The Beacon

Business in the community 2012

Staff and volunteers from this year’s Business in the community Give and gain day were reunited this week at the BITC Gala dinner, hosted at the Centre for Life in Newcastle.

Give and Gain day – held on the 18^th May saw nearly 200 volunteers from across the North East gave up their time to work on a range of projects across the West End of Newcastle. Over 10 projects ran throughout the day including the refurbishment and re planting of six planters on the Westgate road, repainting of the garden at The Chatshop youth drop-in centre and the refurbishment of the Elswick Triangle Park. The teams of volunteers from a number of local companies worked tirelessly to revive and refurbish parks and community spaces throughout the Elswick, Wingrove and Scottswood.

The gala dinner recognised some of the regions best examples of Corporate Social Responsibility programmes that are addressing the regions social and environmental issues.

Read more about the awards and view a list of winners here