SOLD Staff Enjoy Celebration Evening

The team at Surrey Outdoor Learning and Development (SOLD) is passionate about getting groups of young people and adults to experience new and exciting outdoor learning activities that help to enrich their development and enhance personal growth. We are proud of the quality of learning experiences our customers enjoy which is only possible due to our incredible staff teams across all three of our outdoor learning centres (and our canal boat). The total SOLD team get together to review and celebrate the successes achieved by all the centres every autumn, and this year is no different!

Committed to Excellence

Once a year, the whole staff team from across our three centres come together to review what has been achieved so far in terms of customer service improvement, innovative programme development, business development, and much more. Our dedicated teams of instructors have already delivered 7,500 activity sessions to over 37,000 participants since April this year and continue to welcome many more groups over the winter and spring periods. It seems likely that we'll surpass the group numbers from last year too, which is something to both strive for and celebrate!

Celebration

Progress aside, we don't call the event a staff celebratory evening for nothing! Chuffed with the news of our accomplishments, it is a perfect time to reflect upon what has been an incredibly busy and exciting year so far, as well as take the time to say farewell to many of our valued annualised instructors until next year.

The Winners

The SOLD staff celebratory evening culminated in the annual SOLD staff awards, as nominated by the teams themselves. This year's winners were:

• Gareth Moss (Curriculum Development Manager for the development of GCSE programmes at SOLD) and Ella Butler (Senior Service Support Assistant) for "Specific Positive Contribution to the Development & Growth of SOLD During 2017"
• Sam Astill (Trainee Outdoor Education Worker) and Ellie Rose (Logistics Coordinator) for "Significant Progress and Development Within Their Role Within SOLD During 2017"
• Ted Downey (Outdoor Education Worker) for "Demonstrated Behaviours 'Over and Above' What Would Normally Have Been Expected in Order to Provide Excellent Customer Service During 2017"
• Gary Thompson Bowers for his work at Henley Fort on the "National Citizenship Scheme"
• Aiden Soley for "Embracing the SOLD Ethos"
• Sarah Crow (Marketing Manager) and Ben Rayner (Workplace Training) for "Proactively Working in a New Way, Overcoming Challenges, and Developing the TAZ Brand"

Our thanks and congratulations go out to our winners and all of our dedicated staff members, who make the outdoor learning activities and courses that we provide such a success for our customers. If you would like to find out more about our wide range of training courses and outdoor learning activities for adults and young people alike, visit our service pages for more information. Enquiries surrounding our services and bespoke options can be made on our contact page - we look forward to hearing from you!