Group medical’s community connections day June 2009

Here are some photos from our community connections day this year. The team went to a housing estate in Hampstead (apparently they do exist!) and helped in the wildlife conservation area. As the locals asked for the work to be done, they were delighted to see volunteers up there and came down for a chat and to say thanks. One even offered us some gravel, although none of us were sure quite what we’d do with it!

The team, late in the afternoon.

Our community partner Dave had 300 pots for us to plant. Needless to say, the ever enthusiastic team had them in the ground within a few hours and were on to the next challenge.

The team also worked on dead hedging onsite, which involves creating a woven hedge from dead wood and tree cuttings. The hedge discourages cars from parking too far up on the site. I’ll be honest, it’s quite scary watching our team take charge of a load of saws. Some of them even got a little trigger happy and took down a few trees – didn’t you Jonathan?!

Nitin, Becky, Pippa and Polly were also pretty pleased with the step they made.

And at the end of the day, those of us left standing did what we do best – hit the local pub for a well-earned drink and a sit down. Cheers!