Pictured: Jason Duff, Beth Duffy, Wendy Duffy, James Duffy, Scott Thompson, Rachel Eaton, Jeff Bryant, Paul Healey, Charlotte Healey, Lauren Duff, Hayley Duff, Dave Dolman and Kate McGilvray.

Employees from the Kraft Foods site in Bournville have spent the day volunteering at Cramar Cat Rescue and Sanctuary in Hopwood, Birmingham, helping the staff to prepare for its annual open day on Sunday, 21st August.

Nine volunteers from the chocolate manufacturing site in Bournville, along with members of their families, spent the day painting the outside of buildings and weeding the garden area.

Lisa Dick, a designer from Kraft Foods who helped to organise the day, said: "This is the third year that we have volunteered at the sanctuary and there is always a fantastic atmosphere. Everyone at Kraft Foods is passionate about volunteering and it was great that we were able to bring our families along to enjoy the day and provide essential maintenance work to the buildings, allowing staff to concentrate on continuing to care for the cats."

The sanctuary provides relief to suffering, stray or abandoned cats throughout the West Midlands.

Carole Lowe, Chair Trustee at Cramar Cat Rescue and Sanctuary, said: "At the moment we have over 40 kittens and over 40 cats that need re-homing. We rely on the volunteering efforts from organisations such as Kraft Foods to provide maintenance work to the buildings so that all our income and resources can be directed at rescuing, rehabilitating and ultimately finding the cats new homes.

"The work carried out by the employees at Kraft Foods has helped us to get ready for our annual open day, which we're all really looking forward to." 

This community day comes as part of the Kraft Foods community programme, for more information please visit www.kraftfoodseurope.com.