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Ex-postman learns to sort email
Recently retired member, Paul Turner (65) worked for Royal Mail for 36 years as a professional driver and was an active CWU member during this time including holding the positions of Branch Chair and Area Distribution Rep. He came to work for Royal Mail following 10 years serving in the Royal Artillery. Paul was having difficulties typing up a document on his computer for the Tredworth Tigers under 10's football club that he runs and thought to himself 'It's time I did something about this!' Paul had also recently attended a reunion of his Royal Artillery mates, and had found out that his friends had been trying to contact him online, but hadn't been able to find him. Paul decided it was time to find out more about using his computer and getting online. Around this time he received a letter from his ULR* (Union Learning Rep) inviting all retired members to a 'Spring Online' open day during Adult Learners week at the G@tehouse Learning Centre at the Royal Mail sorting Office on Eastern Avenue in Gloucester, so he decided to give it a try and he hasn't looked back since. Paul has now successfully completed the online basics course through 'MyGuide' and is gaining confidence in using a computer. 'I can email my friends and contact them through Facebook and share old photos which I've scanned into the computer and upload to the internet'. Paul says learning through his Union has been very enjoyable and he would recommended it to others 'I'm looking forward to doing more courses, especially over the winter when I have more free time - maybe a history or geography course. I'm also thinking of doing an IT qualification with Learndirect through the G@tehouse Learning Centre!' Case studies and projects (300 words) issued 5 Dec 2011  DHL three-day event gives everyone a chance to learn Baked-in learning Learning in communion |
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