About Us Our Doors Our Service News Sales Tools Customer Services Get a Quote Trade Login Not in the Trade? News Celebrating Earth Day 2021 Celebrating Earth Day 2021 23 April 2021 - Hannah Meakin As part of the Masonite group, we are making a global effort to celebrate Earth Day across our UK sites. With the COVID-19 pandemic changing the world as we know it, it is important, now more than ever, to remember that our actions have a huge impact on our environment. As a door manufacturer we want to make sure that our impact on the earth is consistently positive and this year we are hoping to continue to think in a more sustainable way and make a positive impact, not only through our manufacturing processes but including our impact on the local community. That’s why this year we have put our money where our mouth is, using funds of £3,600 that have been awarded by our US Masonie parents we have embarked on a community project in association with a local Huthwaite primary school. So what have we been up to? Working with All Saints RC Primary School today our guys, eight members of the Door-stop staff to be precise, have been hard at work, converting the year 2 playground area into a wonderous sensory garden! Spending the entire day renovating the area, to ensure that our guys have been put to good use, the children and teachers have personally designed and curated the sensory garden to include specific features that contribute to aiding the sensory needs of their children. Shantay Baugh, Health and Safety Manager at Door-Stop has put a lot of time and effort into the organisation of this garden and ensuring the funds were put to good use: “It has been a fantastic opportunity for us as a local manufacturer to help out in the community. Being able to give back and supplying All Saints RC Primary with the means to create a new sensory garden to aid children with their learning and understanding of the environment is a great achievement and brings a real sense of pride.” As well as extending Earth Day plans out into the wider community, we have also been focussing on internal activities. With a poster competition going on across the Masonite UK sites, we have had lots of fabulous entries of staff children’s artwork detailing what earth day means to them. With the winner receiving a pack of seeds to grow their own plants and make their own positive change to the environment, at Door-Stop we have really adopted the sentiment of Earth Day wholeheartedly. Adding to this, we have also been focussing on how the environment can have a positive impact on our mental health. In our current social climate, wellbeing is more important than ever, and with proven benefits of being outside in nature, we are creating an area on site for all employees to reflect, enjoy some quiet time or have any difficult conversations that they wouldn’t feel comfortable having an their everyday working environment. The Door Fire Doorsets Get a Quote Sales Tools Site Map About us News Our Service Customer Services Contact Us Company Policies Terms & Conditions © Door-Stop International Limited