Builder Allison Homes helps to create sensory garden at Peterborough's Calman Colaiste College

Paul Grinnell
By Paul Grinnell
Published 28th Mar 2023, 12:17 BST
Updated 28th Mar 2023, 12:17 BST
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Business donates 25 plasterboard pallets

​A homes builder is helping to create a sensory area at a specialist college in Peterborough.

Calman Colaiste College, in Wisbech Road, Thorney, has been gifted 25 plasterboard pallets by Allison Homes, of Bourne.

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The independent specialist college provides further education for young adults with autism, learning disabilities and other needs.

From left, Naomi Tickle, Apprenticeship Development Manager at Allison Homes, Rebecca Willet and Michael Haydon from Calman Colaiste College at Thorney, Peterborough.From left, Naomi Tickle, Apprenticeship Development Manager at Allison Homes, Rebecca Willet and Michael Haydon from Calman Colaiste College at Thorney, Peterborough.
From left, Naomi Tickle, Apprenticeship Development Manager at Allison Homes, Rebecca Willet and Michael Haydon from Calman Colaiste College at Thorney, Peterborough.

The pallets will be used to create a boundary around the sensory area as well as in chairs, benches and planters.

Rebecca Willett, the college’s Creative Arts Tutor, said: “We are very grateful for the donation of the pallets.

"Our learners will use them as material to make new things as part of our ongoing enterprise skill project.”

Rob Crossland, director at Allison Homes, which is building homes at Abbey Park, near the college, said: “We were delighted to be able to assist the college with their sensory area project.”

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