Recycled pallets bring festive cheer
Charity About with Friends is bringing festive cheer by upcycling wooden pallets from Ørsted’s Hornsea 3 Offshore Wind Farm into thoughtful gifts and decorations.
Workers from Ørsted wanted to ensure the many untreated wooden pallets arriving at the Hornsea 3 site in Oulton every day weren’t wasted. Cromer-based About With Friends, which works with young adults with learning disabilities, were on the hunt for raw timber for their woodworking sessions.
Now, both parties are happy as the pallets are transformed into hedgehog houses, bat boxes and Christmas decorations and sold to make money for About With Friends’ work.
“Hornsea 3 promised us as many pallets as we could break down but I don’t think we quite believed it until one afternoon a van with 50 pallets turned up!” said Elliot Large from About With Friends “We’re always looking to upcycle to keep costs down.”
Luke Bridgman, Managing Director, Hornsea 3, said: “One of our team found this great opportunity to recycle our old pallets and support About with Friends and we were all for it. We aim to be the world’s most sustainable wind farm and to support communities and this partnership does both.”
To buy one of the charity’s wooden creations, visit their shop in Garden Street, Cromer or visit their Facebook page to order.
For more information about Ørsted’s Hornsea 3 Offshore windfarm visit www.hornseaproject3.co.uk
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For more information, images or to arrange an interview please contact:
Sarah Brown
External Communications Lead, Hornsea Three at Ørsted
SARBR@orsted.com
+44 7443 154180
Notes to Editors:
About Ørsted
The Ørsted vision is a world that runs entirely on green energy. Ørsted develops, constructs and operates offshore and onshore wind farms, solar farms, energy storage facilities, and bioenergy plants, and provides energy products to its customers. Globally, Ørsted is the market leader in offshore wind and it is constructing the world’s biggest offshore wind farms off the UK’s East Coast. Ørsted is recognised on the CDP Climate Change A-List as a global leader on climate action and was the first energy company in the world to have its science-based net-zero emissions target validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). Headquartered in Denmark, Ørsted employs approx. 8,000 people, including over 1,100 in the UK. Visit orsted.co.uk hornseaproject3.co.uk
About About With Friends
About With Friends is a is a fun, active and energetic charity – based in Cromer, Norfolk, England. The charity offers children, young people and adults with learning disabilities the chance to lead the lives they choose. Visit aboutwithfriends.co.uk or follow them on Facebook,