Going Green with Carillion Enterprise Ltd

Friday, June 14th 2013

When staff from Carillion Enterprise offered to volunteer for a day at the nature reserve, decorating the workshop wasn't what they had in mind! However, the building that their company constructed for Foxglove back in 2008 (ish)! was in need of a new lick of paint.

Before

It was decided to make the building match the others and so green was the chosen colour.

Painting

The first coat was applied in the morning by half of the team.

Carillion

The paint was applied carefully around the doors and windows.

Workshop Makeover

Luckily, the forecast rain held off.

Decorating

Painting the workshop

The afternoon team took over after lunchtime and applied the second coat.

Racing Green

After several hours of hard work the workshop looked as good as new!

After

Our sincere thanks go to the Carillion colleagues who gave their time, to the company for providing the necessary funds and to Kevin Stewart for organising the day. Same time next year?!


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