Corporate Social Responsibility

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is, in a nutshell, Playdale taking responsibility for our effect on environmental and social well-being. It’s all about ‘giving something back’ and promoting positive social and environmental change.

Our work in this area has two main focal points:

Ongoing environmental improvements
Playdale is committed to minimising the negative impact that its business has on the natural environment. In order to do this we has an Environmental Management System which is compliant with ISO14001 and includes consideration of the activities of both our supply chain and our subcontractors, ensuring we use sustainable FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) approved sources of timbers and minimising, as much as possible, the production of waste and use of fuels.

Demonstrating support for our community –
Playdale is committed to providing volunteer support to the local community. Playdale supports local causes and initiatives through voluntary efforts of staff. We believe we serve our community better by providing skills and support from our team.
Each year Playdale staff members nominate good causes to support for the following year. These are then put to a company-wide staff vote and the top three choices then become our chosen good causes for the rest of the following year.

The good causes that we’re supporting throughout 2019 are:

*St Mary’s Hospice, provides specialised supportive and palliative care for people with life-limiting conditions throughout South Cumbria.

*Ulverston Mind, for better mental health – Ulverston Mind supports people concerned about their mental health and works to promote & enhance mental well-being.

*Furness Young Carers – a charity which supports young people (5-18 years old) who care for someone at home who is ill, disabled or frail (including mental illness and alcohol or drug abuse).

We’re looking forward to lots of fun and successful fundraising throughout the year, so watch this space for coverage of these!

The good causes that we also supported throughout 2017 & 18 included – Jack’s Journey, North West Air Ambulance and The Bendrigg Trust.

Have a read through some of our website news stories about the fundraising events we’ve held and taken part in the past, to support and raise funds for these extremely worthy causes: