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Business volunteers create science garden for primary school

Business volunteers create science garden for primary school

Volunteers at Give & Gain Day 2010

 

A tyre wormery, bug hotels and a sensory garden were all part of a science garden created for St Charles Primary School by Hull & Humber KC Cares members for Give & Gain Day 2010.

Give & Gain Day is the UK's largest day of action for employee volunteers, managed by Business in the Community (BITC).Members of Hull & Humber KC Cares, which is part of BITC’s volunteering programme, Cares, joined together to create a truly unique and educational garden for the school.

Businesses that donated the time of their employees as volunteers for the project included KC, C Spencer, Veolia, Yorkshire Bank and PricewaterhouseCoopers, with Veolia also donating vital funds for supplies to create the garden. Local suppliers including Travis Perkins and Tyremen also donated equipment and supplies.

Anna Millar, KC Community Relations Manager, was the team leader on the day. She said: “Give & Gain Day is a fantastic way for businesses to join together and work with a community partner to make a real and lasting difference. The school has a great green ethos and was instrumental in developing ideas and plans for the garden to ensure they met the needs of the children.

“I can’t thank the volunteers enough for their hard work – they all did a fantastic job and brought the plans for the garden to life.”

Hull & Humber KC Cares is a business led programme that engages employees in their communities through volunteering. Over the last two years, over 300 volunteers have taken part in the Hull & Humber KC Cares programme, resulting in 2298 hours of volunteering for 92 community groups.

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