Lloyds Banking Group Volunteers do an Amazing Job!

On Thursday, 30 April, a large group of volunteers from the Lloyds Banking Group came to undertake several much-needed tasks at the Centre.

Over the Years, Lloyds Banking Group has provided several hardworking volunteer groups, and this latest team was no exception!

Several housekeeping and maintenance jobs needed attention, including clearing an access path and cleaning windows.

However, a major project was to clear an area at the side of the building. This area has become very overgrown over the years, and we needed to clear this space for a significant project we are about to undertake.

This major project is to resurface our garden path. Over the past 15 months, this has been a difficult issue with several contractors trying to lay a “hogging” path similar to the original one. However, despite numerous ideas and attempts, this was not a success.  The path will shortly be re-laid with a smooth tarmac finish, which will give full access to all our wheelchair users.

However, to keep costs as low as possible, we needed to find somewhere to put all the huge amount of hogging that will be replaced. This is how we will use the newly cleared area. Once the hogging has been put there, we can flatten it out so that the area can be used as an additional outdoor storage space.

Check out some of our before and after photos…

We would like to give a massive thanks to Jo Rapeer and her team, plus our amazing Steve Fitt, who came back to the Centre to oversee the day’s activities.

We will update you about the installation date for the new surface, plus there is even more exciting news to follow!