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Jun 2020

Last Updated: 30/06/2020
Environment
Environment

Rudding Park volunteers pick up 400kg of rubbish

by Newsroom

| 30 Jun, 2020
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Over 40 members of furloughed staff from Rudding Park Hotel took park in a number of volunteering initiatives including a socially distanced 'Litter Pick Up Pop Up' for National Volunteers Week.

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Furloughed staff at Rudding Park Hotel in Harrogate have been supporting a number of volunteering initiatives during lockdown.

One of the initiatives was a "Litter Pick Up Pop Up" in order to help Harrogate look its best for when lockdown restrictions are eased further. In 320 hours, the team collected 400kg of rubbish and walked 1,600,000 steps, equating to 640 miles.



This comes as the public raised concern over huge amounts of litter being left in beauty spots across the district as hot weather arrived and lockdown restrictions were eased.

Peter Banks, managing director at Rudding Park said:

"Whilst they are unable to work for Rudding Park during this time, they can volunteer and many were keen to do their bit in the community. When the time comes for hotels to reopen it's going to be important for us to showcase our beautiful town to its absolute best, so we hope this will help in some small way."





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The volunteers also took part in another two initiatives including Hospitality Action, a service providing a helpline to retired hospitality workers, and Ripon Walled Garden, a charity which supports young children and adults with a learning disability.