Codsall’s community work commended
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Published 18 Jul 2024 in Colleagues
Remarkable colleague Simon Woolley and his team at Codsall food store picked up an award for the amazing work they do in their local community. Here’s what they’ve been up to.
Codsall colleagues were over the moon to receive the Business Contribution Community Award from Codsall Parish Council for their community support.
Doing good together, the team provides refreshments for the village’s weekly friendship meeting, has hosted deaf awareness sessions and ran a recent ‘meet your foodbank’ awareness session with The Well Wolverhampton. Amazingly, on the awareness day, the store received the equivalent of two weeks’ worth of food donations in just one day!
The Meet your Food Banks session with the Well Food bank
Raising awareness for local fundraising partner - Zebra Access
Codsall Store Manager Simon Woolley was also commended for the support he gives to Codsall High School. Simon explains more...
“I sit on the Codsall High School business partnership steering group. We meet every quarter to discuss how we can support the students at the school with work experience and career advice.
“I have also run two sessions with the school’s sixth formers, talking about the food retail industry, my career history and the co-op difference.
“The students ask many questions and are very interested in hearing about retail, as it’s generally not seen as a career choice when the reality is it’s an amazing career. Codsall store also supports the school by providing work experience.
“I get an enormous amount of satisfaction being able to discuss my chosen career and promote Your Co-op – it’s an amazing business and I feel very lucky to work within it. I have flourished in my time here and my son and wife also work for the Society, which is another testament.”
Simon with the Business Contribution Community Award from the Codsall Parish Council for their community support
A big well done to our remarkable colleague, Simon and the entire team at Codsall Food store!