CRASHmas Jumper Day 2021

Where there’s a will

CRASH Xmas jumper day went ahead with a Spanish twist this year. The Morrisroe Group has been a patron of the charity for six years now, supporting its mission to help homelessness charities and hospices with vital construction projects.

For the 2021 Christmas festivities, Maria from our accounts team showcased her exceptional cookery skills, preparing traditional Spanish paella on the premises in an outdoor kitchen. She was assisted by a keen team of paella apprentices from Head Office.

We invited representatives from Kairos Community Trust, a CRASH beneficiary, to join us for lunch and to speak to us about the great work they do, as well as about how CRASH supports them to create homes for people in need of a safe haven to recover from drug and alcohol addiction.

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And the bees

Social and environmental matters are two sides of the same coin, so it made sense to give a platform to Kairos beekeeper, Grace Madden, who has been inspired to take action to support both people and planet with therapeutic beekeeping initiatives. Kairos residents are taught the skills to keep bees and to produce honey and other products such as beeswax candles and bee bombs.

Grace spoke passionately about the intelligence and resilience of bees along with what humans can learn from them, their ability to collaborate and even their work ethic. Learning that it takes one bee an entire year to produce a quarter of a teaspoon of honey made it all the more special when we were invited to sample some of the honey currently being produced at Kairos apiaries across London.

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