The Home Counties Materials team were contacted to help out a small project to supply concrete for a memorial rainbow statue to commemorate the hard work of the NHS and key workers during the pandemic.

James Taylor, Sales Representative, continues the story: “The enquiry came via Graeme Barton (National Sales Manager for Packed Cement).  The groundworkers were a company called JTW Contractors who had been appointed to erect a rainbow statue in the middle of a roundabout at the entrance of Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Aylesbury.

The project is intended to remember forever the hard work of NHS staff and key workers during the global COVID-19 pandemic and is the brainchild of Florence Nightingale Hospice and Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust.

They say they: “Want the sculpture to also memorialise the resilience and community spirit shown by the people of Buckinghamshire, in responding to the lockdown in 2020/21.”

The statue, named “Nightingale’s Rainbow”, will consist of an arch covered with 17,000 coloured tiles in rainbow colours, with planting around it and a patio and seating underneath.

Although our customer was Buildbase (Oxford branch) we organised the pour directly with the groundworker to provide exactly what they needed and when, and they were very pleased with our service. The photo shows one of our base trucks from the Aylesbury plant delivering the first of two loads.”

What a great project to be involved in and take pride in supplying… a fitting memorial to a challenging time.