National Cares Day in Yorkshire & Humber

400 employee volunteers were out across Yorkshire & Humber on Friday 16th May to support environmental projects as part of Cares Day, a national initiative organised by Business in the Community that has mobilised over 4000 employee volunteers in 24 towns and cities all over the UK.
National Cares Day has Metro as its Media Partner and is supported by the Energy Saving Trust and Golley Slater. 

National Cares Day is a fantastic opportunity for employees to work together on projects that have a real impact on their local communities, while allowing them to work together as a team outside of the office 

In Yorkshire & Humber volunteers were from 24 companies and supported 25 projects in Bradford, Halifax, Grimsby, Hull, Leeds and Sheffield.

Companies got involved in a diverse range of environmental projects across the region. These included volunteers in Hull creating a community garden at the Hull Community Enterprise Centre. Volunteers in Sheffield gave Charlton Brook, a green space within the inner city, a spring clean including footpath and woodland clearance.  Volunteers in Bradford worked with regular gardening volunteers at Marie Curie Hospice to develop the garden area that is looked onto by  patients from their rooms. 

Participating businesses

Participating businesses were Yorkshire Bank, Wilkin Chapman Solicitors, Total, ConocoPhillips , TD Waterhouse, School Trends, Ringway, PriceWaterHouseCoopers, Premier Farnell, PKF Accountants, Marshalls, Leeds Metropolitan University, KCOM Group, Irwin Mitchell, Halifax Bank of Scotland, First Group, Emsley Solicitors, DLA Piper, Cattles Plc, Cadbury Trebor Bassett, Bupa Care Services, Bradford Community Housing Trust, Associated British Ports.
Highlights from - Cottingley Primary School, Leeds

Volunteers from TD Waterhouse and Yorkshire Bank worked together with children at Cottingley Primary School in Leeds. The volunteers planted fruit trees and a butterfly garden that are part of the outdoor classroom for the school. In addition they created a fantastic amphitheatre circled by trees that the children will use for reading and story telling.