Farrans Sacyr JV opens Children’s Book Donation Point in Belfast City Centre

Farrans Sacyr Joint Venture, the main contractor delivering Belfast Grand Central Station for Translink, has opened a Children’s Book Donation Point on Glengall Street in the city centre to encourage those passing by to gift stories and learning materials they no longer need for use in local schools and nurseries.

Willow and Xander McCreadie joined their father, Duane McCreadie, Project Director for Farrans Sacyr, to be the first to add their books to the collection.

As part of the construction of Belfast Grand Central Station, Farrans Sacyr has committed to an impactful social value and stakeholder engagement plan which has delivered 1,100 hours of volunteering on community projects, over £69,000 has been raised for charitable organisations, 5,500 students have taken part in over 72 school events and 180 placement and apprenticeship positions have been created.

Duane McCreadie, Project Director for Farrans Sacyr, said: “The Children’s Book Donation Point is another opportunity for us to have a positive lasting impact on the local community as we work towards the completion of Belfast Grand Central Station.

“We know that there will be many households, like ours, whose children have grown out of books and we want to provide a way for those to now go to good homes in schools and nurseries across Northern Ireland. Willow and Xander were very excited about getting to be the first to use the letterbox and we are planning on keeping it open until the end of August to give people time to donate.”

Sudah Van Der Have, Project Manager at Translink, added: “This is a fantastic initiative to help share the joy of reading among young people in our local communities and I’m sure it will help many families and children learn and develop together through the opportunity to explore new stories.”

(L-R) Jackson Touhey, Project Support Officer and Sudah Van Der Have, Project Manager at Translink and Duane McCreadie, Project Director for Farrans Sacyr joined Willow and Xander McCreadie as they were the first to add their books to the collection point outside Belfast Grand Central Station.