A Darwen Highways contractor donated Christmas presents as well as their Multihog gritting services to help the Blackburn with Darwen community this winter.

The unprecedented extreme cold conditions have left a sheet of ice across several locations across the town, and with Christmas on the horizon and footfall high, extra winter maintenance assistance was provided to prevent slips and falls and keep shoppers safe.

Instead of gritting by hand, Multevo offered to operate a Multihog fitted with a rear mounted gritter attachment free of charge to get the task done in difficult to reach areas around Blackburn Cathedral, King Georges Hall, Blackburn College and Brown Street Car Park.

In addition, Multevo have also been spreading Christmas cheer this week supporting the local ‘care leavers a Christmas to remember’ initiative with a donation for the fourth year running, as well as creating a fun video documenting their community work.

 

Josh Sweeney, director of marketing and growth said: “The business was started here 12 years ago and we’re proud of our roots despite working all over the UK.

"We’ve had a good year as a business and it's important for us to give back whenever we can.

“I know the team had a bit of fun making the video but ultimately we care about the communities we live and work in so if we can help, we will.”

The care leavers initiative, which is organised by local council roads innovation group (LCRIG) in conjunction with the council, was set up to provide those leaving the care system with a gift at Christmas. This year, more than 120 gifts have been delivered to Wensley Fold Children’s Centre for distribution before December 25. 

Multevo also showed off their versatile and eco-friendly hydrogen machine on the local Charity Christmas Tractor Run organised by the Turton Young Farmers Group to raise funds for Bolton Mountain Rescue and to spread some more Christmas cheer.

The company recently won the highly commended award for large business of the year at the annual Hive Business Awards and also became the first gold patron of Darwen Youth Zone earlier this year.