Rhino Ark recently received a £3,500 donation thanks to safe working practices demonstrated by staff at High Speed 1 Ltd in London. Construction and maintenance workers on the Brill Place site near St Pancras International - formerly the site of the High Speed 1 project offices - recently achieved the milestone of 400,000 hours worked without a serious accident.

High Speed 1 is the high speed railway stretching between St Pancras International in London and the mouth of the Channel Tunnel and connects with the international high speed routes between London and Paris, and London and Brussels. HS1 Ltd is the organisation that owns St Pancras International, the High Speed 1 railway as well as Ebbsfleet and Stratford International stations.

Under a HS1 scheme to reward safe working practices, HS1 and contractors Spie Matthew Hall, Volker Fitzpatrick and John Stacey donated £3,500 to Rhino Ark. The cheque was presented to Guy Tritton, Rhino Ark UK Trustees chairman, by Danny Stephens of Spie Matthew Hall, Steve Webber of Volker Fitzpatrick and Andrew Stoner of John Stacey and High Speed 1 Director Kit Kaberry at a ceremony at St Pancras International. Kit has previously supported Rhino Ark by entering the UK Rhino Charge 4x4 event which is run to raise money for the charity.

Rhino Ark would like to thank all concerned for their kind support.

L to R Danny Stephens of Spie Matthew Hall, Guy Tritton, Rhino Ark, High Speed 1 Director Kit Kaberry,
Steve Webber of Volker Fitzpatrick and Andrew Stoner of John Stacey