Crossgates WIN Recycling of the Year Project
Crossgates Shopping Centre was recently awarded the Recycling Project of the Year award at the Community and City Pride Awards 2009. Crossgates Shopping Centre was presented with the prestigious award on Friday 30th January by Paul Hudson from BBC Look North at the Civic Hall in Leeds.
Last October, Crossgates entered their ‘Green Awareness Campaign’, which included fun activities for the younger recycler and a fantastic £1,000 shopping prize for the ‘Message in a (PLASTIC) bottle’ competition. The Centre also held a ‘Go Green’ day, in partnership with Leeds Paper Recycling, which promoted the Centre’s new recycling facilities which were supported and enforced by the Centre’s tenants. The day also provided information to show how easy recycling can be, with clearly marked recycling areas that shoppers could use.
The Centre was up against strong competition, including St Chad’s Church in Headingley, but came up trumps on the night, winning the Recycling Project of the Year Award. The Centre was awarded £300 which will be donated to Martin’s House, the Centre’s 2009 charity of the year which cares for children and young people with progressive life limiting illnesses. All monies raised by the Centre throughout the year will be awarded to Martin’s House Children’s Hospice.
Stephen Seymour, Crossgates Centre Manager, commented “We were very pleased to win the Recycling Project of the Year Award as this is true recognition of everyone’s hard work, dedication and commitment to improving our recycling at the Centre and supporting the local business community, and residents who will drive this initiative to achieve continued benefits and savings.
“The diversity, scope and range of the entries in the Community & City Pride awards was really impressive and showed how committed the people of Leeds are to improving and developing sustainable ways to reduce waste and improve their communities. For me, there were no losers on the night, as everyone who took part in this year’s Community & City Pride Awards was a winner and improved Leeds and their community. I applaud and commend them and am proud to be part of this forward thinking and positive group. I would also like to recognise the essential part that the City Council takes in running these events to encourage and recognise initiatives like those taking part this year.”
From left to right; Kay Whittaker representing the prize sponsor Morley Waste Traders; Rosalie Scott, Centre Administrator of Crossgates Shopping Centre; Steve Seymour, Centre Manager of Crossgates Shopping Centre; Dave Coulthard, Assistant Centre Manager of Crossgates Shopping Centre; Martin Oldfield, Maintenance Engineer of Crossgates Shopping Centre; Counciller Chris Townsley; Paul Hudson, BBC Look North's TV Weatherman and BBC Climate Correspondent.
About Crossgates Shopping Centre
Crossgates Shopping Centre is a community retail shopping centre which focuses on the importance of sustainability and responsibility towards the environment. It was agreed that the retailers, shoppers and the community would benefit from education on recycling and waste management, which is why the ‘Go Green’ day was organised in partnership with Leeds Paper Recycling, to promote the Centre’s new recycling facilities. The main objective was to educate shoppers, tenants and the wider community about the importance of recycling and waste management. The project included several wheelie bins, which were positioned within Crossgates Shopping Centre to encourage shoppers to recycle instead of using normal rubbish bins.
The campaign was so successful, Crossgates Shopping Centre went on to replace the existing and obsolete recycling facilities with more efficient and user-friendly machines for the whole Centre.
Since the recycling review, Crossgates Shopping Centre has reduced its general waste skip collections by over 50%! This has radically reduced rubbish going to landfill, increasing the previous recycling levels and reducing Crossgates’ carbon footprint through less frequent waste collections.
Crossgates Shopping Centre has also actively sought to work with local businesses and has established a partnership with Leeds City Council and other multi-agency awareness groups to promote the importance of recycling and the ultimate benefits both to the organisations as well as, more importantly, the positive effect on the environment.
Crossgates Shopping Centre has extended its recycling initiative to include tenants in Arndale House, who are now also benefiting from the reduced landfill and increased recycling facilities at Crossgates Shopping Centre. The services include; bottle banks, clothing recycling, paper bank, shoes recycling, mobile phone recycling, battery disposal for tenants and many more.
For further information please contact:
Asha Bartler, PR Coordinator
Tel: 0161 817 5265
News
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Throughout June, Crossgates ran a competition with Radio Aire, giving one lucky winner the chance to win prizes up to the value of £500!
Brand new store Grainger Games has set up home at Crossgates Shopping Centre!
Staff at Crossgates store Bon Marche want to thank their customers for the support given as the staff tried to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support.
