SIEMENS TEAM HELPS TRANSFORM PLAY AREA FOR LOCAL CHILDREN’S HOME
A team from Siemens has helped Bodmin Road Children’s Centre, in the Middleton area of Leeds, transform a disused tennis court into a useful sports area.
Employees from Siemens Mechanical Drives, based at Stourton, had noticed the overgrown area on a previous visit to deliver Easter eggs to the children, and they offered to clear it up. The task took a full day’s work by the eight-strong volunteer team, comprising Richard Birkbeck, Julie Ferguson, Tom Hammond, Jane Hobson, Dave Howard, James Hughes, Gary Husband and Tony Sutcliffe.
Basketball hoops, basketballs, football nets and footballs were also donated by Siemens to complete the transformation, and in the words of the centre’s deputy manager, Toni Graham: “Your volunteers have done a brilliant job. The young people wanted to play on it straightaway.”
Siemens team leader Julie Ferguson said although it was hard work, everyone had found it very satisfying to produce such a good result for the centre and to know that the children would have a useful extended play area for the future.
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PHOTO-CAPTION: The Siemens team at the play area
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About Siemens Industry
Siemens Industry UK is one of the UK’s leading suppliers of innovative and environmentally friendly products and solutions for industrial customers. With end-to-end automation technology and industrial software, solid vertical-market expertise, and technology-based services, the Sector enhances its customers’ productivity, efficiency and flexibility. Part of Siemens UK’s workforce of nearly 13,000 employees, the Industry Sector comprises the Divisions Industry Automation, Drive Technologies, Metal Technologies and Industry Services. For more information visit www.siemens.co.uk/industry
About Siemens in the UK
Siemens was established in the United Kingdom 168 years ago and now employs around 16,000 people in the UK. Last year’s revenues were £4.1 billion.* As a leading global engineering and technology services company, Siemens provides innovative solutions to help tackle the world’s major challenges, across the key sectors of infrastructure and cities, energy, industry and healthcare. Siemens has offices and factories throughout the UK, with its headquarters in Frimley, Surrey. The company’s global headquarters is in Munich, Germany. For more information, visit www.siemens.co.uk
*Data includes intercompany revenue. Data may not be comparable with revenue reported in annual or interim reports.
