15.05.2017

Lavendon raises £47,000 for Savannah Project

UK-based rental company Lavendon group has completed its two year charity project - the Savannah Project - helping raise more than £47,000 for the Zoological Society of London.

The occasion was marked with an event held at Whipsnade Zoo in Bedfordshire, together with the official handover of the hand-painted giraffe boom lift, which has spent the last two years in Nationwide Platforms’ fleet, raising awareness and funds for ZSL throughout the UK.
All the rental proceeds have been donated to the charity. The boom lift will now be permanently located at London Zoo to carry out various site and building maintenance tasks.
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The machine handover at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo in Bedfordshire - (L-R) Rowena Fisher, Sandra Crewe and Jayne Heason of ZSL with Adam Rochelle of Lavendon Group, Mark Keily of Nationwide Platforms and Colin Waterfield of Nationwide Platforms (in the platform)

Adam Rochelle, Lavendon financial controller said: “We chose ZSL because of its strong reputation for conservation, research and education and because they also manage a number of facilities including Whipsnade, from where the original inspiration came. Rather than simply donating a new machine and painting it, we decided to undertake a more ambitious route beginning with a competition between Nationwide Platforms’ apprentice engineers to completely refurbish two end-of-life electric Genie boom lifts, originally earmarked for disposal. With guidance and support from suppliers Genie, Pirtek and Platinum Batteries.
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Sandra Crewe, head of corporate partnerships at Zoological Society of London said: “We are extremely grateful to Lavendon Group for kindly donating this giraffe-inspired piece of machinery. The Zoological Society is involved in conservation projects in more than 50 countries globally, while also running two world-leading zoos in Whipsnade and London Zoo and successful partnerships such as this go a long way to enabling us to continue its mission to promote and achieve the worldwide conservation of animals and their habitats.”
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Apprentice engineers completely refurbish the electric Genie boom lift