A community centre is looking ‘much brighter’ thanks to the kind-hearted efforts of our housing and repairs and maintenance colleagues.
Last month, alongside our partners at Esh Construction, we supported the opening of Houghton’s first Sunderland Foodbank at our Churchill Square Community Centre, in Fencehouses.
Following on from the opening, colleagues from our housing and repairs and maintenance teams volunteered to paint the community centre, giving it a new lease of life.
Using paint donated from contractors Bell Group, colleagues freshened up the centre with a new coat of a paint.
As well as hosting Sunderland Foodbank, the centre is also open to residents for bingo afternoons, coffee mornings and other social activities.
Local resident Jean Campbell runs a coffee morning every month at the centre and says the painting has made the room ‘much brighter’.
Jean said: “The centre is looking much brighter since the painting. A lot of local residents from nearby use the centre so improving the interior is beneficial to everyone and the ladies at our coffee mornings really appreciate it!”
Sandra Ward, Neighbourhood Operations Manager at Gentoo said: “Churchill Square Community Centre is a well-used community hub in Houghton. Our colleagues volunteered to paint the community centre to make it a welcoming place for residents in the area to enjoy. We are grateful to Bell Group for the donation to help improve the centre.”
Churchill Square Community Centre is open 10am – 3pm Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. The centre has free Wi-Fi for visitors and hosts monthly coffee mornings on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Sunderland Foodbank is open 10am – 1pm every Thursday.
