UK and Ireland Teams Give Back To The Community

Pictured: Julie Mercer, Veronica Horsfall, Nicole Hewitson, Mark Swinden, Alexis Dibb, Sally Cooper, Vicky Griffiths and Dave Nield

The staff at the PPG Architectural Coatings site in Birstall, England are at it again! With a long tradition of community based work, our Birstall colleagues have been working hard again to give back to their West Yorkshire community.

In 2016, the team worked side-by-side with other volunteers from Birstall in Bloom, a local beautification organisation, to raise a new community Welcome sign and plant a colourful garden at its foot.

The sign, created with traditional Yorkshire stone, sits just steps from PPG’s office in Birstall. It was funded, in part, with support from a donation of approx. £2,500 from the PPG community engagement grant making program.  The donation also included PPG paints to brighten the surrounding structure.

More amazing work carried out by our colleagues in Bristall includes:

• Support of charity When you wish upon a Star through Charity Partner project
• Revitalisation of Batley train station through COLORFUL COMMUNITIES^TM
• Launch of chemistry education project with help from the National Space Academy through the community engagement grant

Employees from Birstall and other PPG Architectural Coatings sites in the United Kingdom and Ireland plan to complete several other community engagement projects this year. Examples of upcoming projects include the restoration of other community welcome signs, and renovations to classrooms and school playgrounds.