Lafarge provides ?home' for trust

Staffordshire Wildlife Trust is now benefitting from lower overheads and closer links with 725 Lafarge now the aggregates company has opened up office space to the organisation. Lafarge Cement's Cauldon Works in the Moorlands is offering rent-free space in one of its office buildings on site so that the trust now has a second home to use as a base for outreach work in the community.

Youth projects officer Martin Evans and community horticulture officer Zanetta Jackson are able to extend their work by basing themselves at the Works' Earles Building, where a large office space has been provided for them.

Evans said, “This new office at Lafarge is a real benefit to our work in the Moorlands. Previously we were based outside of the district and spent a large amount of wasted time travelling to and from the area. Being sited in the heart of the Moorlands we can now spend more time working to benefit local wildlife, habitats and the people that live here, at the same time reducing our vehicle mileage.

“The new base also strengthens our partnership with Lafarge, enabling a higher degree of co-operative working, and promoting local biodiversity improvement schemes.”