Paul’s Place enhances the lives of physically, cognitive and sensory disabled adults. Through providing social activities, the charity helps individuals to develop new skills and enjoy new experiences, all whilst reducing isolation.
Upon installation of its new panels, Apetito turned its focus to responsible decommissioning of the previous panels to ensure they did not end up in landfill, looking for a solution aligned with its broader commitment to sustainable leadership and social responsibility.
The businesses arranged donation of the 159 panels to Paul’s Place, as well as providing a full installation service, supporting its expansion to a brand-new ‘Hub’ in Yate.
Lynda Williams, chief executive of Paul’s Place, said: “Moving to Paul’s Place Hub means we have more space and can increase our membership – and with over one hundred solar panels going on the roof, we’ll have more money to spend on the members, rather than building facilities.
“Prior to this, we were looking at electricity bills of £1,200 - £1,500 per month. When you put that across a year, that is a phenomenal amount of money we need to raise to just get us through the year.
“Having Apetito and SolarSense come along and say that we can not only put panels on the roof, but provide the scaffolding, inverters and fire kill switches too - and make it all happen - has an extraordinary impact for us as a very small charity.”
Watch the full video around the donation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVi7riel6Ek.