Tclt newsletter august'14 digital verson

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People’s Pension Update It’s now 5 months since we started Auto Enrolling staff into the Trust’s new pension scheme “The People’s Pension”. We’re delighted to say that to date well over 120 of you have been enrolled into the scheme and have opted to stay

Movers, Leavers & Starters We say a big hello to: Ella Thompson Receptionist at Altrincham, Adam Williams General Assistant at George H Carnall Transfers and promotions: Kate Buckley, SLA at Sale. Charlotte Keeling, SLA at Partington. Sam Pimlott, SLA at Urmston. Wayne Rabbetts SLA at Sale. Kelly Strickland, secondment as Duty Manager/

in, with a number of entitled and eligible staff also

Health & Fitness Supervisor at George H Carnall

choosing to opt in. Remember even if you are not

We say farewell to: Jill Basson from Altrincham.

eligible for automatic enrolment, you still have the option to join the company pension scheme. This could be a great way to start building up your savings for retirement because, when you save into a company pension. You could also get extra payments from us and tax benefits from the Government.

If you haven’t been automatically enrolled, you can still choose to join The People’s Pension if you are: Between 16 and 21 or between state pension age and 74, and earn at least £5,772 a year (£481 a month or £111 a week) or You are between 22 and state pension age and you earn at least £5,772 a year but less than £10,000 a year (£833 a month or £192 a

Alex Blake from Sport Trafford. Tom Fairhurst from Sport Trafford. Sherry Harris from Urmston. Paul Haselden from Sale. Greg Hoonanian from The Grammar. Mike Holstein from Urmston. Dean Jordan from Sport Trafford. Kayleigh Morris from Stretford.

Nicole Muscroft from Altrincham. Andy Quigley Sport from Altrincham.

Jobs at Trafford Leisure Below are jobs currently displayed on our website:

If you earn less than £5,772 a year you can still ask us

vacancies/

to join you to the company pension. You will pay into

Bar Staff

company.

If you think this might apply to you and would like to join the scheme, or if you would just like a bit more information contact Chris Kirkham on 0161 826 3945 or email chris.kirkham@traffordleisure.co.uk

http://www.traffordleisure.co.uk/jobs-training/

Closing Date: Friday 29th August at 4pm Health & Fitness Manager Closing Date: Friday 29th August 2014 at 4pm Lifeguard and Leisure Assistant Closing Date: Thursday 28th August at 4pm Centre Manager Closing Date: Tuesday 9th September 2014 Senior Fitness Instructor

Read about how some of our swimmers have done in this years national swimming finals

ISSUE #19 SUMMER 2014 ALSO AVAILABLE ON YAMMER

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

“Its all about you” Simply Health Goes Online!

We know that many of you are already benefitting from your membership of Simply Health & are making good use of your entitlement to claim money back on dental, optical, physio & a whole range of other benefits.

Trafford. Adam Taylor Sport Trafford. James Tilson

week).

this but you won’t get any extra payments from the

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Well now you can make your claims online! All you need to do is register for an online self service account. Registering is quick and easy, all you need is your policy number & an email address. If you don’t know your Policy Number speak to Chris Kirkham in Payroll.

To register visit www.simplyhealth.co.uk/register & look out for the posters coming soon to your staff noticeboards!

Barclay’s ATP Trials Old Trafford Sports Barn once again hosted the Barclays Ball Kids regional trials for the Barclays ATP World Tour Final at the O2 in November more including pictures inside...

Wellbeing

Week It’s Back!

Our 2nd annual wellbeing week is Starting Monday 22nd until the family fun day at Flixton House on Sunday 28th September.

Keep an eye on Yammer & your notice boards for more into

Plan Ahead Pension Update... information about pensions and details on how to set yourself up for the future check it out...

Closing date: Wednesday 27th August 2014 at 4pm.

Health & Fitness Instructor Closing date: Wednesday 27th August 2014 at 4pm

Recruitment An email went out this month to Students at Manchester Metropolitan University to advertise jobs & paid placements within the Trust. This email also went out to Sixth forms and Colleges within Trafford. The email basically had a small introduction about the Trust and what we do and was aimed at young people wanting their first step into a career in leisure. It also had a section for people with at least a UKCC Level 2 NGB coaching qualification to get in touch and see what opportunities we have for them.

