Thank you Vinci for volunteering at Willowbrook!

Our hospice gardens have been given an Autumnal makeover by staff from VINCI Building, Huyton Civils, Ayesa and A&B Engineering – all local sub-contractors working on the transformation of St Helens town centre.

Volunteers spent a day mowing lawns, pruning trees in our Japanese Gardens, and clearing away leaves on the grounds.

Many of the town centre construction team are locally based and have personal connections to the hospice.

Hannah Bailey, Social Value manager at VINCI Building, said: “Many of the people working on the town centre regeneration scheme come from St Helens. Being local means that, inevitably, some of us have relatives or friends whose lives were touched by Willowbrook. The support they provide for patients and their families in their most difficult days is incredibly valuable. There’s a gentleness to gardens that can give anyone struggling with very difficult issues some a place of respite and having the opportunity to volunteer our time to help maintain peaceful, beautiful gardens is a special honour.”

Alun Owen, Executive Corporate Director at Willowbrook, said: “We are very grateful to everyone who came and helped to tidy up our gardens. Our gardens are much enjoyed by our patients and their visitors and even in the winter months there is still a lot of work to do out there. We are always keen to welcome volunteers to the hospice or in our shops to support our colleagues, so please get in touch if you would like to help. It is always appreciated, thank you.”

Please get in touch if you work for an organisation that would like to donate some time to support our hospice too, we would love to here from you help@willowbrookhospice.org.uk