Our responsibility to our local communities
Edenred encourages our employees to take part in events and initiatives that support and encourage bonds with local communities.
Volunteers from Edenred have taken part in a number of local environmental initiatives, with the aim of reclaiming neglected public areas and restoring them to improve conditions for wildlife and for the enjoyment of local communities. We have worked with Thames 21, an environmental charity that aims to transform neglected and littered waterways into areas that everyone can use, on a number of occasions.
Eden for All - December 2011
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Eden for All is a day when all the Edenred offices around the Globe host their own events to help their local communities. On Friday the 10th of December Edenred UK participated in Eden for All day through a collection for "The Young and Old". This involved all 243 employees.
Our own special Santa was available in our London office to receive donations of food/clothing for the St Margaret's centre and toys for the Bayswater project in North London. |
Our Chester office collected toys for the Cornel Clyd project in Wales.
The St Margaret's centre is located next door to our office in London. Last year the centre welcomed over 203 older people. Most of the older people who attend St Margaret's centre live alone and are on benefits. Over the year they have served 7,156 cooked lunches and 6,737 other refreshments.
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The Bayswater project supports vulnerable families with housing issues or who are on low income. They help and advise families in their local community to make sure their children are well cared for, healthy and happy.
The Cornel Clyd project provides a short breaks service for children and young people. They meet the short term care needs of young people aged between 9-19, whose needs cannot be met in a family environment. |
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Tree planting - Peckham, March 2011
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The tree planting yesterday at the Pelican Estate in Peckham was a great success, with 8 standard trees being planted in bitterly cold weather conditions. It was hard work as large pits were needed to accommodate the full size trees and digging the ground which had many obstacles including concrete, bricks and foundations of a previous house at one point was back breaking work!! |
In the afternoon the team were helped by some local school children and later a member of the Environment department at Southwark Council led a short ceremony at one of the trees joined by some local residents of the estate, our team and Tree for Cities.
The trees are a much needed environmental improvement to the appearance of the estate and will help attract more wildlife to the area.
Earth Guest Day, April 2010
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On a bright sunny morning under clear blue skies, a team of twelve volunteers met up with the charity Trees for Cities to work on a project at Rothersfield Primary School in Islington. The aim was to transform an area of the grounds into a multi-purpose edible playground and provide an outdoor classroom for the children to learn about growing their own food. It also gave the school the opportunity to build on its commitment to sustainability. |
The team split into smaller groups to perform a variety of tasks. Four volunteers were kitted out in protective suits and masks to prepare and paint the brick wall around the vegetable garden. The aim was to brighten and provide an attractive backdrop to the area. The rest of the team set to work digging and carting wheel barrow loads of compost to fill the raised vegetable beds. Once full, the soil was raked over and flattened ready for the children to plant carrots, peas and courgettes in the next few days.
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A smaller corner of the playground was set aside to make a sensory garden. Into this were planted Lavender, Rosemary and other scented shrubs which will provide an array of smells, textures and colours for the children to discover.
The school had already planted apple trees, raspberries, blackcurrants, strawberries and rhubarb round the edge of the play area and the team covered these borders with a thick layer of mulch to help retain moisture and prevent weeds growing. |
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The final tasks were to water all the plants and rake over the playground to remove larger stones and debris to make it a safe area for the children once again.
