It is great to be able to share some kindness and humility from the Willington quarry team from the Midlands in our first edition of the New Year.William Newton and his team have very kindly offered to donate their £50 Continuous Improvement Regional Best Idea prize to South Derbyshire Food Bank.

Thanks again to the team for this kind gesture and for being truly best for their local community!

The idea which won them the prize was to modify an old base plate from a redundant pump to fit the sand pump base.  The current base had little or no adjustment in the securing holes making it difficult to remove and refit pipe work as the holes did not line up correctly.  The new base meant the mounting bolt holes could be slotted so the pump can be moved to line up the pipe work bolt holes.  This has made maintenance of the pump faster and safer.