We’ve had our challenges like many others this year but as 2021 comes to an end, we wanted to look back on some of our highlights and celebrate our achievements at Fun & Active Playgrounds. Read on as we reflect on 2021!
5 winning schools were made very happy
We gave away some awesome prizes and made 5 winning schools very happy, including Elson Infant School, Locks Heath Infant School, Southampton Hospital School, Perry Court E-ACT Academy and Marlpool Infant School.
In January, we launched a competition on our social pages to win a free Active Trail playground marking and after it’s popularity, decided to give another two away in March and April. Following that, we upped our prize and put two whopping Silver Sports Packages up for grabs in June and July to help schools start the next academic year with a £3,000 playground transformation.
We planted 50 trees
We contributed to planting a total of 50 trees with the help of Carbon Footprint to offset our carbon emissions. This has also helped to fund an important VCS approved project in Brazil to prevent deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest. The Amazon is the largest remaining rainforest in the world, known for its amazing biodiversity; containing at least 10% of all species – many of them endangered.
Our trees were planted here in the UK through Carbon Footprint’s tree planting programme and will contribute to protecting habitats and maintaining biodiversity. We will continue this initiative next year and schools are still able to get involved by applying for free trees to be planted at their site! You can register your interest with us for a fantastic hands-on, educational activity.
We won two awards
In September, we won not one but two awards in the Southern Enterprise Awards 2021 – for Leading Provider of Thermoplastic Playground Markings and Customer Service Excellence! We were over the moon to receive these awards after such a challenging year and to be recognised as an industry market leader and innovator for playground markings for schools and other sectors.
We wouldn’t have been able to do any of this without our amazing team, fabulous customers and followers so a huge thank you to you all. We hope to make many more achievements in 2022!