The O'Neill & Brennan Team Collect Food Donations for the Mustard Tree Charity

O’Neill & Brennan UK are on a John Sisk & Son project in Manchester and some of the team (Jamal Kadu, Genevieve Odularu, Dalia Dimitrova, and Rudi Dippenaar) collected food donations for Mustard Tree.

Once dropped off, Marvin Odubanjo from Mustard Tree gave them a tour of the facility, and they were all genuinely impressed. From the warm welcome at the door to signing in at reception, everything felt inviting. 

The tour began in the large charity shop, filled with furniture, electrical items, clothing, shoes, toys, and a dedicated food area where those in need can choose what they require free of charge, despite items also being sold to the public. Behind the shop is a huge warehouse where all electrical donations are PAT tested for safety.

They then visited the on-site café, run by Mustard Tree trainees who often progress into permanent roles in hospitality. 

Our Contracts Manager, Genevieve Odularu, had this to say,

"𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘩 𝘤𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘣𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴! 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘶𝘴 𝘶𝘱𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘴 (𝘷𝘪𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘫𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺!) 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘭, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘦, 𝘙𝘶𝘥𝘪 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘑𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘥.

𝘞𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳. 𝘏𝘦’𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘛𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘖’𝘕𝘦𝘪𝘭𝘭 & 𝘉𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘢𝘯, 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘮 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦.

𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘮, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳."