Your Thumbs Up Round Up 14/11
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Published 14 Nov 2021 in Colleagues
Get Involved! We want our Colleagues to share all the incredible and fantastic Thumbs Up and Good News stories from across the Society. 👍
It's easy to take part, all you have to do is send through your entries to thumbsup@midcounties.coop with a sentence outlining why you’ve given yourself, your team or a team member a ‘thumbs up’ today and we will feature it on Colleagues Connect.
Grow a Mo and Save a Bro - Movember is here!
A number of colleagues from the Men’s Mental Wellbeing listening group have already signed up to grow a mo and help us reach our target of raising £2,000 for The Movember Foundation. So why not spur on our bro's and help the cause by donating?
Follow their progress each week in November and if you want to find out more information click here.
Check out Week 2's progress below...
Callum Dunne, Corporate Communications
Steve Killick, Botley Food
Gavin Pledge - District Manager Food
"Have shaped the stubble into my first (and probably last) ever goatee."
Your Latest Thumbs Up 👍
Thank you to all those colleagues that attended the Leamington & Warwick Regional Community event at Warwick Support Office and entered the prize draw. We are pleased to announce that from all the entries the winner was Stephen Pearsall from Finance - Well done Stephen, enjoy the hamper!
Winchcombe Food held a bake sale on Saturday in aid of the defibrillator fund. With lots of donations from colleagues, family and friends, raising £298.44 on the day! A massive thank you to Pauline and Alicia for organising it, there were some really delicious things on offer, including Pauline's Pine Cone cupcakes from last Christmas's Co-op Food magazine! Yum!
Another 'Swipe and Win' winner in Kingswinford Food with the Your Co-op members app. Member Carol won her shopping worth £8.99 and was chuffed when the store notified her at the till.
Congratulations to Pat Moore from Cheslyn Hay who retired after 13 years. Well done and enjoy Pat!👏😊👍
In Wem Food both Simon the Store Manager and Jayne Williams Team Leader celebrated their Long Service Awards. Jayne celebrates 35 years and has spent 25 of those looking after the Produce Section. Simon celebrates 30 years 15 of those as Manager in Wem. Congratulations to you both and enjoy!👍😊👏
Congratulations to Lou Brown in the Community Team who is celebrating 20 years of service with us.Thank you for all of your hard work and commitment, enjoy!👏👍😊
Congratulations to Tracy Edwards, Head of Business IT Management Food, who has achieved 30 years of service with us. Well done and enjoy Tracy!👏👍😊
Well done to all at Croydon nursery who have achieved their Eco-schools award👏👍😊
Dave Hughes from Chipping Norton Food is enjoying the members app. 👍😊 mentioning,
"Being a trial store for the members app, our colleagues and members have experienced this from the start. The final product is excellent. Colleagues love having their vouchers on the app with no more lost paper vouchers. Harry a colleague from our store says "I used to always forget my membership card, But having the virtual card on the app means I can always scan for my colleague discount".
Members of the store love it too, As they can easily see the key member deals displayed. One of our members said "I like the function on the app where you can view how the Co-op is getting involved in the community. It is also great to check how many points I have earned for the year."
Vicky Briggs from Oakengates also shared some great feedback on the Members app, mentioning
"At first some colleagues were apprehensive about the app and move to virtual membership cards and vouchers, but now my colleagues think it's great! It's so easy to navigate as well as being much more convenient with everything in one place, and the virtual card means no lost points or discount if you forget your purse. Its also a great way to interact with our members and keep them informed of what is going on in the society, from member-exclusive discounts to our latest community initiatives - my store's members especially loved how easy it was to sign up on the app and have instant access to the member offers, and the launch of free customer Wi-Fi has also been very well received."
Forest of Dean Regional Community Fire Walk for Gloucestershire Young Carers 🔥
Last Saturday, the Forest of Dean Regional Community completed their firewalk to raise funds for the Gloucestershire Young Carers (GYC) raising over £600 to date! Walking barefoot over 20ft of red hot embers burning at 1236 degrees Fahrenheit a number of colleagues too part
The brave colleagues (from left to right) – Nick Morrell (Mitcheldean), Nicola Parks (Valley Road), Chris Chandler (FOD Ambassador), Kate Hill (Valley Road), Matt Berry (Lydney).
Check out some of the firey pictures below and well done to everyone who took part in raising vital funds for GYC.
What is Thumbs Up?👍
‘Thumbs Up’ is our way of celebrating all your heroic efforts by sharing your great work and giving other colleagues the ability to like it.
It could be some great customer feedback you've received, something you've done to help the local community or simply a Thumbs Up to your team!
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