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STAYING safe at work has paid a double bonus for employees of a company in Clare.
CRH-owned Clare-based com- pany Roadstone Provinces has an- nounced that its employees have raised €10,000 for the Midwest S1- mon Community during the first six months of its partnership with the homelessness charity.
Launched in July last year, the CRH Simon Safety Challenge is an all-island initiative designed to assist the Simon Communities of Ireland’s important work in tackling home- lessness.
For every accident-free quarter (three months) achieved at any Road- stone Provinces company location across the country, a sum of money was donated to the Midwest Simon Community. Company locations that achieve a full accident-free year will have the opportunity to donate an ad- ditional 25 per cent bonus payment on top of the four combined quar-
terly donations, to be awarded at the end of the year.
In the first six months of the CRH Simon Safety Challenge, CRH staff across Ireland raised a total of €328,/44 for the Simon Commu- UI AYA
The challenge is on track to meet its national objective of raising a to- tal of €1 million by the end of June this year.
Speaking at the announcement of the monies raised to date, Michael Keating, CRH Safety Challenge spokesperson said, “There has been a fantastic response to the safety chal- lenge from our staff in Clare, who have really gotten behind the drive to help raise money for the Simon Sreseaveeltvayi nam
According to Sarah Birchett of the Midwest Simon Community, “This CRH-led initiative is a great example of how the business world can link with a charity to help raise awareness and promote a better understanding of a complex social problem like homelessness.”