Staff newsletter november 14 digital

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Swimtastic award ISSUE #22 WINTER 2014 ALSO AVAILBLE ON YAMMER

Stay connected with what’s going on across Trafford Community Leisure Trust | www.traffordleisure.co.uk

Read about the National award Swim Well have won due to all their hard work over the last 12 months...

To attend the Y T R A P S A M T S I CHR ember 2014 Date: Saturday 6th Dec Hall Place: Urmston Masonic Time: 7.30pm till Late

Also Childrens Christmas Party see page 4

ALSO FEATURING...

Exec. Factor . Staff profile of the month. Swimtastic award. Disabled Sports award achiever of the year award.3 day golf day. Golden Moments. Barclays spaces award

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Bernie Jones Our Chief Executive shares with you the things that are going on behind the scenes

and they are First Class every day. The competition is very strong at the moment and we need to make sure, even as we come to a traditionally quiet time, that we try to be First Class in everything we do and every day.

I hope you enjoy any festive activities you may have in the lead up to Christmas. I am looking forward to the Staff Christmas

Frightening! Just where does time go? Only one more Trust

Party as I was unable to attend last year.

News till Christmas - just where has 2014 gone?

It’s always good to celebrate achievements and its been a great month for Golden Moments with four being presented in the last few weeks for people going the extra mile. I was also personally delighted to receive the Barclays Spaces for Sport Award, but

Have a great month.

it wasn’t for me but the whole of the team that has made sure that the Sports Barn has achieved what it set out to do in 2005.

I did have the pleasure of meeting ex Wimbledon Champion Pat Cash and my discussions with him lasted a bit longer than Andy Murray’s game as he quickly got beaten.

I’ve also been fortunate to kick off two Leadership Training sessions in the past few weeks and it was encouraging to see

Dont Forget...

Sue Cassidy’s leaving party at Flixton House on the 28th of November 2014 at 5pm to celebrate not only her new freedom but for all the fantastic work Sue has done over the years. On the night we will also be saying a farewell to Steve. McDonald.

your Managers buying into doing everything to ensure that you

Name: Michael Meyer

Favourite Films: Disney’s Frozen Elsa’s a sweetheart

Position: Sports Coach

Favourite Food: : Scampi , minted lamb chops

Site: Marsland House

Best Place I’ve been abroad: Manchester Dream Job: To work for Liverpool F C

Roles & Responsibilities: Sports Coach who delivers national curriculum physical education lessons in schools around the Trafford area.

3 words to describe me: Very, Very smart

Bio: Born in the stupendous seaside village of Seaton Sluice 10 miles from Newcastle city centre where local legend Sir Alan Shearer was born. Moved to Manchester 3 years ago, would happily stay here for ever Hobbies & Interests: Football, darts, snooker, athletics, wildlife docs

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Barclays Spaces Sports Award From left: Former Manchester United goalkeeper, Peter

Since the Sports Barn opened in 2006, Bernie has worked to

Schmeichel, David McDermott, Chief Operating Officer of the

ensure all sections of the community are welcomed to use its

Football Foundation, Bernie Jones and Amit Mandahlia,

facilities, which include a sports hall, all weather football pitch

en Moments

and two outdoor courts.

The Sports Barn, is one of 200 community sports facilities across the country, supported by the Barclays Spaces for Sports programme. The scheme supports sports centres to ‘use the power of sport to help young people develop the confidence and skills they need.’ Sports facilities are partnered with experts from the Football Foundation, who provide support such as advice on drawing up business plans and engaging local communities.

“Bernie has gone above and beyond”

On the left is

Bernie Jones won the chance to see a world class tennis final

Bernie at the

after being recognised for his contribution to sports in the local

London 02

community. Bernie Jones, received a Barclays Spaces for Sports

Arena

Award for his work as the driving force behind the Old Trafford Sports Barn. He received the sporty prize of a day out to the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, being played at London’s 02 Arena on Sunday, 9th November.

Paulette Cohen, Barclays’ Head of Global Programmes,

On the right is Bernie

pays tribute to Bernie’s work saying: “Bernie has gone above

with retired Australian

and beyond the call of duty, showing great commitment and

Ex Wimbledon

dedication to making a real difference to the lives of people who

Champion Pat Cash

visit the Sports Barn.

Christmas Opening Times 2014 Sunday

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Thursday 25th December

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Saturday 27th December

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Open 8am 4pm

CLOSED CHRISTMAS DAY

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Sale Leisure Centre

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Open 6am 3pm

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Stretford Chester Centre

Open 8am 4pm

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CLOSED CHRISTMAS DAY

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Stretford Talbot Centre

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Urmston Leisure Centre

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Sports Barn

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The Grammar

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Altrincham & William Wroe Golf Courses

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Open 8am 2pm

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Open 8am 1pm

Open 8am 1pm

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CLOSED NEW YEARS DAY

NORMAL OPENING

21st December

22nd December

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Altrincham Leisure Centre

NORMAL OPENING

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GH Carnall Leisure Centre

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Partington Sports Village

Open 8am 3pm

Sunday

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31st December

Friday

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Christmas Parties 2014 Make sure you don’t miss out on the Christmas Parties...

