We have enjoyed the company of Locks Heath School for the last two weeks and they have been wonderful guests of Avon Tyrrell. They have participated in a wide range of activities provided by the staff of Avon Tyrrell as well running their own self led activities. It is always good to see so many young people enjoying the outdoors and often indirectly learning from it, which we believe will support their life skills.
We, as in our charity UK Youth, are very fortunate to be a current B&Q charity partner. As a part of this relationship we have a number of departments from the Headquarters near Southampton undertaking corporate volunteer days, where we host a group by providing breakfast and lunch and allowing the group to undertake some of our adventurous activities all for free, in return for some very hard work on one of our many improvement projects. Last Friday we had a visit from the B&Q Marketing Team consisting of 30+ who undertook to work on two of our lodges to improve them for our visitors.
The team, supported by our maintenance staff, set to work at 9am splitting into 3 groups. One team dismantled the Avon Lodge large balcony, which was beginning to need many repairs, and completely rebuilt it and what a brilliant job they did.
The second group built four picnic benches to provide outside seating for the lodges, and again led by our very able Nigel they did a fantastic job completing the benches in plenty of time and then supporting other teams.
The second group built four picnic benches to provide outside seating for the lodges, and again led by our very able Nigel they did a fantastic job completing the benches in plenty of time and then supporting other teams.
Finally the largest team went into one of our older lodges and completely gave it an internal makeover. What a transformation, with freshly painted walls, replaced kitchen doors and draw fronts and providing a number of soft furnishings to make the lodge more homely. What a huge visual difference was made and in such a shorts space of time with hard work from all the team.
We and the people who visit us are very grateful for the fantastic work completed by the B&Q Marketing Team, thank you.
To find out more about Avon Tyrrell Outdoor Activity Centre and the many varied opportunities we offer please contact us on Tel; 01425 672347 or email info@ukyouth.org or view our website http://www.avontyrrell.org.uk/
Remember… experience – learn – develop
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