The club’s volunteers at FSI Sport helped us distribute a leaflet so that neighbours could find out what the tall tower in the area is to be used for. As a thank you for their help, we bought new equipment for the club’s Pilates and circuit training teams.
Deposit money from the drilling site is turned into new planks and a safe fishing lake
At the site around the drilling tower, 35 staff work in shifts, 24 hours a day. This generates quite a few empty water bottles. Instead of the deposit simply disappearing from the area, it goes to Fårup’s Green Men.
Fårup’s Green Men are a group of pensioners who volunteer under the auspices of the Fårup Citizens’ Association. They take care of practical tasks and make the town more attractive. They clear pavements, mow the grass, replace the slats on the benches and look after the shelters.
“For us, it’s incredibly important to have a good relationship with the neighbours close to where we operate. Here in the area, we encounter great friendliness and curiosity from local residents every day, so we’re happy to give a little back, That’s why it makes perfect sense to us that the returnable bottles from the drilling site stay in the town and benefit everyone, even if the sums involved aren’t huge,” says Regitze Reeh, Head of Communications at Harbour Energy.
Benny Hallas, a member of De Grønne Mænd, explains:
“We’ve only collected the deposit bottles once so far. Fourteen of those large transparent bin bags filled with empty bottles, which brought in a total of 1,503 kr. But there’s a new batch ready for us to collect. So before they’ve finished at the drilling site, it could well add up, and we’re very pleased about that.”
“The money goes towards buying things like oil, which we use to maintain the playground, and new planks so we can replace rotten ones on benches and wherever else they’re needed.”
And the income is much needed, as Fårup’s Green Men are kept very busy. Most recently, they’ve prepared the local toboggan run for winter and burnt weeds by the sports hall and the cycle track. They’ve also given the benches at the Fårup School bus stop a bit of a spruce-up, so you can sit comfortably whilst waiting for the bus.
Right now, they’re working on making the lake at Troldeskoven safe for fishing.
“The banks of the old marl pit are muddy and a bit slippery, so we’re building some platforms so that young people can stand and fish without slipping into the water,” explains Benny Hallas.
The deposit money is in addition to the funds that Fårup’s Green Men receive from the Citizens’ Association. The Citizens’ Association has also helped to secure a tractor, as the association is able to apply for funding from other foundations and organisations.
