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MILESTONE DONATION WITH GREENVISION FUND
» MORLEY GLASS AND Glazing has made its 10th donation to local sustainable projects with its GreenVision Fund .
The integral blind company ’ s generous fund uses money generated by the CRUSH recycling scheme to benefit local communities and the environment . Each donation of up to £ 500 helps community groups or schools that wish to create green spaces or sustainable projects to bring their ideas into fruition . The 10th beneficiary is Flourishing Families Leeds , which works to combat food poverty / poor nutrition , supports family literacy and helps tackle the challenges faced by primary school-aged children living in deprivation through activitybased mentoring .
Richard Colbrook from Flourishing Families said : “ Thanks to the donation from Morley Glass , our online family cookery clubs have hit 100 % repeatability . In other words , every family taking part have gone on to repeating the recipes so that they have become a regular part of their family meals . This means that we really are changing the diets of families and , because the meals are affordable , now have a sustainable and reproducible way of overcoming food poverty . I ’ m normally pretty excited with our results (!) but this one has taken excitement levels through the roof . It is hugely significant .”
Flourishing Families joins previous recipients from the local area including Longroyde Primary School , Incredible Edible Kippax and CATCH Leeds .
The CRUSH scheme that facilitates the GreenVision fund is an initiative between Morley Glass and Saint-Gobain Glass , where post-consumer glass is brought back to the Morley factory and crushed into cullet . Saint-Gobain Glass then pays for the bags of cullet and recycles it , using it in the manufacture of new float glass . 100 % of this payment goes to the GreenVision fund . The process dramatically helps the environment , and since the scheme started I early 2020 it has saved 158,000kg of CO2 from entering the atmosphere and 450,000kg of virgin sand , and saved enough energy to power a home for 264 years *.
If you wish to apply for a GreenVision donation , please send your request to greenvision @ morley . co . uk * All figures correct at July 2021
KNOCK KNOCK Who has a joke to tell ?
» GM FUNDRAISING IS backing the 21-year anniversary for Window Widgets and specifically their forthcoming publication of the Little Pink Book of Jokes , which will be fuelled by submissions from across the industry and supported with sponsorship opportunities .
Everyone across the glazing and fenestration sectors will be encouraged to submit jokes for the Little Pink Book which can be done by emailing jokes @ windowwidgets . co . uk , visiting the landing page at www . windowwidgets . co . uk / widgetscomedy or via social media using the # WidgetsComedy hashtag . Money has already been pledged at https :// uk . virginmoneygiving . com / widgetcomedy to help the fundraising effort gain early traction .
The publication will be designed , printed and distributed by Window Widgets who will cover the entire cost , whilst the aim from a fundraising aspect is to raise a minimum of £ 21,000 to be split equally between GM Fundraising and We Mind & Kelly Matters . There will also be a separate children ’ s activity and joke book published which will be distributed to local schools and by request to other schools across the UK .
Gary Morton , chairman and founder of GM Fundraising commented : “ This is a wonderful , selfless and thoughtful gesture , not to mention a novel way in which to celebrate an important business anniversary . As one of the beneficiaries for this creative campaign , GM Fundraising will be fully supportive to help raise much needed funds for us , but also for John Hewitt and his We Mind & Kelly Matters charity , so please everyone give this your full support .”
Sarah Hitchings , sales and marketing director of Window Widgets added : “ We ’ re generating momentum by the week now with this campaign and publication . It was important for us to celebrate this business milestone , but in a way that gives back to others associated with this industry , so we ’ re reaching out to everyone to get involved and to support these great charities .”
For information on GM Fundraising visit www . gmfundraising . co . uk . For further information on Window Widgets please visit windowwidgets . co . uk or request a copy of the product catalogue at sales @ windowwidgets . co . uk or by calling 01452 345848 . Look out for the social media handle of # widgetscomedy and please be a part of it .
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