It was also shared on Yammer for any members of staff who are interested in maybe a career change or any new opportunities they might want to be involved in. You can view the email here: http://traffordleisure-mail.co.uk/EMT-2Q545-A621QGYIEF/cr.aspx

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Exec. Factor . Staff profile of the month . Recruitment . Movers, leavers & starters . Jobs at Trafford Leisure

The Exec. Factor

Bernie Jones T H E our Chief Executive shares with you E EC. the things

that are going on behind F A C T O R the scenes

National Championships At the end of the Games, I managed to get home in time to

The Swim Trafford Performance Squad took part in the

Jack O’brien (Trafford Metro) qualified for his first national

attend my son’s wedding, whilst thankfully I didn’t have to pay

final competition of the swimming calendar, the national

championships in the 100m Breast, 200m Breast and 400m IM.

for it all this time, sitting having a moment at the reception venue

championships which are held in Sheffield each year. The

Jack had an excellent first national experience reaching the final

reminded me of Flixton House and how I wish we lived a bit

championships are split into two one week competitions with

in both the breaststroke events. Solomon Mhar qualified as part

closer and take advantage of the staff benefits!!

the swimmers aged fourteen and under swimming the first week

of the boys relay team which swam in the 4 x 200m Free and 4

which is then followed by the youth swimmers who are age fifteen

x 100m Medley relay. Heather Lawson and Craig McNeil both

and over.

members of Trafford Metro represented the borough during the

I’m back!

Flixton House is also the venue once again for the family fun day

It was only one week but I crammed in a lot - I was involved

on Sunday 22nd September and if the weather’s half as good

in looking after young people carrying the kit boxes for the

as last year we’ll be in for a great day at a great venue. The

This year Swim Trafford had eight swimmers representing the

athletes at Hampden Stadium, with the highlight being my team

Wellbeing Week is all about you, so make sure you get involved and do something.

borough at the championships both in the pool and in the open

Craig competed in the S10 multi disability classification where

water at Rother Valley. The swimmers produced some fantastic

he had an excellent week reaching three finals and achieving

were much more friendly than the Olympics and Paralympics

performances which resulted in Trafford coming away with

best times in all of his swims. Heather Lawson qualified to

despite not having the budget of London.

two gold medals and nine finalists along with Heather Lawson

represent the borough for the last time in the 200m, 400m

reaching the semi-final of the 17/18 years 200m Individual Medley

IM and open water before heading to University of Sheffield.

(IM). Competing during the first week for our age groupers

Heather produced a strong performance to reach a semi-final

down to the people of Glasgow and all the staff and volunteers

was gold medal winner Jared Armstrong (Stretford ASC) who

place in the 200m IM and finished an excellent 6th in the open

involved in delivering the games. It’s no different in work - we

competed in all the freestyle events from the 100m through to the

water.

looking after the 100 metre final. The Commonwealth Games

Glasgow put on a tremendous event. Undoubtedly this was

may not have the newest facilities, the best equipment or the biggest budgets but we can put on a good show because of our people. We’ve had a lot of changes recently, but we are confident we’ve got the right people in the right places as we continue on our quest for Vision 2020 and First Class people to go with First Class services.

Name:

Christina Joyce (AKA GI

Joyce

Position: Administration Assistant

Site: Marsland House

Roles & Responsibilities: To produce the monthly accounts for a number of the centres and support services.

Bio: Born and raised in Lincolnshire I went to school in Boston

Have a great month

Because I’m not busy enough I decided to become a Racesafe Marshall this year so have marshalled a couple of the British Superbike weekends at Oulton Park and more recently Cadwell.

Although a lot more work is involved than what I was thinking when I signed up it can be incredibly exciting.

Did I mention I am also studying for my CIMA (Chartered Institute of Management Accountants) qualification?

Favourite Films: Beauty and the Beast, Good Morning

Favourite Food: Pizza, Greek (yum yum!) I’m getting hungry.

Trust in 2010.

Dream Job: Run a cocktail bar on a

‘great idea’ to run the Nottingham half marathon in September has not been the most enjoyable training programme. Nearly as good as the Lincoln to Boston rowing marathon I did a number of years ago! I also enjoy playing netball & play for a local team in Oldham and have done since I moved up here.

The Army Reserves, as it is now known, keeps me busy (and not necessarily out of trouble) & as well as all the trade stuff I have learnt which I put in to practise when I went to Afghan in 2012, I have also learnt how to ski, shoot and live in a field!

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final in both the 200m and 400m Free with him coming away with

Did you know...

the gold medal in the 200m Free. Holly Rowlinson (Trafford Metro)

Swim Trafford is the performance

qualified for a fantastic seven events which when compared

pathway within Trafford providing

to last year where we qualified for one event. Holly swam in

individuals from the borough the

the 100m Breast, 200m Breast, 100m Fly, 200m Fly, 200m

opportunity to compete at the

IM and 400m IM reaching the final in the 400m IM and 100m

highest levels in the sport. For

Breaststroke where she won the gold medal in her age group.

more information please contact

Amazingly Alasdair broke his arm eight weeks prior but made a

james.stannard@traffordleisure.co.uk

fantastic recovery to compete in the competition.

Annual Barclays Ball Kids ATP Trials Once again the Barclays Ball Kids regional trials for the

Vietnam (sad news about Robin Williams)

and then studied physiology at Sunderland University part of which included a year out in the Sports Science department at John Moores University. After living in various locations in the UK, including Oxfordshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire & Germany I finally moved to Manchester in 2005 & came to work for The

Hobbies & Interests: I enjoying keeping fit although my

1500m and even swimming the open water. Jared reached the

For a change!

second week of competition.

Barclays ATP World Tour Final at the O2 in November was held at The Old Trafford Sports Barn.

It offered 30 children the chance to be on court with the top

Best Place I’ve been abroad: One of the Greek

8 singles players and doubles teams in the world for the

Islands

Barclays ATP World Tour Finals and we had 120 children who

beach in a hot country somewhere

he

took part and competed in the trials.

t f o

ile h f o nt r f P Mo f ta

3 words to describe me: Young, free and single!!!

S

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The Exec. Factor

Bernie Jones T H E our Chief Executive shares with you E EC. the things

that are going on behind F A C T O R the scenes

National Championships At the end of the Games, I managed to get home in time to

The Swim Trafford Performance Squad took part in the

Jack O’brien (Trafford Metro) qualified for his first national

attend my son’s wedding, whilst thankfully I didn’t have to pay

final competition of the swimming calendar, the national

championships in the 100m Breast, 200m Breast and 400m IM.

for it all this time, sitting having a moment at the reception venue

championships which are held in Sheffield each year. The

Jack had an excellent first national experience reaching the final

reminded me of Flixton House and how I wish we lived a bit

championships are split into two one week competitions with

in both the breaststroke events. Solomon Mhar qualified as part

closer and take advantage of the staff benefits!!

the swimmers aged fourteen and under swimming the first week

of the boys relay team which swam in the 4 x 200m Free and 4

which is then followed by the youth swimmers who are age fifteen

x 100m Medley relay. Heather Lawson and Craig McNeil both

and over.

members of Trafford Metro represented the borough during the

I’m back!

Flixton House is also the venue once again for the family fun day

It was only one week but I crammed in a lot - I was involved

on Sunday 22nd September and if the weather’s half as good

in looking after young people carrying the kit boxes for the

as last year we’ll be in for a great day at a great venue. The

This year Swim Trafford had eight swimmers representing the

athletes at Hampden Stadium, with the highlight being my team

Wellbeing Week is all about you, so make sure you get involved and do something.

borough at the championships both in the pool and in the open

Craig competed in the S10 multi disability classification where

water at Rother Valley. The swimmers produced some fantastic

he had an excellent week reaching three finals and achieving

were much more friendly than the Olympics and Paralympics

performances which resulted in Trafford coming away with

best times in all of his swims. Heather Lawson qualified to

despite not having the budget of London.

two gold medals and nine finalists along with Heather Lawson

represent the borough for the last time in the 200m, 400m

reaching the semi-final of the 17/18 years 200m Individual Medley

IM and open water before heading to University of Sheffield.

