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WORKPLACE STELLA PERFORMANCE

Its celebrations all round for LHP resident
Marilyn Jones who has been awarded
the prestigious Stella Willing Award for
outstanding fundraising services to the British
Legion.

Marilyn raised an impressive £26,000 in less than a
year, selling poppies in the Tesco Cleethorpes store
and also supplying the poppy collection boxes to
shops in Cleethorpes, New Waltham, Humberston
as well as The Limes sheltered scheme.

Surpassing all expectations, this year Marilyn and
her team raised £16,000 from poppy sales to visitors
at Tesco, Cleethorpes in just the two weeks leading
up to Remembrance Sunday.

Marilyn said about winning the award: “I was gob
smacked when I found out I had won and it was
very nice. I have been a member of the British
Legion since 1965, first as a standard bearer then
Photo: Trainees Bradley Dommett, Liam Mackrill, Orell Lewars and
Ben Woods as a parade marshal and in 1990 I was asked to
organise the Poppy Appeal for Cleethorpes in 1990.
I get great satisfaction knowing the money goes to
support the welfare of troops past and present.”
Four trainee electricians and plumbers FHE skills and employability manager Chloe Tate
are putting knowledge into practice said: “We’d like to thank LHP for their continued The Stella Willing Award is awarded by the British
support and for providing a valuable opportunity for
through unique industry placements. students to put their learning into practice.” Legion to members who raise the most money from
selling poppies in an area not represented by the
LHP is giving Grimsby Institute students the LHP head of repairs and maintenance Ben Gothard INTO THE NEW! British Legion.
opportunity to test and develop their technical skills added: “We’re committed to generating local
in a real time work environment while receiving employment opportunities and are delighted that
support from their experienced repairs and we can help young people successfully complete We hope you enjoy your first LHP calendar.
maintenance service. their qualifications while preparing them for
entering skilled employment.” We wanted our first LHP customer calendar to
Over the next year, the trainees – all studying for reflect our coming together and celebrate all that
their Level 3 Technical education course - will spend is wonderful about Lincolnshire from Grimsby and
one day a week in a relevant role at LHP. “THIS PLACEMENT GIVES ME A Immingham in the north to Boston in the south; the
BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF market towns and seaside resorts in between as
Joining the workforce they will take part in a ELECTRICAL PROCESSES. well as some of our unique Lincolnshire phrases and
structured work plan, shadowing qualified LHP our amazing Lincolnshire food. A spot of haslet or
employees carrying out repairs at any of the 7500 “IT INCREASES MY CHANCES OF Grimsby fish and chips anyone?
homes across North East Lincolnshire. GETTING A PERMANENT WORK
PLACEMENT HERE AT LHP.” Here’s to 2019!

Trainee electrician Liam Mackrill

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