Students helped to grown their own food.

Volunteers from Mondelēz International’s sales and finance team spent the afternoon developing an outdoor growing area for students at Colmers School on the Leys Allotment site in Birmingham.

Joined by representatives from The Conservation Volunteers (TCV), the team of twenty-five worked to remove weeds, empty compost bays and fill raised beds as part of the organisation’s Health for Life initiative.

Currently supporting six secondary schools across South Birmingham, Health for Life is a £3million, five year initiative funded by the Mondelēz International Foundation and delivered in partnership with the Health Education Service and TCV.

Purvi Modha, trade terms finance manager at Mondelēz International, said: “The day proved to be a big success. We were able to create an area which the students will use to grow their own fruit and vegetables in order to learn more about healthy living.”

Marie Wellings, project officer at TCV, added: “It was great to see the help from Mondelēz International employees at Colmers School; it allowed us to complete tasks which are more difficult for the school children. We’d find it really difficult without their support. It allows TCV, the school and the community to complete larger tasks and gets the community working together”

The Health for Life programme currently runs in primary and secondary schools, and across the community. It delivers Green Gyms, healthy cooking, eating and lifestyle sessions and is also developing community growing sites across south Birmingham. For more information please visit www.tcv.org.uk.