The Whistler Employee Newsletter
November 2023
Your monthly round up of what’s been happening across the Group
Congratulations Team Belfast! For winning the Cultural Impact Award from Institute of Couriers
Service Enhancements
Our Cross Border Solutions secures Transhipment MOU Licence and joins industry leading associations BIFA & FIATA Introducing Consumer Returns – new addition to our Parcel offering
Well done to our Belfast team who received the Cultural Impact Award from the Institute of Couriers at an awards ceremony in London on 18 th October. This award recognised our partnership with the local charity, Homeless Connect.
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We’ve been shortlisted !
Meet the Team Behind Leafletdrop 2.0
UKCCF Awards 2023 We’re proud to announce that Whistl has been shortlisted under the category of ‘Best Health & Wellbeing Programme of the Year’
for the UK Contact Centre Forum (UKCCF) Awards 2023. Good Luck to our Wellbeing Team!
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DMA Awards 2023 We’re delighted to announce that we’re shortlisted for the prestigious DMA (Data & Marketing Association) UK
awards 2023 , and proud to have four client campaigns shortlisted in the 'Unaddressed Print and Door Drops' category. The awards night will be held on 5 th December.
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We’re going net zero by 2045. Check out Marvin to learn how…
Gateshead’s Generous Giving and Halloween Fun Our colleagues in Gateshead have been very busy this month… Generous Giving Following an opportunity to sell surplus stock to employees from former customers, FitFlop and Bolt Beauty, the Gateshead team have managed to raise a whopping £5,525 for Daft as a Brush Cancer Patient Care and Macmillan charities!
Waste Management
Facilities
Fleet
Training & Communication
Supplier Engagement
What’s coming up in November…
Men’s Health Awareness Month
November is Men’s health awareness month encouraging men to take care of their physical and mental wellbeing. Look out for more information from our wellbeing team.
Halloween Fun! To celebrate the spooky season, the team at Gateshead held a fun pumpkin carving competition and the results are in…. 1 st Place goes to = Michael Stoker 2 nd Place goes to = Victoria Stitt 3 rd Place goes to = Faye Atkinson
Road Safety Week 19 th – 25 th November
In November, keep an eye out for our plans to raise awareness of Road Safety Week, the biggest road safety campaign by Brake, the road safety charity.
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Latest achievements and updates from our colleagues
National Customer Service Week!
Mail Machines Get a 17-Year Deep Clean
Check out Marvin to see how our contact solutions colleagues in Paignton and Gateshead celebrated National Customer Service Week.
Our Glasgow team worked hard to give our mail machines an extreme deep clean - first time in 17 years of sorting mails. The cleaning happened from Monday, September
25 th to Thursday, September 28 th
Customer Service Award Winners
Quality First: Chloe Gibson (Paignton) Kiera Snell (Paignton) Jackie Fairley (Gateshead) Easy to Work With: Jake Evans (Paignton) , Chris Cleghorn (Gateshead) Thinking of You: Jake Evans (Paignton) , Sue Callendar(Gateshead) Human Touch: George Pinnock (Paignton) , Rob Cave (Gateshead) Doing the Right Thing: Sara Roe (Paignton) Brian Smith (Gateshead)
Congratulations Jayne Raynsford!
Congratulations Claire Yearwood!
Congratulations to Claire Yearwood, Operations Specialist, was recognised as Doordrop Media’s Employee of the month for August.
Congratulations to Jayne Raynsford , Director of Commercial at Whistl's Doordrop Media, on her election as the Chair of the DMA Doordrop Hub!
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Our LEAP Apprenticeships are now called Leadership and Management Development Apprenticeships, offering more flexibility.
Apprenticeships consist of: Team Leader/Supervisor Level 3 Operations/Department Manager Level 5 Women in Leadership Level 3 (New) Women in Leadership Level 5 (New)
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You can start anytime during the year and learn alongside participants from other companies.
Marvin Meets… Check out Marvin to read the full interviews
Leigh Sissons, Parcelhub
Matt Pearson, Parcelhub
HR Admin Team: Stephanie Foster, Stephanie Pepper, Evie Sadley, and Leigh Bidmead
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