Pictured above: Patrick Duffy and Tony Wilmot
Nottingham based Frontline Recruitment is leading the way in
supporting a community garden project in Bulwell and hopes other
local firms will follow suit.
Frontline has donated £250 to the Bulwell Hall Community
Allotments as the firm was keen to support the project as the
chairman, Patrick Duffy, is a long-running temp with the agency as
a forklift truck driver.
The allotment has been transformed since Patrick took over the
project 18 months ago. Prior to this, the gardens were left to rack
and ruin, and it was in a state of disrepair.
Patrick says: "I live just around the corner from the gardens
and I was starting to get more concerned about how they were being
looked after, or not, as the case may be. When I took over there
was a lot of work to be done. We had a lot of help from local
residents and also the probation service. Now the area is no longer
overgrown and we have started to plant flowers and vegetables. We
have a greenhouse, a garden shop, a children's area and a disabled
area.
"We run solely on funding from local businesses and grants from
the local authorities, so any help we receive is always really
appreciated. My next goal is to concrete all the paths throughout
the allotment to make it easier to get round for disabled users. I
am really grateful that Frontline is supporting us, hopefully they
will be an example to others to help us too."
Tony Wilmot, partner at Frontline said: "We are always looking
for local projects or charities that we can support. The community
allotments seemed like the ideal project as Patrick has been
employed on a regular basis with us for the past couple of years,
and we are always happy to support our staff and temps in anyway we
can. We hope they can put the money and equipment to good use."
Frontline provides both temporary and permanent recruitment
solutions to a variety of industries, including the public sector,
manufacturing and production, warehouse and distribution, domestic
services and packaging. The Midlands firm has offices across the
region in Nottingham, Derby, Leicester, Mansfield and Bradford. It
also has staff based on site at client offices.