Distribution / Depot

Nick Owen, the Training co-ordinator at Skelmersdale CDC5 (pictured on the right above) is proving to be a real sensation with gym goers. Nick has worked at the Skelmersdale CDC5 depot for over 8 years and just recently, has started to run Taekwondo classes at the local Bannatynes gym in his spare time. This has proved so popular and is in such high demand that Bannantynes has made the weekly evening class a permanent feature, which now runs three times a week. Nick is a well known and respected local martial arts expert, a Second Dan black belt who has represented England at a European Championship and has been teaching Taekwondo for 25 years. Nick is a great ambassador for the sport and says "Taekwondo is a Korean martial art and is also a Olympic sport and will feature in the Olympics in London. It is a great way of keeping fit and building self - confidence and getting to meet new people. It improves your co ordination and flexibility and is open to any age from old to young so why not look up a club near you or have a look on the internet at www.BTCB Poomse.com for more details"

ASDA Skelmersdale CDC were very pleased to welcome Keith Laycock, the Chairman of Resolve International, a small, local registered charity, into the ASDA Community Centre. Resolve International is a charity which aims to raise funds to combat child poverty in Nepal in the Himalayas. Keith needed somewhere for their 6 trustees to hold their monthly meeting and Erica Sharrock, Community Life Champion at ASDA Skelmersdale CDC5 was very "Happy to Help" and booked the group into the "Lean Room". Keith said afterwards " It was an ideal venue for our meeting, and reception and Mike Ekin were very helpful. Simon Grady the General Manager also popped in to say hello and we were really well looked after. It was a lovely quiet room which gave our trustees a very professional place to meet". Keith has booked the room again for a future meeting and is also going to arrange a fundraising & awareness day with us. If you would like any more information regarding Resolve International and the work that they do, please visit their website www.resolveinternational.org. If you would like more information about booking a room at Skelmersdale CDC5, please contact Erica Sharrock on 01455 545040.

Colleagues have donated various food items to the Depaul UK charity. The food will be given to young homeless peoples aged between 17years and 25 years old. Julie Duell,fundraiser for the charity wrote: 'Thank you for today. I cant really believe how far we have come in such a short space of time. it really demonstrates the benefits of partnerships working and the commitment of all colleagues at Asda ADC Washington to have given such support to the young homeless people in Tyne&Wear ' The colleagues in the depot are right behind this charity and will give continued support wherever possible.

Skelmersdale CDC5 have teamed up with Crow Orchard Primary School to take part in the Gro - Sure challenge to see if we can grow the biggest lettuce. Erica Sharrock, the Community Life Champion from Skelmersdale CDC5 visited the school on Wednesday 9th May 2012 and helped some of children in the Year 1 reception class to plant the seeds from the Gro Sure pack supplied by Asda and Unwins seeds. All of the children were very excited and Mrs Mahood the class teacher was very pleased to receive the gardening tools that we supplied. Erica looks forward to returning to the school in the next couple of weeks to see how the lettuces are growing.

On Sunday 13th May 12 of our colleague's set off on their bikes from ADC Wakefield and cycled 74.5 miles to Bridlington. Our first cyclist arrived in Bridlington in just over 4 hours. All 12 managed to complete the gruelling ride. One cyclist even got back onto his bike and cycled all the way home! Sponsorship for this event will be donated to Everyman.

Our Community Life Champion, Sarah and colleague Catherine were supporting the Help For Heroes charity last week. We had various things to sell from wristbands to keyrings and trolley coins. On the day we raised £212.00 and will continue to sell throughout this week.

Neil King, a department manager on the night shift at Bristol Distribution Centre, is preparing for the trip of a life time. After an extensive selection process, Neil was chosen as one of the UK representatives to attend the Wal-Mart International Shareholders' Meeting in Arkansas at the end of May. Over 15,000 000 associates from all around the Walmart world will be in attendance at the 5 day event. As well as networking and socialising with colleagues from around the globe, Neil will have the chance to study best practices from other countries and cultures, and bring these back to the depot at Portbury Docks. While he might expect to be busy working during his trip, Neil will also hope that this year's attendees will be treated to a private concert just as happened in 2010, when superstars like Jamie Foxx, Enrique Iglesias, Mary J Blige and Mariah Carey performed for the lucky few

Miller Primary School in Castlemilk finaly completed their 5 weeks of preparations for Saturday's Family Day a FREE day for all who live in the area. They have created all their own table wear hats mats aprins and today the icing on the cake their flags and bunting. Together we will host our very own Garden Party for the celebraion of the Olympic Games and the Queens Jubilee. This is a group of children who have given 110 percent to make this a success. This is great team work.

There was standing room only when the first Fatfield Scout Group held their AGM at our depot. Horrible Histories author Terry Deary, was there to present the scouts with their badges and awards. It was a successful evening and everyone enjoyed themselves.

Jubilee Celebrations are under way here at Lymedale. The patio set and picnic set are a raffle prize all proceeds will be donated to Everyman charity. The week of the Jubilee we will have a 'find the crown jewels' treasure hunt in and around the warehouse for all colleagues on all shifts the prizes are large Jubilee bars of Dairy Milk. There will be a colouring competition for the colleagues children and a Jubilee street party in the colleague restaurant.

Once a month our Colleague Voice runs a Tuck Shop for all colleagues. This takes them back to the good old school days! The money raised from the tuck shop goes towards the Everyman Charity.

Lymedale sent 5 colleagues to do some voluntary work at a New Douglas Macmillan local charity shop which is opening soon. When they got there they were asked to strip walls of wallpaper and paint ceilings! They were there for a full shift and thoroughly enjoyed being part of the community and able to be of help.

Douglas Macmillan is a local hospice which relies solely on charity funding. Lymedale colleagues have filled Douglas Macmillan bags with all items of clothing or household goods etc. the bags were collected from depot and will be distributed to the many charity shops in the Staffordshire area to raise money for this fabulous charity.

Adc Washington colleagues have voted through colleague voice to sponsor a local youths up and coming football team. Tyne&Wear Allstars under 9's are delighted to wearing their new strip displaying Asda ADC Washington. A big Thank you from football manager/coach David Williams(Transport department) and the team.

With the help of our canteen colleagues-Gurbax and Valarmadi, I was able to have this fundraising event at our store. We raised £140 in this event. It was alot of fun doing this event. It was a great help from the canteen colleagues that this was possible. We hope to do these type of events more often.