ECJ EUROPEAN Cleaning Journal

In the UK, the Worshipful Company of Environmental Cleaners (WCEC) has installed Lorraine Larman as its new master.

Larman has worked in the service industry for 35 years and has been a dedicated member of the WCEC for the past 12 years, specialising in compliance and health and safety in environmental cleaning. Previously she has been a board member of the British Institute of Cleaning Science (BICSc) and was instrumental in implementing the Chartered Practitioners' Register, which is facilitated by the WCEC. This programme awards chartership to environmental cleaners all over the world.

Larman has also been working closely with No Going Back, a charity supporting people from prison to employment, with which the WCEC has strong links. Bringing people back to the community through rehabilitation, training, opportunity and social support, are efforts that she truly believes in; she plans to continue building on the livery's initiatives in that area.

Looking ahead to her tenure she said: "I am honoured to be appointed master and represent the WCEC as such. I am an example of how with the right training and support, one can start at the very bottom, with a dream and hard work, and attain credibility as the founder of a successful business and enjoy senior membership of esteemed institutions. Through the WCEC's resource, guidance and support for Chartership, we can encourage and facilitate similar paths for others."

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