok, and I hope that this scheme can help others even a little with whatever they need to feel comfortable and enjoy their job.