Last week, our largest UK Lend A Hand event of 2024 took place at Moat House Primary School in Coventry near our UK Head Office. 22 members of the UK Land Development & Permitting Group took part!
On a slightly drizzly day the team’s volunteering activities included creating a sensory garden with lavender and herbs, painting motivational messages around the gardens, planting, tidying and weeding the school gardens, and tidying the special needs area. The largest focus was the sustainable drainage systems (SUDS) area where the team not only needed to make the area safe but also wanted to improve the biodiversity of the whole area which resulted in the team creating a number of hibernicula using the natural resources to hand.
The team also identified some projects for future opportunities including making safe a viewing platform using specialist recycled material that will not rot and by adding a perspex screen around the edge so the children can use the platform safely. Finally, to create a pathway down to the pond area with disabled access and ultimately, building a bridge/platform over the pond so children can get close to the water and the pond life.
Well done to the whole team who worked so hard during the day: Adam Laybourne, Alex Heath, Alex Finn, Alison Wise, Andy Barton, Andy Moss, Andy Scott, Chris Booth, Emma Cheshire, Emma Pearman, Heather Mbali Maphosa, James Carling, Liam Neil, Matt Shorland, Pardip Shoker, Pete Williams, Phillipa O Leary, Rob Marsden, Rob Yates, Stephen Redwood, Tom Cox and Tony Thomas.
The school not only received a welcome overall tidy up but the SUDS area, now partially renovated and made safe, can begin to benefit the school and the local wildlife.
How to organise your Lend a Hand
To support you and your team in finding local opportunities for Lend a Hand activities, Cemex UK has partnered with Neighbourly, a volunteering platform to support you to deliver social impact. Once registered, the new online platform will assist you in searching for volunteering activities in your local areas.
Click this link HERE to open Neighbourly. You can find instructions to register with Neighbourly HERE
If you need any further support using Neighbourly or organising your Lend a Hand activity this year, please contact Chiedza Mupfumira, Cemex UK Social Impact Specialist.