(IM). Competing during the first week for our age groupers

Heather produced a strong performance to reach a semi-final

down to the people of Glasgow and all the staff and volunteers

was gold medal winner Jared Armstrong (Stretford ASC) who

place in the 200m IM and finished an excellent 6th in the open

involved in delivering the games. It’s no different in work - we

competed in all the freestyle events from the 100m through to the

water.

looking after the 100 metre final. The Commonwealth Games

Glasgow put on a tremendous event. Undoubtedly this was

may not have the newest facilities, the best equipment or the biggest budgets but we can put on a good show because of our people. We’ve had a lot of changes recently, but we are confident we’ve got the right people in the right places as we continue on our quest for Vision 2020 and First Class people to go with First Class services.

Name:

Christina Joyce (AKA GI

Joyce

Position: Administration Assistant

Site: Marsland House

Roles & Responsibilities: To produce the monthly accounts for a number of the centres and support services.

Bio: Born and raised in Lincolnshire I went to school in Boston

Have a great month

Because I’m not busy enough I decided to become a Racesafe Marshall this year so have marshalled a couple of the British Superbike weekends at Oulton Park and more recently Cadwell.

Although a lot more work is involved than what I was thinking when I signed up it can be incredibly exciting.

Did I mention I am also studying for my CIMA (Chartered Institute of Management Accountants) qualification?

Favourite Films: Beauty and the Beast, Good Morning

Favourite Food: Pizza, Greek (yum yum!) I’m getting hungry.

Trust in 2010.

Dream Job: Run a cocktail bar on a

‘great idea’ to run the Nottingham half marathon in September has not been the most enjoyable training programme. Nearly as good as the Lincoln to Boston rowing marathon I did a number of years ago! I also enjoy playing netball & play for a local team in Oldham and have done since I moved up here.

The Army Reserves, as it is now known, keeps me busy (and not necessarily out of trouble) & as well as all the trade stuff I have learnt which I put in to practise when I went to Afghan in 2012, I have also learnt how to ski, shoot and live in a field!

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final in both the 200m and 400m Free with him coming away with

Did you know...

the gold medal in the 200m Free. Holly Rowlinson (Trafford Metro)

Swim Trafford is the performance

qualified for a fantastic seven events which when compared

pathway within Trafford providing

to last year where we qualified for one event. Holly swam in

individuals from the borough the

the 100m Breast, 200m Breast, 100m Fly, 200m Fly, 200m

opportunity to compete at the

IM and 400m IM reaching the final in the 400m IM and 100m

highest levels in the sport. For

Breaststroke where she won the gold medal in her age group.

more information please contact

Amazingly Alasdair broke his arm eight weeks prior but made a

james.stannard@traffordleisure.co.uk

fantastic recovery to compete in the competition.

Annual Barclays Ball Kids ATP Trials Once again the Barclays Ball Kids regional trials for the

Vietnam (sad news about Robin Williams)

and then studied physiology at Sunderland University part of which included a year out in the Sports Science department at John Moores University. After living in various locations in the UK, including Oxfordshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire & Germany I finally moved to Manchester in 2005 & came to work for The

Hobbies & Interests: I enjoying keeping fit although my

1500m and even swimming the open water. Jared reached the

For a change!

second week of competition.

Barclays ATP World Tour Final at the O2 in November was held at The Old Trafford Sports Barn.

It offered 30 children the chance to be on court with the top

Best Place I’ve been abroad: One of the Greek

8 singles players and doubles teams in the world for the

Islands

Barclays ATP World Tour Finals and we had 120 children who

beach in a hot country somewhere

he

took part and competed in the trials.

t f o

ile h f o nt r f P Mo f ta

3 words to describe me: Young, free and single!!!

S

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INSIDE...

