Children's charity benefits from local company's support A group of sixteen employees from AstraZeneca have chosen to help
the Children's Adventure Farm Trust as part of a Company team building
exercise.
A group of sixteen employees from AstraZeneca have chosen to
help the Children's Adventure Farm Trust as part of a Company team building
exercise.A group of sixteen employees from AstraZeneca have chosen to
help the Children's Adventure Farm Trust as part of a Company team building
exercise.Employees involved in tablets manufacturing at AstraZeneca's
Macclesfield Works decided on a community project which would benefit a local
charity. The team chose to work with the Children's Adventure Farm Trust which
provides holidays for disabled, handicapped or under privileged children from
the whole of the North-West region. The project included re-organising the go-cart track with
painted tyres and creating a viewing area with wheelchair access and benches.
Also the team created a path through a wooded area, identifying and labelling
trees and plants. Sand pits were installed to allow animal track identification
and footprint castings to take place. Pippa Watton, Fundraiser for the Adventure Farm Trust said, "We
feel truly honoured, and absolutely thrilled with the results. Our go-cart
track looks amazing and the kids will love the nature trail the team has
created. Many of the children we help rarely get a chance to enjoy the
countryside, some have never seen a real-live cow or sheep. Both the trail and
the new-improved cart track will bring hours of pleasure to hundreds of special
children. We would like to express our sincere thanks to all involved at
AstraZeneca for making it possible." Mike Davenport, Manager of the team said, "The project was
successfully completed in three days at the cost of aching backs and shoulders.
The team members had lots of fun and have long term memories to cherish,
everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves despite encountering some bad
weather." AstraZeneca would like to thank the local contractors and
suppliers* who have offered their support and donated materials towards the
team building exercises in aid of the Children's Adventure Farm Trust, Little
Bollington.Ends
