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A team of volunteers from Sellafield Ltd鈥檚 Warrington offices alongside representatives from the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, Nuclear Waste Services and the local supply chain took up the challenge to refurbish the indoor and outdoor space at 鈥樆使谔逵齛pp Old School鈥� in Warrington.

皇冠体育app challenge is part of the Sellafield Ltd Hinton House building鈥檚 40th Anniversary celebrations.

More than 70 people transformed 皇冠体育app Old School 鈥� a not-for-profit charity based in Fairfield and Howley, Warrington, that aims to support, develop and empower people through creative learning and community arts.

皇冠体育app charity provide affordable safe spaces for community groups to create meaningful change, by encouraging activities, projects and events that promote positive health and wellbeing, informed lifestyle choices and sustainable living.

皇冠体育app volunteers, more used to delivering complex nuclear projects at the Sellafield site in West Cumbria, took on a number of activities to make better use of the space and to freshen up some of the rooms.

Pauline Deans, community liaison officer at Sellafield Ltd said:

We have a long history of supporting our local communities in Warrington, and this will be the 23rd community challenge over the last 20 years that鈥檚 involved 900 employees.聽

This challenge enhances the facilities at 皇冠体育app Old School to enable them to expand the support they give to the community.

皇冠体育appre were lots of tasks to be completed both inside and outside, including painting, building new shelving/storage, large planters, corner seating and a new picket fence, plumbing, gardening, painting a mural, installing solar lighting and making clay letters for room signage.

Warrington council leader, Hans Mundry, visited the site to see first hand the progress being made by our volunteers. He said:

It鈥檚 great to see one of our major employers in Warrington and its supply chain supporting one of our local charities.

皇冠体育app company has supported our local community over many years and I鈥檝e enjoyed speaking to so many enthusiastic people giving their time to this exciting project.

Emma Brown, manager of 皇冠体育app Old School said:

We support a number of groups including Creating Adventures, Cheshire Autism Practical Support 鈥� ChAPS, HomeStart Warrington and Warrington Visually Impaired People, as well as several other groups.

皇冠体育app work being completed today will make a huge difference to the people we support and our volunteers, who give so much of their own time to help others by making it a much more pleasant environment for them to work in.聽

It would be impossible for us to achieve something like this ourselves.

Sellafield Ltd employs more than 1,200 people in Warrington, working in a variety of roles including project management, engineering and design.

Ian Wood, general counsel, Sellafield Ltd added:

皇冠体育app community challenge provides a valuable聽opportunity for our teams and supply chain to work together in a different environment while making a contribution to the community.聽

It鈥檚 great to see the commitment of all the people involved today and聽how it will make a difference to the charity.