A team from the BAA Process Solutions Department took time out from their normal work improving the passenger experience at Heathrow to volunteer for a day on March 27 at Harlington Hospice, near the airport, to help transform the hospice’s garden.
The seventeen-strong group worked with the organisation in advance of the day to plan and design the four planters, which are designed to be high enough to be tended from wheelchairs or chairs if required, and also are intended to fit in with the natural setting of the hospice gardens.
In addition to sawing, treating, assembling and filling the planters, the team were also able to complete a number of other odd jobs including mending models of a watermill, windmill and two bird tables.
Rob Williams, Process Leader, Airport Solutions who was a member of the group said “For the team it proved a great day out. We were able to create something useful for a very worthwhile cause and also had a great opportunity to build our team working skills. Thankfully the weather held out through the day and the final result was just what the staff at the hospice were hoping for.”
Harlington Hospice has been providing quality care, support and compassion to those within the community suffering with a non-curative and life-limiting illness. They provide hospice care at home through a small team of qualified nurses and healthcare assistants and also offers therapies and activities at the centre as well as bereavement counselling. The Hospice has a small number of dedicated staff but relies on donations and volunteers to keep it running.
The planters were constructed with much of the materials kindly donated by Travis Perkins in Hayes arranged by their Branch manager David Sheasby and a plaque arranged by Michael Green of BAA Heathrow Engineering.
