Amazon Gateshead teams up with Hartlepool's Heugh Battery Museum
A tourist attraction has strengthened ties with a major distribution centre.
Hartlepool’s Heugh Battery Museum, on the Headland, has received welcome support from employees from Amazon’s Gateshead fulfilment centre.
Their efforts included assisting with the preservation of a BAE Rapier missile system, a piece of military hardware currently exposed to the elements and in need of specialist care.
The team brought both practical support and expertise to help maintain and document the rare artefact.
In a return visit, representatives from Heugh Battery Museum visited the fulfilment centre to educate employees about the museum's history and to raise funds to support its ongoing work.
The volunteering was led by the company’s Warriors at Amazon employee-led group, which connects and empowers Amazon’s military community and has local chapters all over the world.
Amazon site leader James Carter said, “Our teams at Amazon in Gateshead have really embraced the opportunity to support Heugh Battery Museum.
“From getting hands-on with the preservation of an extraordinary piece of military history to welcoming the museum into our site, it has been a brilliant partnership and one we hope to continue.”
Amazon launched its Military Programme in the UK in 2011, offering veterans the opportunity to pursue post-military careers in operations, engineering, logistics HR, cloud computing and more.
Amazon also supports employees who continue to serve with the UK military as members of the Armed Forces Reserve by ensuring that they will get up to two weeks of paid leave each year to attend training in addition to their annual leave.