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York’s Monkbar hotel shows it is all heart!
Tuning Into Charity!
The Monkbar Hotel’s Nikki Brannen with some of the TVs donated to the British Heart Foundation. Picture by Malcolm Rouse
A YORK hotel has proved it is all heart with its latest charity donation, which also strengthens its core green strategy and enhances its guest experience.
For the Best Western Monkbar Hotel has donated 12 television sets to the British Heart Foundation following their replacement by new plasma screens in its guest bedrooms as part of its continuous quest to improve and upgrade the venue across its entire estate.
As the hotel, recently awarded the bronze award in Green Tourism, has adopted a strong green strategy as part of its underlying Corporate Social Responsibility programme it has found donating goods to be a very beneficial form of recycling.
“As part of our green policy, we aim to recycle as many unwanted items during hotel refurbishments as possible – especially electrical goods which are still in very good condition.” said Hotel Director, June Nelsey.
“Our latest refurbishment of guestrooms has left us with 12 working televisions sets on our hands as we no longer had use for them at the hotel. We will continue to donate any goods that we can – as long as they are still in a good working condition.”
Speaking of choosing the British Heart Foundation as the charity to support, June added: “Heart disease is one of the UK’s biggest killers, meaning many staff members have been affected by the disease in some way.
“We truly believe we are supporting a fantastic cause and urge other businesses to follow suit when they find themselves needing to dispose of unwanted items.”
Following the donation, Jillian Powell from the British Heart Foundation, said: “We are very grateful to the Monkbar Hotel for their generosity, which means that the foundation can continue to raise funds to carry on their valuable work.
“Many people may not be aware of the service that we are providing and as such, throw unwanted items away, which could be donated to the BHF store and therefore recycled for reuse.”
Jillian added: "TV's sold within a short period of time of being put on display".