Rolling up our sleeves and giving something back to the communities around us is something the Scrutton Bland team always enjoy. Through our volunteering initiative, every member of the team is given a paid day each year to support a local charity or community project.
So, last week, two groups of volunteers spent the day supporting St Helena Hospice in Colchester. One team headed to the Stanway donation centre where they helped sort through donated items and prepare them for sale in the hospice’s charity shops – an important source of funding for the care the hospice provides.
Another group visited the hospice grounds at Highwoods to lend a hand with painting to help create a more welcoming outdoor space for patients and visitors.
Earlier in the year, a team from our Ipswich, Bury and Norwich offices spent a day volunteering with Green & Glory in Diss, helping the team with practical work on their community growing project.
Steve and Andi from Green & Glory said:
“Thanks to the team from Scrutton Bland for coming and volunteering with us for the day. It has been a massive boost to our project, and we cannot believe how much you managed to achieve in one day! It really has made such a huge difference – thank you all so much.”
Later this month, another group of willing volunteers will be returning to Nature Based Farming in Essex to take part in a tree-planting day. Something that was a massive success last year. As well as supporting the work the farm is doing, the project also contributes towards reducing our own carbon footprint.
Volunteering days are always something the team look forward to – a chance to step away from the desk and the day-to-day and support organisations doing fantastic work across Suffolk, Essex and Norfolk.
If you know of a community project that could benefit from a helping hand, then we’d love to hear about it. Pop us an email hello@scruttonbland.co.uk or call us on 0330 058 6559 with the details.
Or find out more about our other community social responsibility projects here
