Royal Mail workers rewarded by war hero

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SAS-trained novelist Andy McNab undertook an operation of the highest importance in Swindon yesterday – handing over certificates to acknowledge a push for more reading among Royal Mail workers.

The Gulf War serviceman is on a nationwide tour backing The Reading Agency’s Six Book Challenge, which gives people six months to complete six books for a certificate.

It is designed to encourage people to improve them through reading, which Andy is more than happy to support.

“It’s almost imperative for employees and employers,” said Andy. “If you look at it from the employer’s point of view, if they are working in an industry with highly technical machines, they want the most literate, numerate staff available.


“That’s why firms are backing this challenge. They really wanted to get their standards up within their existing workforce. In the longer term, if the parents are getting into it, the kids will follow that habit and latch on.

“Literacy comes from reading and numeracy follows on from that. It improves through reading.”

Andy cannot be identified in photographs or in the media. As a result of his operations with the SAS, fears remain he is a wanted man by terrorist organisations, and therefore he has kept his face out of the spotlight ever since his first book was published.


Sandra Absalom, 54, is the union learning rep for the Communication Workers Union at Royal Mail in Dorcan. She is responsible for bringing the challenge into the organisation.

At the end of January the 2014 edition kicked into action, and yesterday 34 workers were handed certificates by the war hero.

Sandra said: “It’s another learning opportunity for people in the centre. The beauty of this challenge is it’s for all abilities.

“Whether they want to read one or six books, it’s a start, it’s an incentive and it’s an improvement.

“It’s another thing we can offer our employees. We want them to continue to improving as people, not just employees here.

“There are a number of opportunities for them to progress to within the business, if they do excel with the courses we offer them here.”

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[knackeredneedadayoff]

Yes after work ,picking the kids up cooking tea,putting kids to bed and general taxi work running family around i really look forward to reading.I am too knackered to read even on days off,mid week days off are reserved for housework ,decorating etc.Royal Fail are having their usual

[Lounge Lizard]

Yes after work ,picking the kids up cooking tea,putting kids to bed and general taxi work running family around i really look forward to reading.I am too knackered to read even on days off,mid week days off are reserved for housework ,decorating etc.Royal Fail are having their usual

Indeed, between work and sleep I struggle to manage a couple of hours down the pub as for reading books, no chance

[TrueBlueTerrier]

I read for at least one hour a day, it helps me relax.

Hero

[Lounge Lizard]

I read for at least one hour a day, it helps me relax.

Hero

Not the Courier then ?

[TrueBlueTerrier]

Only when someone on here asks a question about it. The sacrifices I make for you lot

[dazzlin72]

If you are illiterate you shouldn't have been employed in the job in the first place, as I thought it was a requirement with the aptitude tests etc, & is necessary to perform our line of work.