Amazon brings employees and families together for fun day celebration
Employees from Amazon in Sutton Coldfield enjoyed a day of festivities with their friends and families at the site’s engineering team fun day.
The event brought together Reliability & Maintenance Engineering (RME) colleagues and their loved ones for a day filled with activities, entertainment and food and celebrate the work of the RME team. Guests enjoyed a mix of a behind the scenes tour of the site, hands-on engineering activities and family friendly fun.
Tom Byford, who works in the RME team and organised the fun day at Amazon in Sutton Coldfield, said: “I feel really grateful to have been chosen to organise this year’s event. Seeing our family, friends, and co-workers enjoy the tour, the Amazon Robotics and packing demonstrations, and learn more about how we keep each other safe made it all worthwhile.”
Lisa Swan, General Manager at Amazon in Sutton Coldfield, added: “Our RME family fun day was a wonderful way to bring our team and their loved ones together, celebrate their achievements and show our appreciation for them. The work the RME team does is essential to our operations, and it’s fantastic to have the chance to recognise that with family and friends.”
Community donations and employee volunteering are just two of the ways Amazon supports the communities where it operates. Amazon co-founded the Multibank initiative with former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown to support families in need. The initiative has donated more than 12 million surplus goods to over 800,000 families across Scotland, Wales, Greater Manchester, London, Tees Valley and Birmingham. This year, the Multibank will send 1 million orders to families across the UK.
Amazon has supported more than one million students across the UK with free STEM education programmes through Amazon Future Engineer and helps community organisations transport meals and other essentials to families in need through its pro bono logistics programme, Amazon Local Good.
Amazon partners with Comic Relief and is the official home of the charity’s iconic Red Nose. Together with its employees, customers, and partners, Amazon has raised over £4.8 million to fund projects that support people across the UK, and around the world.
