At English Lakes Hotels Resorts & Venues, we take great pride in the chance to support our local community and help raise funds for projects which can make a difference.
So when we were approached by Beetham C of E Primary School to see whether we could help them with some of their development plans, we undertook a visit to see the head teacher and consider what we could do.
The result was a £3,500 donation from our Sam’s Club Charity to help the school complete the installation of a composting toilet and outbuilding alongside its sports field.
The addition of the outdoor composting toilet means that the school’s teachers can deliver a greater variety of lessons using the recreational field and for longer periods with minimal disruption when pupils need to go back into the main building to use the facilities.
The project has also involved environmental and educational themes with the school working with us to certify the composting toilet under the Toilet Twinning partnership between development charities Cord and Tearfund. The facility will be paired with a purpose-built latrine in a third world country to give an overseas community access to clean water and sanitation.
English Lakes Hotels joined forces with Toilet Twinning in 2014, with facilities across our hotels displaying certificates which bear photographs of their twinned latrines as far afield as Columbia, Cambodia and Nepal.
"As a small school on the edge of Arnside and Silverdale Area of Outstanding National Beauty, we nurture a friendly and caring environment and we’re constantly looking for ways to improve our grounds and facilities for our students. We’re very grateful to English Lakes Hotels for getting involved in the project and making such a significant donation. The Toilet Twinning idea has also provided a strong, caring educational theme on overseas development and sanitation for the students to consider."
Abi Johnson - Head Teacher at Beetham C of E Primary School
The Sam’s Club Charity, which supports local charities and good causes, has also been instrumental in breathing new life into a local children's playpark. A £20,000 donation was made to the redevelopment of the Queen’s Park play area in Windermere which helped fund the installation of its popular bike ‘pump’ track.
The hotel group also supports environmental projects and community initiatives such as the work to provide wheelchair access at Castlehead Tarn.
Lancaster House Hotel has struck up a new business partnership with a social enterprise which helps people who are homeless get back into employment.
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