Hull & Humber KC Cares volunteers

 Rundown facilities used by a youth project in East Hull have received the ‘changing rooms’ treatment, thanks to Hull & Humber KC Cares.

Volunteers from KC, Yorkshire Bank and PricewaterhouseCoopers, along with staff from Business in the Community (BITC), put rollers, paint brushes and emulsion to good use, transforming tired facilities used by the Maxlife Youth Project.

The project, based at Kingston Wesley Methodist Church on Holderness Road, aims to help young people reach their potential by providing out of school support. It started out with a drop-in for young people in the local area who had nothing to do and today over 30 young people now regularly attend the project. It offers after school activities, including music rehearsal and tuition sessions, a drop-in youth club, sporting activities, cooking and IT.

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Amanda Gibbs, Maxlife Youth Project Manager, said: “We depend on grants and donations for all our funding, and as hard as we try the money can’t always cover our wish list of projects. For a long time this has included the redecoration of the space the church provide us. The volunteers worked incredibly hard to transform five rooms, which will make such a difference to the young people’s environment.  I can’t thank them enough.”

Tessa Wray, Hull & Humber KC Cares Co-ordinator said: “Our Operations Team, which is made up of representatives from each of our business partners, wanted to take on acollaborative challenge to bring all the businesses together. When Amanda approached me it sounded like the perfect project for the partners. Eleven volunteers gave seventy seven hours to the challenge, which is a fantastic team effort.”

BITC and KC have recently announced a groundbreaking partnership between the communications provider and Cares, Business in the Community’s (BITC) national volunteering programme, to strengthen and develop their presence in the Hull & Humber region.

Kevin Walsh, KC Chief Executive, said: “I would like to thank all of the Hull & Humber KC Cares business partners who volunteered to take part in the Maxlife Youth Project challenge. The Cares programme offers businesses and their staff the chance to make a real difference to their local communities through a variety of volunteering opportunities. Our business has seen the rewards of being involved in the programme, and we want other businesses to do the same.”

To find out more about how to get involved in the Hull & Humber KC Cares programme please call Tessa Wray, Business and Community Co-ordinator on  (01482) 638610 or email:  tessa.wray@bitc.org.uk