Business match funding success for Kier Construction Eastern and Midlands and the Willderland Farm, Ely, Cambridgeshire.
Rachel Newell, Corporate Social Responsibility Manager, Kier Construction Eastern and Midlands and Kier Foundation Charity Champion, submitted a business match funding application to help out a new charity close to their main office.
The requirements
- Painting the Willderland Farm lodge (3 people)
- Building a raised bed and planting flowers (3 people)
- Reinforcing the bottom coop to make it fox proof (2 people)
Contribution from Kier Business
- £510.67 in materials for timber, paint, brushes, screws and topsoil
- 8 volunteers
Business match funding from the Kier Foundation
£255.34
Rachel said "It seemed a really good opportunity for us to help and make a big difference. It was a good opportunity for staff who do not normally work together to get together and it was something our Wellbeing Group wanted to organise."