Childrens Christmas Party Our Childrens Christmas party is on Sunday 14th December 2014, 2pm at Stretford Sports Village Chester Centre, bring your family, nieces, nephews and grandchildren to meet Santa and have some festive fun.

Activities will be suitable for younger and older children.

Staff Christmas Party The Christmas party is on Saturday 6th December 2014 at 7.30pm till late and is on at the Urmston Masonic Hall, 15 Westbourne Rd, Urmston, Manchester, M41 0XQ If you didn’t manage to make last year’s party make sure you get yourself down this year for a fun night with the team Please let your administrator know if you are coming so that we can arrange the catering for the staff party and so Santa can organise his elves

Christmas Drop and Shop Altrincham: 22nd and 23rd December 9.30 - 4.00pm.

Sale: 22nd and 23rd December 9.00 till 3.00pm Urmston: 13th, 14th, 20th and 21st 10:30 - 4.00pm Stretford: 20th December 9.00 till 3.00pm Drop the kids off here to enjoy a peaceful shop..

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Swimtastic Award On the 18th October 2014 Trafford Community Leisure Trust attended the Finals of the Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) Swimtastic awards at the Hilton Hotel, Birmingham NEC. The Trusts brand, Swim Well, had been short listed for the coveted Local Facility Operator of the Year Award for their outstanding contribution to aquatic participation over the past 12 months.

Emma Thomas, Swim Well Brand Development Manager explains “the Trust has worked incredibly hard over the past 12 months to continuously improve the swimming offer in Trafford.

The Swim Well Learn to Swim scheme is just one part of why the

Working with key partners such as clubs and schools we have

Trust had been nominated for the award. The school swimming

managed to develop our programme, whilst offering quality and

programme, in particular, was of particular interest to the panel.

affordability to the local community here in Trafford. We are so proud to be recognised Nationally with this award.”

Over the past 12 months Swim Well has had many successes.

The Begin Well swimming lessons have grown to over 6500

Trafford Community Leisure Trust were awarded the Bronze

people per week, the school swimming programme has also

award as Local Facility Operator of the Year 2014.

grown and is now seen as a national model of best practise.

In addition to this the Borough was awarded the first and only Swim 21 Club Network accreditation in recognition of the good partnership working between the Trust and the development

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clubs. Last but not least, there was success at the British Gas

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National Championships for Swim Trafford, the Boroughs Performance Squad, with no less than two National Champions.

Greater Manchester Sports Awards CONGRATULATIONS to Craig McNeil Craig is an International swimmer and para triathlete who swims for Trafford Metro Borough Swimming Club and Swim Trafford Performance Swimming Squad.

He has already achieved his lifetime personal best at the final of the British International Swimming Championships in Manchester. He gets up at 4:30 four mornings a week to train and then goes on to attend College during the day. He is determined to achieve his dream of competing at the Paralympics.

Craig attended the Greater Manchester Sports Awards night on Friday 7th November 2014. The event was sponsored by PZ Cussons and was held at the Point, Emirates Old Trafford with Guest Speaker - Iwan Thomas MBE, Olympic Silver Medal and World Championships Gold Medallist. Craig was one of Trafford’s representatives and our only winner of the night, winning the Disabled Sports Achiever of the year award.

In Craig’s words, “This was very unexpected and when being asked how I felt when I got to the stage for a small interview, I was astonished, as this was a big surprise for me and unexpected. This is what all of our younger swimmers can inspire to be; and aspire to win. It takes a lot of hard work and dedication, from parents getting up in the early mornings to take us swimming; to be able for me to attend this event and be able to achieve and aspire to reach my full potential. This also takes a lot of hard work from parents on getting me organised and generally being a motivator, and especially the coaches who are sometimes taken for granted in their daily job. They work hard to get the best out of you which deserves a mention as it is not just the athletes, it’s parents, coaches and also swimmers who you spend a lot of your time with who motivate you in the hard swimming training sets. Thank you”

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Golden Moments Swim Well Following on from page 5 and Swim Well winning the Swimtastic award, they also were presented with a Golden Moment award for their achievement due to all the hard work and commitment they have shown.

WELL DONE TO YOU ALL

Hannah Wood Hannah was given this award as she stepped up and was truly First Class when she undertook all of the research work for the Social Return on Investment Report that was awarded the Sir Harry Page award by CIPFA.

WELL DONE HANNAH

Charlotte Taylor Charlotte was given this award because she stepped up and was truly First Class when she gave first class customer service to a visually impaired customer.

WELL DONE CHARLOTTE

Adam Clarence Adam got a Golden Moment because he stepped up and was truly First Class when he managed and undertook first aid of the incident involving Mrs June Jones during Urmston Musical Theatre production on Wednesday 29th October 2014

WELL DONE ADAM

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Golden

Your First Class PRO-file As we head closer towards our Vision 2020, PROfile is here to help us achieve our goal of First Class by giving us a clear direction on not only what we need to be doing, but how we need to do it.

