RELEASE DATE 23 November 2005
TITLE BUILDING WORK STARTS ON CAR COMPANY CLASSROOM PROJECT
 

Local regeneration charity, Groundwork Greater Nottingham has announced the start of the the main works to build an outdoor classroom at Highbank Primary School in Clifton. Funded by Toyota as part of the car company's european initiative, Schools for Sustainable Development, the first footings were excavated a few weeks ago, with the start of the structural works getting underway this week.

The pupils at the school have been involved in various ways throughout the design stages of the project. They have been finding out about culture in the new countries within the European Union and acting out Eastern European drama outside to see how much space they need for the outdoor classroom. Drama has taken place on a virtual stage with an audience of fellow pupils to help them work out the steps that will be needed for them to sit on whilst watching performances and taking part in outside classes.

Steve Parry, Headteacher of Highbank Primary School said, "Opportunities to work in partnership with businesses like Toyota enable us to provide something beyond what we can provide alone." Gary Harlock of Toyota added, "Its great to be involved with a project that will have such an impact on the school and it’s pupils"

Work at Highbank Primary is expected to take around 2 weeks to complete, and the pupils of Highbank Primary are looking forward to seeing their new classroom when it is finished.

For further information about this project contact Richard Chamberlain at Groundwork Greater Nottingham on 0115 978 8212.

 
 
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Background Information enclosed
Please note that all our projects involve people and communities and many have to be seen to be believed. They each have very different real life stories of transformation, they are very photogenic, and in order to continually improve our communities, we will be delighted to share more of these with you, including fielding interviews and making visits available to you

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

GGN has been established for 14 years

In a typical year we Groundwork Greater Nottingham works with communities to:-
· Develop and deliver at least 100 new projects
· Deliver over 4000 person days of youth activity
· Engage with over 200 local businesses
· Work in partnership with at least 80 schools
· Deliver 40 locally significant environmental improvement schemes
· Deliver 2 regionally significant conferences a year

We are currently working on 55 live projects

Nationally, Groundwork is one of the UK’s leading social and environmental partnership organisation’s, working with people, local authorities and businesses to promote economic and social regeneration by improving the local environment. Through it’s network of around 50 Independent Trust’s around the UK, from Tyneside to South Wales, Northern Ireland to Hackney, Groundwork uses the environment to improve their quality of life. Groundwork is an independent charity, which involves 60,000 adult volunteers and over 120,000 school children each year in local environmental projects. From small community schemes to major regional and national programmes, Groundwork’s local Trust’s work in partnership with local people, local authorities and businesses to promote sustainable developments in their local area.

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Notingham
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T: 0115 9788212
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