South Western Offering To Buy First Round for Commuters
Train company wants to encourage people back to the workplace
Pub vouchers available every Thursday in April
To encourage co-workers to get together again, South Western Railway is offering vouchers for a round of drinks every Thursday in April.
Aiming to get people back into the habit of socialising with their colleagues after work, the train company will be giving 125 vouchers worth £25 on a first-come first serve basis to anyone who tags them on Twitter beginning on 7 April.
The fund will be available in the form of £25 ‘The Great British Pub Card’ vouchers, which can be used in over 1,500 pubs and bars across London. You must be over 18 to apply for this fund, and only one voucher can be redeemed per Twitter user per week.
The TGIT (Thank God It’s Thursday) fund comes following research conducted by the train company, which found that with over half (53%) of British workers spending much less time in the office post-pandemic, unsurprisingly post-work socials have not yet fully recovered, and it’s having a negative impact on our sociability and confidence.
Research of 2,000 office workers across the UK found over a third (37%) say they have forgotten how to socialise since the pandemic, with a fifth admitting they now feel less confident (22%).
63% of people said that the biggest positive to getting back into the office was being able to see their work colleagues, however whilst over a quarter (26%) of us miss our work friends, only 16% of colleagues are meeting up a least once a week.
South Western Railway’s TGIT fund has been set-up to encourage workers to get back together, and re-connect after work every Thursday, with the first round on them – with 51% of people claiming they’d be more likely to go out with work if the first round was free!
The promotion will run across a 4-week period to 28 April and will be available on a first-come-first-served basis each week; to claim your free round, follow and tweet @SWR_TGIT with ‘#TGIT’ every Thursday between 2-5pm to be in for the chance of claiming.
For more information, including terms and conditions, visit www.southwesternrailway.com/tgit.
Like Reading Articles Like This? Help Us Produce More This site remains committed to providing local community news and public interest journalism. Articles such as the one above are integral to what we do. We aim to feature as much as possible on local societies, charities based in the area, fundraising efforts by residents, community-based initiatives and even helping people find missing pets. We've always done that and won't be changing, in fact we'd like to do more. However, the readership that these stories generates is often below that needed to cover the cost of producing them. Our financial resources are limited and the local media environment is intensely competitive so there is a constraint on what we can do. We are therefore asking our readers to consider offering financial support to these efforts. Any money given will help support community and public interest news and the expansion of our coverage in this area. A suggested monthly payment is £8 but we would be grateful for any amount for instance if you think this site offers the equivalent value of a subscription to a daily printed newspaper you may wish to consider £20 per month. If neither of these amounts is suitable for you then contact info@neighbournet.com and we can set up an alternative. All payments are made through a secure web site. One-off donations are also appreciated. Choose The Amount You Wish To Contribute. If you do support us in this way we'd be interested to hear what kind of articles you would like to see more of on the site – send your suggestions to the editor. For businesses we offer the chance to be a corporate sponsor of community content on the site. For £30 plus VAT per month you will be the designated sponsor of at least one article a month with your logo appearing if supplied. If there is a specific community group or initiative you'd like to support we can make sure your sponsorship is featured on related content for a one off payment of £50 plus VAT. All payments are made through a secure web site. |
April 6, 2022