Helipads for Hospitals

Help build a new helipad for Leicestershire's hospitals!
Recycling aluminium cans to build a helipad

10 GoodGymers have supported Helipads for Hospitals with 10 tasks.


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Can can

Sunday 4th April 2021

Written by Huw Davies

Mel, Huw and Stu litter picked and deposited more aluminium cans towards the Helipads for Hospitals cause.

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Two beer can bonanza missions for the price of one!

Sunday 28th March 2021

Written by Leicester runner

A midweek mission and a Sunday mission yielded 3 full large bin bags of cans. Shame a load of other litter had to be ignored in the process, but maybe another time for that. The helipad hopper was full at Enderby so I let the hopper managers know.

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Antilitteration

Sunday 21st March 2021

Written by Leicester runner

Can searching on another industrial estate. Some cans collected still had beer in them. Can't understand why litter louts not only throw a can on the ground, but also waste half their ale?! 😁

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Beer Can Bonanza

Sunday 14th March 2021

Written by Leicester runner

Revisited Freemens Common Industrial Estate where discarded cans are common! 😁

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Jimmy Mitchinson

Back to base-ics

Sunday 7th March 2021

Written by Huw Davies

More great aluminium can collecting for Helipads for Hospitals as we chip away at the target of collecting 80 tonnes of aluminium to recycle and build the base for a helipad on the roof of Leicester Royal Infirmary.

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Metal detecting

Sunday 28th February 2021

Written by Huw Davies

We're out helping Helipads for Hospitals collecting aluminium cans with the ultimate aim being melting down 80 tonnes of aluminium to build the base for a helipad on the roof of Leicester Royal Infirmary.

Steve chose known litter hotspots to get maximum selection of aluminium drinks cans!. Although the environment was generally grim, especially on a big indudtrial estate, the rewards were worth it!

Lindsay and Tracey attacked the Slater St area we usually pick on group runs on the National Cycle Network.

Jen continuted her amazing work litter picking at The Peepul Centre vaccination centre.

Huw was asked by his sister to provide childcare for his nephew for an hour and took the opportunity to introduce him to litter picking, he loved it and even wrote a report for his Year 5 teacher!

Mel and Dave have been collecting cans locally along the Thurmaston footpath and deposited their goodies at their local Big Red Bin.

Stu collected cans around the Tesco car park near our meeting point for group runs in the city.

Great start guys and gals.

Just to further the guidance on this task going forwards.

I will post a weekly community mission for each Sunday.

Do a litter pick locally to your home (while we remain in lockdown) at any time during the week, sign up for the mission, share your pictures with Huw by the Sunday night either on Facebook, WhatsApp or via email who will compile a weekly report and publish.

If you do more than one pick feel free to log it as an additional good deed (click the red button on your GG page) but only do that if you have done more than one pick otherwise you'll end up with two good deeds for the same task.

If there is a Big Red Bin local to you, drop off your cans (Jen is keeping a tally of how much we collected so if you could let her know via Facebook or include in your message to Huw), if it is not local please hold on to the cans until we are allowed to travel for non-essential purposes or Huw will take them from you if you are volunteering on the vaccination centre missions.

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