Driving Change

A bit of healthy competition can do the world of good when it comes to raising money. Neil Mackey, our Managing Director and Karen Hampton, Sales Director, ran the Wilmslow Festive 10k run on Sunday 24th November 2019. As well as the race itself, the competitive pair set themselves another challenge: who could raise the most money. … Read more

At Kenny Waste Management, our Driving Change programme has grown to play a central part in our everyday business, with fantastic buy-in from our customers, colleagues and community. However, sometimes, people are unaware of the fantastic social initiative work that’s going on, often behind the scenes, in many of Britain’s businesses. A campaign in October aims to … Read more

We’d like to introduce you to Nick Mills: Kenny Waste Management credit control assistant, proud dad – and sky diver! As you know, every year the team at Kenny Waste Management chooses a couple of local charities to support. One of those is The Christie Charity, which is connected with Manchester’s Christie Hospital, and provides extra support … Read more

They did it! A bunch of brave fundraisers from the Kenny Waste Management team took on a tough obstacle course, and beat it! As part of our fundraising programme for local cancer charity The Christie, a group of hardy Kenny Waste Management employees took on the challenge of completing a Rough Runner course. Inspired by extreme TV shows … Read more

Do you have a driving ambition? If you’re considering a career behind the wheel, here’s a bit more about driving for us at Kenny Waste Management – from someone who really knows. Peter Hughes has been a driver at Kenny Waste Management for 15 years. Film-maker Mike Hyde got up early, and caught up with … Read more

At Kenny Waste Management, the team has been busy fundraising for our 2019 charities – and there are more ways to donate than giving money, as they’ve been finding out… Everyone who works with us is encouraged to give blood or platelets regularly – and we offer all staff time off work twice a year … Read more

It’s time to get out the spades. On 6 March, a team of five eager volunteers from Kenny Waste Management will be helping the Woodland Trust plant trees in the Trust’s Smithills Estate near Bolton.   The Woodland Trust is holding a Tree Planting Fortnight from 4-15 March. Last year, they planted an incredible 21,000 in the Smithills … Read more

Christmas is almost here, and for most of us, it’s a time to relax and enjoy ourselves. However, for some families, Christmas can be the most stressful and difficult time of the year – and at Kenny Waste Management, we made it our mission this season to support some of these struggling families. Christmas is … Read more

Last month, Kenny Waste Management launched Driving Change, our social enterprise programme. We’ve actually been running the scheme since late 2017; however, now we’re launching Driving Change as a stand-alone social enterprise. VIDEO OF THE LAUNCH EVENT We invited customers and key organisations along to the Worsley Park Marriott Hotel & Country Club for an afternoon of … Read more

When Paul Higgins from Rowlinson Construction approached us to help them with a community clean up for their client Mosscare St Vincents Housing we were only too pleased to help. In doing the community clean up, the team had a very productive day. The local residents were very positive with their feedback and the helpers all received many thanks … Read more