{"id":60935,"date":"2022-06-28T16:54:09","date_gmt":"2022-06-28T15:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sykescottages.co.uk\/blog\/?p=60935"},"modified":"2022-06-28T16:54:09","modified_gmt":"2022-06-28T15:54:09","slug":"sykes-volunteering-chester-zoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sykescottages.co.uk\/blog\/sykes-volunteering-chester-zoo\/","title":{"rendered":"Volunteering at Chester Zoo with Sykes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From our Sykes Holiday Cottages, Chester HQ, a huge number of our staff have spent their volunteering days helping the local community at Chester Zoo.<\/p>\n<p>Over 7 days, we had 140 volunteers in total from the Sykes Family. Our staff spent their day ensuring that the zoo animals had enough food for the winter period, resulting in a total of 28 barrels of feed. This amount will sustain the giraffes for at least 3 weeks over the winter!<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Find out more about our time volunteering with Chester Zoo below&#8230;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>Check out our video to see what our staff got up to during their time volunteering at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chesterzoo.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chester Zoo<\/a>&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" title=\"IMP.0222_ChesterZoo_Volunteering_main_16x9 Video\" src=\"https:\/\/fast.wistia.net\/embed\/iframe\/ijnnfv28jw?dnt=1#?secret=nSlWX6z4b0\" data-secret=\"nSlWX6z4b0\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the new technique we have used this year of stripping the bark and hand picking the leaves, a group would tend to make around 4 barrels per day so we can say around 28 barrels over the 7 days which would feed the giraffes for around 3 weeks!\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>Tanya Simpson &#8211; Individual Giving Specialist at Chester Zoo<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>What our Volunteers have to say<\/h2>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60961\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sykescottages.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Sykes-Chester-Zoo-Volunteering-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"Sykes Chester Zoo Volunteering\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><br \/>\nIt was great meeting people from other departments who I wouldn&#8217;t or haven&#8217;t met before and learning about how much work goes into feeding the 20k animals at the zoo!\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>Pete Edwards \u2013 Business Dev Manager<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were able to understand what&#8217;s involved behind the scenes of the zoo and the food preparation for the animals. I also feel like we have undoubtedly supported a huge project which will ultimately really help the team at the zoo.\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>Georgia Cole \u2013 Internal Comms and Engagement Partner<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe helped a great local charity and had fun with colleagues outdoors, doing something completely different to my day job.\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>Michael Graham \u2013 Chief Financial Officer<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sykescottages.co.uk\/blog\/category\/impact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Impact blogs<\/a> to see what else we&#8217;re up to. On our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sykescottages.co.uk\/about-us.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">About Us page<\/a>, you can also learn more about Sykes&#8217; commitment to making a positive social and environmental impact!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From our Sykes Holiday Cottages, Chester HQ, a huge number of our staff have spent their volunteering days helping the local community at Chester Zoo. Over 7 days, we had 140 volunteers in total from the Sykes Family. 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