Star People - Post Office Supply Chain

In conjunction with Barnardos and Coton House Management centre who kindly allowed use of the venue on a Saturday, a group of Managers from Post Office Supply Chain consisting of Supply Chain Unit Managers, Operational Managers, and Fleet Managers organised a Thank You Party at Coton House Rugby on Saturday 23 January 210, for 50 Foster Carers and 16 children.

The funds used to make this a special day were kindly donated from Supply Chain Units across the country.

The event was at the request of the East Midlands Placement Service to provide a “Thank You Celebration” party for Foster carers in the Midlands during Foster Carers week. The following letter of thanks from Barnardos sums up what a wonderful day it was for all concerned;

“On behalf of us all at East Midlands Family Placement Service, I am writing to thank you and your staff for organising the Foster Carer Celebration Event on Saturday.
We all agree it was fantastic, the Royal Mail staff were excellent and made a really good day for all of us.

They were brilliant with the children and carers alike and everyone had a brilliant time and really enjoyed themselves. The carers enjoyed the quiz and bingo, which gave them an opportunity to chat and have fun, whilst the children were looked after by your team, some in the quiet craft area, some playing pool and others having fun on the Wii.
Drinks were available at any time along with numerous boxes of chocolates that were circulating. All our carers and children agree the event was one of the best, most professional events we have hosted.

 We would like to thank you for your hospitality and for your generosity.  The raffle prizes were very much appreciated as were the other prizes you provided. Everything went smoothly and was well organised.

We and the carers felt very pampered and relaxed.  A special thank you also for the photos, this was the icing on the cake. Once again, please accept our sincere thanks to you and your team’’.

Gillian Joyce, National Fleet manager in Post Office Supply chain said” The whole experience was very rewarding, and once again would not have been possible without the fund-raising efforts of our teams across the country. And in addition to this a further £83.20 was raised on the day from guests and helpers in aid of the Haiti Appeal’’.