Community Clean Up as part of Management School 20th anniversary
On Tuesday 25 October, staff and students from the Management School picked up their paint brushes and gardening gloves to take part in a volunteering day at Liverpool Festival Gardens as part of the School’s 20th anniversary celebrations.
With a number of fallen trees and large bushes in the area, throughout the day volunteers focussed their efforts on clearing back overgrowth, litter picking and tidying up the gardens. The team of attendees worked hard to remove graffiti and painted over by the team around the Japanese Garden, Chinese Garden, woodland walk staircase and woodland walk viewing platform to make the park enjoyable to future local visitors.
Originally created for the International Garden Festival in 1984 and later part of Pleasure Island attraction, Liverpool Festival Gardens re-opened in 2012 as Liverpool's newest public park which features Chinese and Japanese gardens, a Moon Wall, a children's play area, forest walk and waterways.
Commenting on the community clean-up day, one of our final year students Amy Davies (BSc Economics with a Year in Industry) said:
“Volunteering was a great opportunity to get to know students and staff from Management School, whilst making a positive contribution towards the local community.
“There are a range of different jobs you can get involved with from painting to sawing down trees, but all are very rewarding. Teas and quality streets were an added bonus too!”
The recent community clean-up is the second volunteering event which took place at Liverpool Festival Gardens. You can find out more about the clean-up day in August here.
Click here to find out more about the Management School's 20th anniversary celebrations.