Staff benefits update
12 Mar 2015
Great offers for Mother’s Day, Run to Work event, Perkz, Free Wills, Tabley Wedding Fair
Mother’s Day flowers
It’s Mother’s Day this Sunday and if you are planning to send flowers to your mum or any other special person you can now receive 10% discount with leading Manchester florist Venus Flowers.
Venus Flowers prize winner
Last week, Venus ran a prize draw to win a bouquet to celebrate International Women’s Day. The lucky winner is Nicola Bates in the Faculty of Life Sciences. Congratulations!
Workplace Giving
It’s Comic Relief this weekend so why not spread the love this week and support a charity from your pay that is close to your heart. Just choose a good cause to support with a regular donation straight from your pay and Workplace Giving UK is offering to add an additional £10 to your first donation for all new joiners from 11 March to 18 March!* It’s so simple to set up. Simply click here to donate now. More information on our Workplace Giving Scheme is available on StaffNet or read the recent StaffNet article highlighting how much your giving is helping charities. *minimum donation of £5 per month or equivalent to a charity featured on the Workplace Giving UK website
Free Wills
Free Wills Month brings together a group of charities to offer members of the public aged 55 and over the opportunity to have their simple Wills written or updated free of charge by using participating solicitors in selected locations across England. These include St Ann’s Hospice who you elected as one of the local charities to support with the 2015 Staff Survey. Visit http://freewillsmonth.org.uk/ to find a solicitor in your area participating in Free Wills Month.
Perkz
See the latest newsletter for the latest offers. If you haven’t registered yet just visit Perkz and use our unique code UNIMAN. In March you also have the chance to win a £300 Cottages4you voucher – which you can put toward any of the 14,000 cottages available. Plus, you can save a further 10% booking via Perkz! For full details please visit Perkz and select ‘competitions’ from the category menu.
Run to Work Event
The Environmental Sustainability Team would like you to help shape and find out more about plans for run commuting. You are invited to their lunchtime event on Thursday, 19 March 2015 (12-2pm) in the iZone, University Place (Ground Floor). They are offering freebies to the first 50 who come along and complete the survey on the day. Experts from Sweatshop will be there to analyse your gait and running technique, to offer advice and to showcase some useful accessories. They’re really keen to hear your ideas, stories and thoughts too! Find out more on running to work.
Manchester Palace Theatre
The Palace has a £20 offer for multi award winning The Producers.
Wedding Fair
Tabley House are holding a wedding fair on Sunday, 22 March (12–4pm). Find out more about the fair and how you can receive discount on weddings online at:
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Good luck to all those staff fundraising on Friday and hope you all have a great weekend celebrating Comic Relief and Mother’s Day!
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