Clacton centre gets a spring clean

A hard working team of staff, volunteers and service user have given the Clacton centre a much needed and appreciated external spring (summer) clean.

The small but effective team was put together by Aura, a Senior Key Recovery Worker at Clacton to revamp the external appearance of the centre. The work included a garden renovation, painting walls, and a general clean and tidy up.

Open Road’s Central Services Director – Paul Hughes added his appreciation:

“Having visited Clacton yesterday during the clean-up, it was great to see the results of everybody involved – On behalf of the senior management team and everyone at Open Road, really well done and thank you to Aura, Terry, Shilaine, Kate & Adam.”

Some photos of the project can be seen below.

A small fire damaged area is repaired and re-painted.

Before & After

Before and after out the front of the premise.

Some of the team busy at work

Some more photos of after

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