Give & Gain day, part of the charity BITC (Business in the Community), happens once a year, and is a day for businesses to get out of the office and into the community to help out in deprived schools, housing estates and many other sites across the UK. 

This year is ipm’s 4th year of taking part and we were assigned a garden restoration task at Spa Green housing estate in Farringdon, London.  There was a mixture of tasks including grubbing up shrubs, cutting back and shaping trees and plants, digging, weeding and even a spot of painting, and not forgetting the best part of the day, pizza for lunch!  The whole of ipm got stuck into the tasks and did a fantastic job (as usual!), and the visit to the pub at the end of the day was truly deserved by all. Some comments from the residents of the estate were as follows:  

“I can't believe you managed to get through so much in only one day!” 

“It really is most appreciated by all of us at Spa Green” 

“It is great work you do and you deserve huge credit for the way you went about it - so little fuss, so much commitment and such great results”

By Phoebe Kibbey