Cosy staff will join Big Help Out

An outdoor educational resources specialist is leading the way as a UK-wide volunteering initiative is launched to mark the coronation of King Charles.

Cosy will close during the week commencing 8 May so its staff can volunteer their services to help schools nearby to its headquarters in Tutbury, on the DerbyshireStaffordshire border.

This is part of The Big Help Out initiative to get people volunteering in their local communities following the coronation, which takes place at Westminster Abbey on Saturday 6 May.

Nick Walker, managing director at Cosy, which gives more than 10% of its profits to support grassroots projects at home and abroad, said: “Volunteering is important to us here at Cosy and we give our staff two paid days off every year to volunteer. This generates more than 2,000 hours in helping our communities.

“We’re suppliers of early years and nursery school products, so it felt right to give back to schools in the area. We have 100 members of staff who will be taking part in The Big Help Out, which we will split into groups of between six and eight.

“They will then go into schools in Derbyshire and Staffordshire to paint walls, dig gardens and to generally improve the school environment in any way that they can.”

Coronation Treat

The King’s Coronation provides two corporate social responsibility opportunities for businesses.

Organisations can support The Big Lunch, which takes place up and down the country on Sunday 7 May, by supporting local community gatherings and fundraising for charities by hosting workplace lunches.

Event kits, ideas and support are available at www.edenprojectcommunities. com

Starting on Monday 8 May, The Big Help Out is an initiative that encourages businesses to put their employees forward for volunteering initiatives.

For more information, visit www.thebighelpout.org.uk/ business

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