Recently a team of volunteers from EMCOR Group (UK) used their expertise in managing grounds to revitalise the Seashell Trust in Cheadle Hulme, formerly known as Manchester Royal School for the Deaf. EMCOR's volunteers worked on one of the Seashell Trust's most important facilities, the 30-acre campus Sensory Garden, in preparation for Winter. EMCOR UK provides engineering services, facilities management, and sustainable business solutions for a diverse range of private and public sector organisations.
The EMCOR team quickly dug in and got their hands dirty, wasting no time in putting their skills to use to help maintain the Sensory Garden at Seashell Trust. With EMCOR's experience of providing facilities services and maintenance to buildings across the UK, including academies, schools, universities and further education facilities, this ensured the job was performed to the highest standard. With such large grounds at the Seashell Trust, the volunteers from EMCOR were welcomed with open arms as they provided a much needed service. The Trust is funded to provide education and care, but the extra activities and maintenance of the buildings and grounds are funded by donations. With half the students living on site full time, the landscaped grounds are an extremely important area for social and leisure activities, as well as for the support of educational and learning development.
The Seashell Trust is a charity that both supports and educates young people with severe learning disabilities combined with complex communication difficulties, including deafness and autism. The charity provides a school for pupils aged 2-18, a college for students over 19, as well as a residential unit for adults. Due to the Trust's excellent reputation, students are enrolled from all parts of the UK.
This project was part of EMCOR's ongoing support of charities and local community projects and commitment to provide help to organisations that improve the quality of peoples' lives. Notably, EMCOR's corporate-wide 'Taking KidSafety to the Street' ™ programme has helped recover 200 missing children since the Company established it 5+ years ago; the programme also promotes child safety. And throughout October, thousands of EMCOR employees at 100+ locations across the UK and U.S. helped to support Breast Cancer Awareness Month by donning EMCOR Pink Hard Hats as part of the Company's 'Protect Yourself. Be Breast Aware' campaign.
Richard Jeans, Environment Manager at EMCOR Facilities Services, commented: "We are very pleased to have been given the opportunity to volunteer at the Seashell Trust, particularly as EMCOR continues to help organisations where volunteering can really make a difference. We also want to thank other local companies, including Wolseley Build Centre and Gavin Jones Group, which also supplied equipment and volunteers for the project. We are proud that our work at the Trust will ensure that the students can continue using and enjoying the space."
Volunteer Co-ordinator, Debbie Gregory from the Seashell Trust, commented: "It was fantastic having the benefit of expertise from the EMCOR team and the variety of grounds maintenance work they performed with such excellence. The Sensory Garden incorporates vibrant colours and smells, which enhance the sensory experience for those students with special needs---they are a vital part of the educational timetable and after school activity. The time and effort by EMCOR is greatly appreciated; it would be our pleasure to have them back again soon."
For further information on EMCOR UK, please visit www.emcoruk.com or telephone 0845 600 2300.
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