2nd July, 2010
Robin Hood, Scouts and even more sunshine......
So, England have managed to take themselves out of the World Cup! However, despite the disappointing football, it's been all systems go at Successfactory this week! On Monday, we had 80 children from various schools in the Sandbach area joining us to celebrate the end of their SEAL (Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning) Programme. The Sheriff of Nottingham had kidnapped Maid Marion and it was up to the children to complete a series of Robin Hood themed tasks in order to get enough treasure together for the ransom! The activities included den building in our woods (Robin Hood's Merry Men need to know how to survive in the forest!), Trebuchet (to break down the castle walls), cobwebs and castles (in order to get across the castle moat) and Little John's Trail through the forest (the low ropes course to ensure the children had the skills to manoeuvre quickly and quietly!). They had a brilliant day and we even heard from one of the teachers that the children had said "this was the best school trip ever!" We're pleased we've managed to outdo ourselves, once again!
Muller Dairy joined us on Wednesday for a team meeting. The day began with teas and coffees on the patio in the glorious sunshine...you can't ask for much more really, can you?! We did have one small hiccup when a little swallow flew into the training room (well, it IS the countryside!) but Muller powered through and the little bird eventually found its way safely out. A good day was had by all and yet another group of clients go away happy.
Martin worked with the Bunbury Scouts on Wednesday evening. We pride ourselves on helping out our local community when we can, so Martin took the opportunity to facilitate a great session with 11 scouts and ensured they had fun, learned about themselves as a team and achieve great things!
Alison has been driving the length and breadth of the country this week facilitating all kinds of exciting work! This week she has been working with Centra in Coventry, London & Manchester, as well as with Cledford Primary School. Next week she's working with Cheshire East Council, Bupa and Samsung. The team back at Successfactory are working hard to support her and assist with all the prep for her training!
Graham has been busy working for the University of Liverpool running Inspirational Leadership Programmes as part of their ongoing Management Development Programme. He also has been meeting with clients to build on a new strategic alliance with an online learning company - The Working Manager - more to follow over the coming months. Exciting projects and offerings to be announced soon!! The rest of the week Graham spent on business development and getting ready for a leadership programme for Bupa on leading remote teams.
A huge congratulations goes to Kate, our Sales & Marketing Manager, for completing her Bob Graham Fell Run last weekend! She did so well and feels its one of her biggest running achievements to date so we're proud of her!
In terms of the rest of the team, Vicky's looking forward to celebrating her little girl's 6th birthday next Tuesday (happy birthday Carlie!). Teegan is off to Abersoch next week and is looking forward to spending some time with her family. Anne is busy busy busy with wedding plans for her younger daughter, Liane. The wedding is in September (we're all really excited to have been invited!) and the clock is ticking so it's all dresses and flowers and hair appointments at the moment...how lovely! All is well in the world of Successfactory and we're looking forward to welcoming both Marks & Spencer and M&S Money to our venue next week.