Fundraising is no sweat for a Huddersfield charity.
The Laura Crane Youth Cancer Trust has been signed up as one of the first to benefit from a new recycling scheme which will turn empty antiperspirant and deodorant aerosols into cash.
The recycling initiative is the outcome of an innovative three-way partnership between Right Guard antiperspirants, TerraCycle and The Great Outdoor Gym Company.
Under the scheme, called Aerocycle, the Gym Company will convert the recycled aluminium supplied by TerraCycle into outdoor community gyms.
People in the Huddersfield area can drop off any brand of empty spray in a special collection box at the Laura Crane office at the Old Bakery, Flat 5, 90 Acre Street, Lindley.
The box – one of 50 around the UK – is by the entrance to the office, which is open from Monday to Friday between 9am and 5pm.
The Laura Crane Youth Cancer Trust is the only UK charity funding medical research specifically into cancer affecting teenagers and young adults.
For each consignment of about 400 aerosols the Trust sends into TerraCycle for recycling, £8 will be donated to the charity.
The money raised will help to fund the charity’s general activities such as providing end-of-treatment gifts for young cancer patients who are finishing radiotherapy.
Sarah-Jane Ainley, office manager at the Laura Crane Trust, secured approval for the Lindley collection point.
She said: “We are delighted that Huddersfield is one of the first communities in the UK to be accepted on Right Guard’s Aerocycle programme, which enables local people to be able to recycle their empty antiperspirant and deodorant aerosols.
“By dropping any used aerosol deodorant cans into the collection box at the Laura Crane office, local people will be reducing the amount of used aerosol deodorant cans going to landfill, re-purposing the recycled aluminium material to build outdoor gyms and raising much-needed funds for Laura Crane Youth Cancer Trust.
“So please get involved and tell your friends and family to do the same,” she added.