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The Doorsteppa<br />
25 CHARITY<br />
Blooming marvellous total for Sheffield charity thanks to<br />
generous residents<br />
Garden waste customers raise £23,700<br />
for the Lord Mayor’s Charity Fund.<br />
Generous, green-fingered Sheffielders have<br />
raised £23,700 for the Lord Mayor’s Charity Fund.<br />
Veolia in partnership with Sheffield City Council<br />
temporarily suspended garden waste collections<br />
at the end of 2020 to ensure that the essential<br />
black bin and recycling collections could<br />
continue throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.<br />
Green waste service customers were offered the<br />
chance to claim a refund for the equivalent value<br />
of the non-collections, or they could choose to<br />
donate it to charity.<br />
Over 4,200 big hearted Sheffielders donated<br />
their refund raising a total of £23,700, for the<br />
Lord Mayors Charity Fund which provides<br />
support to local charities each year. This year the<br />
chosen charities are: Sheffield Children’s<br />
Hospital, Weston Park Cancer Charity and<br />
Sheffield Sea Cadets.<br />
Steve Newman, General Manager for Veolia<br />
Sheffield, said: “We were delighted and<br />
overwhelmed by the generous response. Such a<br />
large total has been raised for the Lord Mayor’s<br />
Charity Fund, which supports some fantastic<br />
charities in the city. I’d like to thank all of those<br />
who contributed and helped support this<br />
amazing cause.”<br />
Councillor Tony Downing, The Lord Mayor of<br />
Sheffield, said: “I am humbled by this very<br />
generous donation from the people of Sheffield.<br />
As we all know charities have been hit particularly<br />
hard during the pandemic and this wonderful<br />
donation will be gratefully received by my<br />
chosen charities. Thank you so much to all of<br />
you that chose to donate.”<br />
Sheffield’s garden waste collection service is<br />
provided by Veolia in partnership with Sheffield<br />
City Council. The <strong>2021</strong> service is now underway,<br />
and for more information including how to sign<br />
up for the fortnightly collection service, visit:<br />
www.sheffield.gov.uk/waste<br />
For up-to-date information and service alerts<br />
about your recycling and waste collections, you<br />
can visit www.sheffield.gov.uk/waste or follow<br />
@Recycle4Shef on Twitter.<br />
Tel: 0114 4185359 • Mob: 07903 858276 • Email: thedoorsteppa@gmail.com • Web: www.thedoorsteppa.co.uk
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