What a month it has been! Gold level represents First Class standards and it has been fantastic seeing so many people across the Trust achieving this level. Being recognised as Gold is something we expect more and more people will achieve over the coming months with the aim that in 3 years around 70% of us will be at this

Vision 2020

level.

To truly achieve our Vision 2020 this gold aim is not negotiable as First Class will put us in the best position possible to tackle our competitors, after all it is you, our Team, who bring back our customers time and time again.

In your PROfile Me session you were advised it is your personal decision whether your news on becoming Gold is made public, there are more Gold people than you will have seen through recent posts on Yammer.

A 1% tax free bonus is awarded on achieving Gold as well as a little gift to recognise this fabulous achievement for you. Should you maintain that level the following year you will again receive that 1% tax free bonus. Speaking of her achievement, Jenny Walton our Gold Receptionist at Altrincham Leisure Centre, said “I feel like a child with a new toy at Christmas and I have never felt so motivated”.

Being awarded Gold PROfile is not only a special moment for the individual receiving the great news but also for the Manager awarding the member of their team. Speaking of the Gold achievements Jon Francis said “Not only did I get to award the fabulous Gillian Adams with her Gold PROfile but seeing Anthony Girvan get to give the recognition to Jenny Walton was a real pleasure. I can’t wait to see who gets Gold next.”

Work carries on in developing PROfile, your views are being listened to, as we make PROfile as user friendly as possible. You should have your own golden goals and be clear on what you need to do to achieve the next level in your journey towards Gold. If you are not sure then catch up with your Line Manager to get these in place and we look forward to seeing more of you have your Spandau Ballet moment soon.

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“Congratulations to Gillian Adams - Administration Officer from Altrincham, on receiving GOLD on her PROfile.”

“Congratulations to Jenny Walton - Receptionist from Altrincham, on receiving GOLD on her PROfile.”

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Golf 3 day Camp In October Altrincham Golf Course held a 3 day Golf Camp which was hosted by the Lee Westwood Golf

Movers, Leavers & Starters

Academy. They had 16 children over the 3 days who

We say a big welcome to: Oliver Baynes- Part time

were given expert and fun tuition. The Academy which

Stretford-Chester, Leisure Assistant and Lifeguard,

is headed under ex world number one golfer Lee

Andrew Bolton- Part time Stretford-Chester, Leisure

Westwood, is looking to do another camp in the new

Assistant and Lifeguard,Thomas Mermagen- Part time

year due to the success they had.

Stretford-Chester, Leisure Assistant and Lifeguard,Dane Moorland- Part time Stretford-Chester, Leisure Assistant and Lifeguard,Micheala Brookes Part time, StretfordChester, Leisure Assistant and Lifeguard. Daniel Edwards- George Carnall, Health & Fitness Instructor, Alex Hurst George Carnall, Health & Fitness Instructor.

David Knowles, Stretford-Chester, Senior Leisure Assistant.

Jobs at Trafford Leisure Below are jobs currently displayed on our website: http://www.traffordleisure.co.uk/jobs-training/ vacancies/

If you see them around and about at the sites please make them all feel welcome.

We say a sad farewell to: Judy Henson, StretfordChester, Leisure Assistant and Lifeguard. David Howlett, Assistant Manager Altrincham Golf Course.

Dane Rashford, Sale, Health & Fitness Instructor.

Pedram Safari, Finance Manager. Danny Petricco Stretford Talbot, Health & Fitness Instructor and Scott Austin Engineer.

Swimming Teachers (Level 1 + 2)

Steve McDonald who has been with us since the

Closing Date: 12th December 2014 at 4pm

beginning of our time with the Trust is leaving us for pastures new. It has been a difficult decision for Steve

Lifeguard and Leisure Assistant

to make but quite rightly he has put his family and

Closing Date: 12th December 2014 at 4pm

health first. Steve feels the time is right to move on but he certainly doesn’t want to become a stranger to the

Health & Fitness Instructor

people he has enjoyed working with over the years, so

Closing Date: 12th December 2014 at 4pm

please keep in touch. We are sure he wants a VIP ticket to the new Altrincham! Steve has been

Swim Trafford - Assistant Performance Coach

leading the Brand of Zest since the

Closing Date: 28th November 2014

beginning and leaves behind many key achievements and milestones. He also leaves us with a number of Steve Mac moments and it is his friendly, naivety, love for Liverpool and scouse phrases that we will miss the most. Who will Bernie have to bet with now?

Stretford Christmas Lunch Stretford Sports Village, Chester would like to invite you all to Christmas Lunch. It will be held at 1pm on Friday 19th December 2014. The cost this year will be ÂŁ3.50. The cost includes a full Christmas lunch and dessert plus soft drinks. If you would like to attend, please let either Debbie or Earlyn know and they will reserve a place for you.

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