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Wednesday 13 October 2021
Congratulations to all our fantastic winners!
We would like to say a huge “Congratulations” to the Employee Award 2021 winners.
Nominated and voted for by you, these exceptional colleagues attended the annual celebratory event yesterday at Tudor House and Garden. Awards were presented by Sandy Hopkins, Chief Executive, The Leader, Councillor Dan Fitzhenry and The Mayor, Councillor Alex Houghton. Watch the video to find out who were our overall winners of the year 2021, and remember that nominations for 2022’s awards are open now.
 As the Employee of the Year couldn’t join us yesterday, we would like to offer our congratulations to Natalie Harvey-Hunter, Homelessness Prevention Officer, who helps families and individuals remain in their homes, bringing reassurance and stability to so many of our vulnerable residents. Well done Natalie!
Our 365 celebrations continue!
How Teams and Channels make working life easier
Thanks to Microsoft 365, we can now host meetings online, collaborate with internal and external partners more efficiently, and communicate faster than ever. But there’s more! Teams and Channels can make our working lives easier.
What’s a team?
A Team is a space for people to work together on projects and tasks.
What’s a channel?
A channel is a place where you can share messages, tools, and files with colleagues. You can create channels for your department, project, team, making these private where necessary.
Time for a chat
Chat is an instant messaging function that is perfect for formal and informal discussions. Why send an email when you can converse with colleagues in real time! You can even convert an email into an instant message. With its screen-sharing capability, team members can talk through projects together.
Etiquette - check out important dos (and don'ts) in this week’s Information Pack.
Stay in the k(no)w - here’s how to manage channel notifications.
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Last week's "Tell us 2" winner receives a £25 shopping voucher!
Wendy Whittington told us. “I like the flexibility it offers to work from almost anywhere at anytime and across multiple devices. I was delayed yesterday by over an hour due to train problems. It was my first day back after a long weekend and wanted to make sure I hit the ground running. I used 365 on my personal mobile phone and the Company Portal to check and respond to emails. When I got to the office I was up to speed, ready for my first meeting and didn't need to worry that I didn't know what was going on!”
Tell us your two to be entered into this week’s draw.
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Next week we focus on the Microsoft tool kit.
In the meantime, don’t delay, book your place on one of Microsoft’s exclusive training sessions for SCC employees: Teams, Channels and Files where you will learn how to:
Navigate the Microsoft Teams app
Use the Search function
Set up Teams and Channels
Use the different functions in Teams and Channels
Change notification settings
Delete a Team or Channel
Create new Files and Folders in the Teams app
Open, copy, download, delete, pin, rename and move files
Collaborate on documents with colleagues
Can you help the homeless?
As we approach the winter months and the nights are getting colder, Balfour Beatty are organising a collection of items to be distributed to homeless people in the city.
Grace Small, Community Engagement Manager at Balfour Beatty Living Places has contacted a church who distribute items weekly, and they have supplied a list of items they need:
- Bottles of water
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New warm hats, gloves and socks
- Sleeping bags
They also distribute welcome bags to those who come off the streets and into hostels. Below is a kit list, they would welcome any sets of complete bags. Since one bag is a lot to get together, why not coordinate with other people to make up a complete bag?
If you would like to donate anything please contact Grace and arrange to get your donations to City Depot office by Wednesday 27 October.
UEFA Women’s EURO 2022
 You have the chance to be part of record-breaking event as UEFA Women’s EURO England 2022 search for volunteers across the country.
Please see all information for the volunteering opportunities - Volunteering - UEFA Women's EURO 2022 (thefa.com) Applications close on 1 November.
- Volunteers will be the face of the tournament, helping run the show and driving further support for women’s football
- From building the atmosphere inside and outside stadiums, to greeting and assisting supporters, volunteers will play a huge role in this record-breaking tournament
- St Mary’s Stadium, Southampton, will host group stage games of the tournament on Thursday 7 July 2022, Monday 11 July, and Friday 15 July 2022.
- When applying SCC colleagues can use this code: Southampton City Council Staff / SOUCCS-W2022
Fostering - new Teams backgrounds
Don't forget your staff discounts... £££s
If you're in the office or city centre for work, don't forget that you get a 20% discount on food and drink in SeaCity Museum and Tudor House and Garden cafés.
Free Shuffleboard!?
"CRIB is the perfect place to relax, celebrate and catch up. Situated in the heart of Bedford Place, Southampton, CRIB is the place to play shuffleboard, enjoy a cold drink or a hot slice of Big Dough Co pizza."
This new venue is offering all staff free use of the shuffleboard area when you visit. Just take your ID along to make use of the kit.
Never played shuffleboard? Why not give it a go or organise a team event? Crib say that "shuffleboard is the perfect activity for groups of 2 to 10 people. Devilishly addictive, oddly tactical and incredibly fun." Find out more at https://thecrib.uk/
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