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Centre Manager Steve Seymour has just completed his fi rst ever Coast 2 Coast Challenge, cycling 131 miles
over a 3 day period from Workington, Cumbria to Tynemouth, Tyne and Wear. The route was cycled in order to
raise money for St Gemma’s Hospice, Leeds and the Tiny Lives Special Care Babies, Tyne and Wear.
Crossgates store O2 is opening it's doors to the public at 08.02am on Thursday 24th June
Thomas Cook's 6-month league tables show that the Crossgates branch is not only 1st in West Yorkshire, and top medium store in the company but they are also 1st in the company overall....
Bonus Days are taking place on Tuesday 22nd, Wednesday 23rd and Thursday 24th June 2010.
Maintenance Engineer, Martin Oldfield and Security Officer, Andy Camplin have completed their 10-year long service at Crossgates The Centre will be awarding them £100.00 for this and looking forward to 10-years or more working with Martin and Andy.
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Branch Manager Angela and Customer Service Manager Rachel have been in acting roles the past 18 months and have just been made permanent!
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Many items are half price so come in and pick up a bargain!!!
Crossgates Shopping Centre takes pride in supporting its local charities!
To celebrate the launch of Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland...
Raffle tickets were sold to shoppers throughout the day and from this Crossgates managed to raise £126 for their chosen charity, St Gemma's Hospice!
Crossgates will be welcoming new store Iceland to the Centre on Thursday 4th March. The store will opened officially by Major Cllr Judith Elliott and Mr Terry Elliott OBE.
There is currently up to 70% off on selected styles!
A highly skilled (and often very hot!) performer is inside Bjorn operating all the movements including the facial animations - blinking eyes, sniffing nose, opening mouth and also the live sounds from our custom built sound equiptment.
The keeper characters are dressed in an Inuit style outfit to compliment the arctic theme, and act as an intermediary between the audience and the Polar Bear, distributing interesting facts and related chat.
11 year old Rebecca Flynn of Templegate Rise is the winner of our Christmas Card Competition
Congratulations to our WINNER Rebecca Flynn, aged 11.
3 Day Event Tuesday 1st - Thursday 3rd December 2009
Bon Marche are having bonus days on Tuesday 3rd, Wednesday 4th and Thursday 5th November!
Bonmarche staff are raising money for the Tickled Pink Breast Cancer awareness day.
Friday 25th and Saturday 26th September, staff at Bon Marche entertained shoppers as they worked in their Pyjamas! Darren, store manager looked pleasing to the eye in his pink ensemble!
Cash Generator the local buy, sell and loan stores, celebrated the grand opening of its 99th UK store on the Station Road side of Crossgates Shopping Centre, Leeds, on Saturday 5th September 2009.
Fireman Sam makes another appearance at Crossgates Shopping Centre
Crossgates Centre Manager Steve Seymour has very kindly raised money for the Martin House Hospice.
Crossgates Shopping Centre hosted a fantastic FREE Easter Egg Hunt competition from 23rd March - 3rd April. All shoppers had to do was match the eggs around the Centre to the ones on the entry form.
Crossgates’ new store PC Friend is launching their opening with a fun and interactive Easter Egg Hunt with all monies raised going to Crossgates Community Centre. Children are encouraged to come to the store at the Centre and spot the Easter egg images hiding throughout the Centre.
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Crossgates Shopping Centre was recently awarded the Recycling Project of the Year award at the Community and City Pride Awards 2009. Crossgates Shopping Centre was presented with the prestigious award on Friday 30th January by Paul Hudson from BBC Look North at the Civic Hall in Leeds.
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Climbing On High!
Crossgates Shopping Centre is pleased to announce its security manager, Dave Coulthard has climbed Ben Nevis and raised over £240 for charity – during his honeymoon!
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Events
Saturday 5th June 10am - 4pm
BJORN THE POLAR BEAR BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!
Santa will be at Crossgates on Sunday 22nd November to officially open his Grotto!!
Enjoy Crossgates Shopping Centre this August with our jam-packed, fun-filled Saturday's across the summer holidays!
In celebration of World Environment Day, Crossgates Shopping Centre is holding a fantasic enviromental-themed workshop at the Centre on Saturday 6th June!
Crossgates Shopping Centre, East Leeds is celebrating St Georges Day on Thursday 23rd April. The team at Crossgates have organised some special entertainment for shoppers to help them celebrate the patron Saint of England.
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