Shortlisted as finalists for the Leicestershire Cares “Company of the Year” Award, Nylacast are pleased to have been announced as the winners of the prestigious award at the Leicestershire Cares Annual Celebration event on the 8 th May 2014.
Over the past year the Nylacast team have collectively contributed in various ways to a number of community and charity projects and organisations and have participated in virtually all projects that Leicestershire Cares run including; Collect4Christmas, Coat Drive, Employability Project, Mock interviews in schools, Flying Fish tours, Employ me project, work experience and Number Partners. It is the dedication of peoples time and efforts that have been so appreciated, and which has enable contributions such as over 100 coats for the CoatDrive and over 70 starter packs for the Collect4Christmas campaign from the Nylacast team.
Group HR Manager Ian Mallabone, who was also awarded Volunteer of the Year by Leicestershire Cares, commented, “This is a great award in recognition of the hard work Nylacast has done over the last 13 months. We are very fortunate to have employees that get involved in one way or another in such projects; whether that be donating coats or food packs, or giving up their time and lunch hours to help out. Some of the success stories that come through the initiatives that Leicestershire Cares run throughout the county are fantastic to see and as a company, feel very privileged to be a part of them.”
These two awards follow Nylacast’s recent success at the Leicester Mercury Business Awards, achieving the Contribution to the Community award.