Dove Holes residents are looking forward to more community gatherings now that their village hall has had a makeover. Thanks to a major grant from Tarmac’s national Landfill Communities Fund,* the hall has been redecorated, new sofas and coffee tables have been installed and the kitchen and toilets have had a revamp.
Small projects can lead to big changes in nature in the Peak District National Park. Thanks to a day of hard work by a group of volunteers to relocate a gateway on Stanage Edge, the biodiversity of the area will get a significant boost.
On Sunday 9 February Tarmac Tunstead’s rail sidings manager John Fotherby experienced his ’15 minutes of fame’ when he saw himself on the TV screen.
As the UK celebrates the 13th National Apprenticeship Week (3-7 February), Tarmac’s apprentices past and present reflect on their own experiences and reveal the company is launching eight new apprenticeships at the company’s Tunstead site near Buxton.
Buxton and High Peak Golf Club is looking forward to welcoming more people to come and try golf all year round, thanks to a major grant from Tarmac’s national Landfill Communities Fund.*
This weekend at Tarmac’s Tunstead site, a hard-working, former member of the quarrying team came back to visit. But this former worker was a bright yellow 23 tonne steam locomotive, known as the ‘Clockwork Lemon’ and, after being restored to all its former glory, it was given a VIP welcome!
A group of volunteers from Tarmac’s Lime business at Tunstead has shown how teamwork really can make a difference to a project reliant on community support. The team of 11 joined forces to spend a day at the Serpentine Community Farm in Buxton, giving some elbow grease and attention to much in need areas of this community facility in Serpentine Walks.
Tennis isn’t just for the summer for players in Buxton – state-of-the-art floodlights are now installed at Buxton Tennis Club, significantly extending the opportunities for games and coaching.
Children in the village of Tideswell are looking forward to using a newly revamped playground, now the Parish Council has been awarded a major grant.
In an innovative move for the UK cement industry, Tarmac is making a positive environmental step by installing a waste-derived fuel processing plant at its Tunstead cement works. The plant is producing ‘Specialised Fuel’ – a unique type of Solid Recovered Fuel (SRF) to be used in the cement manufacturing process.