Housebuilder’s Helping Hands for Merseyside Hospice

A contracts manager at North West-based housebuilder Wain Homes led a team of
volunteers to give the grounds of a Merseyside hospice a summer makeover.

Karl Richmond was joined by 11 Wain Homes colleagues who spent the day weeding,
mowing lawns, painting benches, washing pathways, picking vegetables and turning the
vegetable patch at Willowbrook Hospice in Prescot.

Karl also planted a rose bush in memory of his sister at the hospice which provides specialist
palliative care for the Knowsley community.

The day was part of Wain Homes’ ‘Helping Hands’ initiative, which will see more than 300
Wain employees volunteer a day to help out in their local community to mark the company’s
50th anniversay this year.

Ian Turnball, volunteer engagement manager at Willowbrook Hospice, said: “A massive
thank you to the Wain Homes team for their help and support, it certainly will make a
difference.

“The team were a fabulous group of volunteers who were well organised, hard-working, an
absolute delight to spend time with and who had a great work ethos of mutual respect and
trust. They would be most welcome back anytime.”

Wain Homes is currently building two, three, four and five-bedroom homes and one and two-
bedroom apartments at its Heathfields development in Lowton, ten miles from Willowbrook
Hospice and many of the Wain team are local to the area.

Wendy Dolan, Wain Homes sales office manager who helped organise the event, said: “The
whole day was a fantastic experience from start to finish; a great opportunity to engage as a
team and offer our help to a truly amazing place.

“We worked hard, supported each other and made a difference to a place that provides
round the clock care to patients and their families. Everybody who volunteered was humbled
by the experience and I am really proud to be a part of such an amazing team.”

Richard Chamberlain, managing director of Wain Homes North West, said: “Our role as a
responsible builder means we care about the communities we build in, and we’re proud that
everyone who works for us does too.

“This is a great example of our Helping Hands scheme making a real difference and we look
forward to getting involved in more community initiatives as we continue to celebrate our 50 th
anniversary.”

Wain Homes North West is now looking for more charities and community groups who would
benefit from Helping Hands. To request support, email helpinghands@wainhomes.co.uk or
for more information, visit wainhomes.co.uk/about/charities/.