Charlotte Wilkins picked up the award in recognition of the outstanding efforts shown during her Level 3 AAT Accounting Qualification
Monday 2nd December 2019 – Former Parkwood Leisure apprentice Charlotte Wilkins was awarded with the Excellence in Accountancy award at last week’s Hereford and Worcestershire Group Training Association (HWGTA) Annual Apprentice Awards.
Parkwood Leisure is always proud of the work that its staff does for charity and this month is no exception, as lifeguard Emma Redgate has been chosen to take part in the 2019 BBC Children in Need Rickshaw Challenge.
Emma, based at Rushcliffe Arena Leisure Centre, was diagnosed with Biliary Atresia aged just 10 months, resulting in her undergoing two liver transplants. In 2017, Emma then suffered a seizure which led to her being unable to walk and having difficulty with her sight.
As part of the £1.3 million investment to improve facilities and activities for customers, Parkwood Leisure – in partnership with Erewash Borough Council – has completed another milestone with the launch of the soft play area and café at West Park Leisure Centre.
Aimed at children up to the age of six years old, the new soft play area will provide a fun, interactive learning environment and will include a rope bridge, climbing areas, spider’s web maze and other areas; parents will be able to keep a watchful eye whilst relaxing and having refreshments in the new coffee pod café area, which will be available to all customers and visitors to West Park Leisure Centre.
Parkwood Leisure is excited to announce that the construction work at the new £4.5m Broughton Astley Leisure Centre is nearing completion.
With the site set to open in early December, the build is running ahead of schedule; the first member of the new centre has also been announced as Clive Grafton-Reed, chairman of Broughton Astley Parish Council.
Clive has been very supportive of the new facility and is passionate about delivering much-needed leisure provision to the community of Broughton. He said: “The new facility will finally provide the residents of Broughton Astley a place to exercise within the Parish. Residents have been campaigning for over 30 years to have a leisure facility and this is now a reality.”
Parkwood Leisure has launched a programme of workshops, aimed at making our staff more aware of mental health issues among the workforce.
The Mental Health Awareness in the Workplace workshops will cover communication and listening skills that will enable management to have conversations with their employees. They will also learn what mental health is and recognise the risk factors associated with it, as well as being taught to identify common signs and symptoms of mental ill-health.
As part of its commitment to supporting others, Parkwood Leisure has helped to deliver clean water to 440 people in South Sudan through its latest clean water project with charity partner DROP4DROP.
Building on the successes of the past 12 months and with a chance to share the vision for the future of the business, Parkwood Leisure welcomed staff from across the organisation to its annual Manager’s Conference and Awards at the Pavilion Gardens, Buxton, earlier this month.
The theme of this year’s conference, ‘Parkwood’s DNA’, provided the perfect opportunity to reflect on the core values of Parkwood and a chance for the senior team to share new innovations, ways of working and future plans for the business as part of its strategy for continued growth over the next three to five years.
Parkwood Leisure, one of the UK’s leading leisure operators, has been shortlisted for two awards at the upcoming 2019 Energy Awards.
In recognition of the company’s efforts, Parkwood has been nominated for both the ‘Energy Data Collection and Analysis’ and ‘Behavioural Change/Employee Engagement’ categories. Parkwood’s Energy Performance League Table initiative has been shortlisted for the ‘Energy Data Collection and Analysis’ award, which recognises the importance of monitoring and targeting, metering and measuring energy use.
