JULY 2020 UPDATE 3
/This post concentrates on the ways that the charity is reducing its carbon footprint whilst still fundraising. Sale of produce from the charity’s 4 and a half allotments help reduce food miles for local customers in Rugby. Many thanks to Jan. Mike, Ros, Linda and all the helpers who make this possible.
Trustees Mike and Jan receive unwanted metal and material items for selling on to companies that recycle them. This activity produces very useful income for Extra Mile
Mike’s Volvo loaded up with Metal Items Ready for recycling
Many thanks to all of you who provided unwanted memory sticks. These are now on their way to Sierra Leone. If you still have memory sticks to donate we can still use them to help provide all our students with the ability to save their work .
Volunteers have been using spare material to create the sanitary kits for our female students and staff. Another batch was sent in the latest barrels to Siera Leone. Our grateful thanks to all the sewing volunteers for their time and expertise in providing these resources.
RECYCLE4CHARITY
The latest strategy to help raise funds and to encourage re-cycling is the recycling of printer ink cartridges. Recycle4Charity is a free, easy to use inkjet recycling programme. a simple way to help the environment whilst raising money for Extra Mile.
4 easy steps
use the link below to go to Extra Mile’s page on the Recycle4Charity website.
check that the used cartridges are on the list of acceptable makes/models
rgiter your details to receive envelopes
return your filled envelopes .
Extra Mile will be very grateful for the resulting donation received from Recycle4Charity.
https://www.recycle4charity.co.uk/Register/C98287
Trustees have been busy with a number of Zoom meetings planning for 2020-21. Using Zoom has significantly reduced the miles travelled by trustees to carry out their roles since lockdown started.
Our students in the Express class will be taking their National Primary School Examination this week. We send them all our best wishes and our hopes that they do themselves proud in these national tests and the gateway to their next stage of education
