Amazon Filters clears a million leaves for social enterprise

By Tom Kilkelly

14 December 2023

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Team members at Surrey-based Amazon Filters helped a social enterprise clear more than a million leaves from its grounds.

Nine colleagues from the Surrey company spent a day outside Frimhurst Family House in Frimley Green equipped with rakes, spades, bags and gloves in their battle against the sea of leaves.

It followed a request from community interest company Frimhurst Enterprises which uses the Victorian building as a base to offer adults with learning disabilities a chance to develop life skills, independence and work experience.

Frimhurst House also supports families in crisis by offering respite from poverty, discrimination and social exclusion.

Its grounds extend to seven acres of park and woodland, hence the need to keep on top of a huge volume of leaf debris that can turn acidic if not removed from the grass.

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Amazon Filters’ involvement in the ‘Festive Frimhurst’ clean-up was brokered by the firm’s volunteering partner CMPP, the Community Matters Partnership Project.

It brought the number of CMPP volunteering days achieved by Amazon Filters’ Surrey staff to 55 this year, up from 47 in 2022.

Ruth Pappadakis, Head of People & Culture at Amazon Filters, said: “What better way to spend a cold and rainy day than clearing more than a million leaves from the grounds of a great charity with a great team of people, including from other businesses and organisations.

“We heard heartwarming stories of how Frimhurst House helps vulnerable families and knowing that we’ve contributed to that in some way really is amazing.

“We’re gradually ramping up the number of volunteering days we do each year and are already looking forward to 2024 and seeing where else we can help.

“Volunteering enables our local staff to give something back to the community and that supports wellbeing, workplace values and company culture.”

By Tom Kilkelly

Tom Kilkelly started working as a freelance journalist for The Business Magazine following his graduation from UCL in 2022.

During his studies Tom became very interested in the works of Irish authors including Samuel Beckett and Flann O'Brien (Brian O'Nolan).

His current role as a freelance business reporter is his first exposure to the world of business journalism. Working at TBM has given Tom the chance to really get to grips with the goings-on in the business hive that is the South East.