Tarmac volunteers have celebrated reaching an impressive volunteering milestone by carrying out some dry-stone walling at North Lees Campsite on the Peak District National Park’s Stanage-North Lees Estate. Since 2015 employees at the company’s Tunstead site have completed 4000 hours of volunteering in the area, with work ranging from Peak District National Park conservation, to supporting local schools by running CV writing workshops.
More than half of these hours have been assigned to the Peak District National Park Conservation Volunteers (PPCV), with which the company has a long-standing partnership which also covers the costs of a volunteering coordinator. The partnership involves a day of volunteering activity every month for a different group of Tarmac employees who work on a project chosen by PPCV. The company celebrated the 4000-hour milestone at one of these projects – dry stone walling in the Hope Valley.
Pete Butterworth is Tarmac’s general manager for Stone and Powders and was one of the volunteers on the day. He said: “The whole Tarmac Tunstead team is very proud of its volunteering work – whether it be coaching school pupils on interview technique, giving time to local sports teams or building dry stone walls – it is an important way in which we as a company can ‘give something back’ and make a practical contribution to the community.
“We are very pleased to reach this milestone today whilst carrying out one of our volunteering days with the National Park. These projects are hugely rewarding and demonstrate how well our teams work together outside, as well as back at the Tunstead site. A huge congratulations to all our employees who have given their time to make a difference in the local area.”
Adrian Barraclough, director of commercial development and engagement, Peak District National Park Authority, added: “We are proud to have a strong, pioneering partnership with Tarmac. And we are delighted that more than half of those 4000 hours have been Tarmac employees volunteering in the Peak District National Park working on activities such as rights of way repairs, conservation and habitat. Not only do Tarmac employees improve their sense of wellbeing through volunteering in the great outdoors, but their enthusiasm and skills help care and protect the UK’s original National Park for future generations. We are delighted to continue this valued partnership with Tarmac.”
Photo caption: Celebrating the milestone – left to right – Pete Butterworth, Tarmac Tunstead’s general manager, Stone and Powders; Jacquie Bowman, Tarmac’s operation systems manager; Sarah Wilks, Peak District National Park Authority head of engagement; Dave Cramp from the Peak District National Park’s volunteers office.