Community

Charitable donations

We are always exploring new ways in which Lakeside can benefit the local community. Some of our recent initiatives include working with Panathlon Challenge to to support local disabled children in Thurrock through an investment of new sports equipment for Beacon Hill School in South Ockendon.
We also fund organisations with Lakeside Gift Cards and many local schools and charities for raffle prizes.

Corporate donations

Every year Lakeside donates money for Corporate Sponsorship to local schools, charities and groups for community activity. As part of 2009's corporate donations we donated to Essex Air Ambulance, Little Havens Hospice and the Thurrock Cycle Marathon.

2009 donations totalled £15,000.00

Click here to apply for a corporate donation, completing and attaching the below form.

Sponsorship

In 2009 Lakeside was proud to be lead sponsors in the Civic Awards along side Thurrock Council and Vertex.


Coin Collections

If you work for a local charity or would like to coin collect one Saturday at Lakeside then please email or write to us with the details of your charity and registration number. We will contact you to discuss dates and availability.

Recent collections include: St Lukes Hospice, SANDS Stillborn & Neonatal Death Charity, RNIB, RSPCA, Great Daffodil Appeal, Breast Cancer Campaign, The Animal Rescue Charity, Bone Cancer Trust, ABle Kidz Disabled Educational Fund, Thurrock Sea Cadets, Help for Heroes, Caring Hearts, Great Ormond Street, Banardo's and more.

Total collected so in 2010 - £3452.02

To hold a Coin Collection, please phone Julie Mellor on 01708 869933.

Thurrock Community Chest

Lakeside has been a trustee of Thurrock Community Chest for many years and plays an active role in deciding how the Mayor's charity raises and allocates funds to local projects and organisations. As well as providing free promotional space for local groups to sell raffle tickets to our shoppers we host the annual grand prize draw and Lakeside donates £750 Lakeside Gift Vouchers as a raffle prize.

Click here for more information on Thurrock Community Chest

St Luke's Hospice

Lakeside has also been a key corporate partner of St Luke's hospice in Basildon for many years and supports fund raising efforts by the team there. We also host the St Luke's tree of light in the centre every year at Christmas, so that shoppers can dedicate a light in memory of a loved one.  2010 saw the first 'Starlight and Stiletto Walk' at Lakeside which will be held again in January 2011

Awareness days

Another way of getting involved in charity events at Lakeside is free promotional space on the malls. If you feel that your charity needs to gain awareness in the community why not speak to us. We can offer a limited amount of free mall promotional space for charity events & promotions throughout the year.

2009 hosted charities such as Firefighters Charity Ladder Climb, Essex Air Ambulance and Fostering Roadshow.

Click here to apply

Singing at Christmas

Lakeside currently works with local schools and community groups and welcomes their members to carol sing and coin collect in Lakeside during December.

Click here to participate in Lakesides Christmas Carol singing this December

Waste management

Waste management materials include cardboard, metal, plastic, glass, waste electrical electronic equipment (WEEE) and other general waste.

The changes made to the WEEE legislation in 2007, where electrical retailers have to offer a solution to destroy any second hand goods has had a significant impact on the rise in waste at the centre. Another factor that has increased waste would be the amount of retailers changing their packaging from plastic to cardboard to become more eco-friendly.

Lakeside are proud to say that all of our waste produced on site is recycled and NONE is sent to Landfill sites.

Energy saving

The technical team at Lakeside are always looking at new initiatives to reduce the centre’s use of carbon to prevent environmental damage.

Technical Services is pleased to announce that for all their efforts, Lakeside has made a 16% saving on last year in energy consumption. Gas usage is down considerably – Jan-Dec ‘07: 2,877,663 KWh compared to Jan-Dec ‘06: 5,330,826 KWh and electricity wasn’t far behind with Jan-Dec 07 reporting 12,922,926 KWh compared to Jan-Dec 06 15,260,262. Electiricity so far in 2008 is down another -18.1% on the previous year, and waste recycling is up an astounding +13.4%

If your store is running a successful CR (Corporate Responsibility) initiative, let us know so we can all work towards improving our community and environment.

Contact the marketing team on 01708 869933.

Lift share

Lakeside lift share is open to all Lakeside employees and it’s simple to use. Just click on “Getting to Lakeside” and enter a few details – we’ll then pair you up with drivers in your area who travel to and from Lakeside at the same times as you. It’s a great way to cut travel costs, do your bit for the environment and also get to meet some new people.

Click here for more information about Lift share

Useful Local Links

Thurrock Council
www.thurrock.gov.uk

Thurrock Community Information portal
www.thurrock-community.org.uk

Online digital maps and aerial photos of Thurrock
www.maps.thurrock.gov.uk