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Fawley Refinery - Fawley Refinery takes on Day of Caring

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Fawley Refinery employees have been participating in voluntary projects for designated charities and organisations in the local community.

 

This volunteer work was part of the ‘Day of Caring’ scheme, where employees are given a day off from their normal work to carry out community projects.

 

Four days in total were held, each with a separate project being completed. Forty three employees from Fawley Refinery took part overall.

 

Vitalise Netley Waterside House, Netley Abbey was the first project.

 

This is a holiday centre for disabled individuals and their carers.

 

The team created a memorial garden and gave a new lease of life to a pond area through two water features.

 

A crowded store room was also transformed into a hairdressing salon where guests could be pampered by the weekly visiting hairdresser.

 

A second team worked at Copthorne Gardens, Fawley.

 

This area of land is used by Romsey and Waterside Day Services and provides a centre where individuals with learning difficulties can spend time maintaining the gardens and growing produce.

 

The project involved creating a gazebo area, two overgrown island areas were cleared and woodchip was laid and a ‘Millennium Garden’ was cleared, and is to be left fallow until next year.

 

At Hardley School and Sixth Form, Holbury, a team of employees made a science garden on an overgrown patch of land adjoining the school’s science block.

 

The school aims to use this area as an outdoor classroom to enhance the study of science by providing a natural resource for the pupils.

 

The final project was at St Lukes School, Sway, where a model railway was refurbished by members of the Refinery’s Electrical Department.

 

The team leader for this project, Tony Owen, is also on the board of governors at St Lukes School.

 

The team finished their day with a presentation to the pupils about how solar panels and wind turbines work. Year 6 pupils were also taught how to operate and maintain the model railway.

 

Michelle Wilding of Vitalise Netley Waterside House said, “I can’t begin to tell you how grateful all the staff are at the centre and not forgetting all the guests that have

 

since benefited from the two areas revamped in the project. I hope the team is proud of their achievements – we certainly are!”

 

Gisela Muns, Fawley Refinery Community Affairs said, “Day of Caring is such a good initiative as it allows our employees to contribute to projects that benefit the community.

 

The organisations we worked with don’t always have the resources to carry out work of this kind so it was fantastic that our employees could make a difference.

 

These projects also allow for different teams of employees to work together. Feedback from many of the volunteers showed that the experience has encouraged them to do more volunteer work in the future, which is great news.”

 

This is the third year that local community organisations have benefited from projects being completed through the hard work of Esso and ExxonMobil Chemical Employees from Fawley Refinery.

 

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