Stourton steelworkers donate £1000 to Leeds Hospice

20 Apr 2006

Staff at Corus Service Centre in Stourton donated £1000, awarded to them for an outstanding safety performance, to St Gemma’s Hospice in Leeds.  The charitable donation was given to the Wakefield Road Service Centre by the Corus management team in recognition of the business going more than 1000 days without an accident.   The site has subsequently passed three years without a lost time accident.

Staff were praised for their commitment to the ‘Step Back’ principle, which encourages people to place themselves in a position of safety at all times, as well as for their overall commitment to health and safety.

David Abbotts, General Manager, said: “Everyone has a real commitment to maintaining the highest health and safety standards at Stourton.  As a result, we’ve been able to establish a culture in which employees at all levels take daily responsibility for health and safety across the site and feel able to highlight any health and safety issue they feel is of concern. “

Commenting on the £1000 donation, Elizabeth Baxter from St Gemma’s Hospice said: “We’re delighted that staff at Corus Service Centre have chosen to support us. The £1000 donation will make a huge difference, enabling us to buy a syringe driver, a piece of equipment that administers small amounts of drugs to patients, helping to relieve pain and minimise discomfort.”

St Gemma’s Hospice looks after terminally ill patients at its Moortown site as well as providing community care and bereavement counselling services.  It deals with more than 1000 patients per year.