People’s Pension Update It’s now 5 months since we started Auto Enrolling staff into the Trust’s new pension scheme “The People’s Pension”. We’re delighted to say that to date well over 120 of you have been enrolled into the scheme and have opted to stay

Movers, Leavers & Starters We say a big hello to: Ella Thompson Receptionist at Altrincham, Adam Williams General Assistant at George H Carnall Transfers and promotions: Kate Buckley, SLA at Sale. Charlotte Keeling, SLA at Partington. Sam Pimlott, SLA at Urmston. Wayne Rabbetts SLA at Sale. Kelly Strickland, secondment as Duty Manager/

in, with a number of entitled and eligible staff also

Health & Fitness Supervisor at George H Carnall

choosing to opt in. Remember even if you are not

We say farewell to: Jill Basson from Altrincham.

eligible for automatic enrolment, you still have the option to join the company pension scheme. This could be a great way to start building up your savings for retirement because, when you save into a company pension. You could also get extra payments from us and tax benefits from the Government.

If you haven’t been automatically enrolled, you can still choose to join The People’s Pension if you are: Between 16 and 21 or between state pension age and 74, and earn at least £5,772 a year (£481 a month or £111 a week) or You are between 22 and state pension age and you earn at least £5,772 a year but less than £10,000 a year (£833 a month or £192 a

Alex Blake from Sport Trafford. Tom Fairhurst from Sport Trafford. Sherry Harris from Urmston. Paul Haselden from Sale. Greg Hoonanian from The Grammar. Mike Holstein from Urmston. Dean Jordan from Sport Trafford. Kayleigh Morris from Stretford.

Nicole Muscroft from Altrincham. Andy Quigley Sport from Altrincham.

Jobs at Trafford Leisure Below are jobs currently displayed on our website:

If you earn less than £5,772 a year you can still ask us

vacancies/

to join you to the company pension. You will pay into

Bar Staff

company.

If you think this might apply to you and would like to join the scheme, or if you would just like a bit more information contact Chris Kirkham on 0161 826 3945 or email chris.kirkham@traffordleisure.co.uk

http://www.traffordleisure.co.uk/jobs-training/

Closing Date: Friday 29th August at 4pm Health & Fitness Manager Closing Date: Friday 29th August 2014 at 4pm Lifeguard and Leisure Assistant Closing Date: Thursday 28th August at 4pm Centre Manager Closing Date: Tuesday 9th September 2014 Senior Fitness Instructor

Read about how some of our swimmers have done in this years national swimming finals

ISSUE #19 SUMMER 2014 ALSO AVAILABLE ON YAMMER

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

“Its all about you” Simply Health Goes Online!

We know that many of you are already benefitting from your membership of Simply Health & are making good use of your entitlement to claim money back on dental, optical, physio & a whole range of other benefits.

Trafford. Adam Taylor Sport Trafford. James Tilson

week).

this but you won’t get any extra payments from the

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Well now you can make your claims online! All you need to do is register for an online self service account. Registering is quick and easy, all you need is your policy number & an email address. If you don’t know your Policy Number speak to Chris Kirkham in Payroll.

To register visit www.simplyhealth.co.uk/register & look out for the posters coming soon to your staff noticeboards!

Barclay’s ATP Trials Old Trafford Sports Barn once again hosted the Barclays Ball Kids regional trials for the Barclays ATP World Tour Final at the O2 in November more including pictures inside...

Wellbeing

Week It’s Back!

Our 2nd annual wellbeing week is Starting Monday 22nd until the family fun day at Flixton House on Sunday 28th September.

Keep an eye on Yammer & your notice boards for more into

Plan Ahead Pension Update... information about pensions and details on how to set yourself up for the future check it out...

Closing date: Wednesday 27th August 2014 at 4pm.

Health & Fitness Instructor Closing date: Wednesday 27th August 2014 at 4pm

Recruitment An email went out this month to Students at Manchester Metropolitan University to advertise jobs & paid placements within the Trust. This email also went out to Sixth forms and Colleges within Trafford. The email basically had a small introduction about the Trust and what we do and was aimed at young people wanting their first step into a career in leisure. It also had a section for people with at least a UKCC Level 2 NGB coaching qualification to get in touch and see what opportunities we have for them.

It was also shared on Yammer for any members of staff who are interested in maybe a career change or any new opportunities they might want to be involved in. You can view the email here: http://traffordleisure-mail.co.uk/EMT-2Q545-A621QGYIEF/cr.aspx

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ALSO FEATURING...

Exec. Factor . Staff profile of the month . Recruitment . Movers, leavers & starters . Jobs at Trafford Leisure