Every year that rolls by the winter and Christmas period seem to roll in quicker and quicker every year, and as the festive season unfolds, it brings with it a unique feeling of warmth, joy, and togetherness. As Christmas is the season of sharing, caring, and celebrating, in true Microlise style, we wanted to bring the Microlise family together; and with what has quickly become one of our most popular annual events.

We have a day filled with festive fun, our offices came alive with the festive spirit, and many Christmas jumpers and outfits were donned. The decorations, the laughter, and the companionship create an atmosphere of warmth, and family, that really set off the holidays.

The day begins with the delivery of our individual Christmas Hampers by our team of Elves, filled with lots of yummy Christmas goodies. For the remote Elves we had their hampers delivered directly to them straight from the North Pole!

Towards the end of the year, we all get to cast our votes across a wide range of different categories, for who we think deserves special recognition for their efforts throughout the year. In fact, its been such a magnificent year of celebrations, we had to increase the number of categories from 17 to 20! These include Best Newcomer, Unsung Hero, Lifetime Achievement, and those that best represent our Core Values!

Celebrating all of our fantastic achievements is hungry work, so what else is there to do than to throw our own alternative Microlise Christmas Dinner! We have put on a fantastic spread of culinary delights where we will be stuffing our faces with food from Cumin Indian Restaurant, Dominos Pizza, and Posh Nosh!

After scoffing all that delicious food and drink, we are understandably all a bit sleepy and what better way to wake us back up than with a light-hearted Christmas Quiz delivered by our very own Operations Director!

We then wrapped up the celebrations with the final part of our Employee Awards, bringing the celebrations and festive fun to a close. However, the spirit of Christmas giving and sharing isn’t something we practice on this one day of the year. In fact, throughout the month of December, we have been raising food donations for Eastwood Food Bank, pet food and toy collections for the RSPCA, Toy Collections for Revive Charity, and forming our Transaid Cycle Kenya Team…phew! And that’s just December!

With that, we hope you and yours have a fantastic Festive Season and a wonderful New Year!