Green Week - Opening ceremony

Whittington Health’s Green Week was officially opened on Monday 12 March in the hospital’s atrium by chairman Joe Liddane and the Deputy Mayor of London Richard Barnes in a week long event aimed at raising awareness surrounding climate change. The chairman and the deputy mayor addressed staff, colleagues, visitors and local school children as well presenting a £620.00 cheque to charity WaterAid.

 

Following the opening speeches which focused on the need for all of us to reduce our carbon footprints, Richard Barnes then presented some of the local students with awards creating fantastic artwork based on the Green Week slogan ‘Change one small thing – one by one, ton by ton.’

 

The events and activities were to continue throughout the day, as the director of estates and facilities Phil Ient then raced Guy Dentith, assistant director of finance in a ‘Rollapaluza’ cycle competition cheered on by hundreds of spectators.

 

Students from St Jospehs school performed three wonderful ‘green’ songs including ‘A beautiful world’, before in the afternoon we welcomed the Rowen Arts Project and students from Hargrave Park who used recycled materials to create wall hangings.