Workforce just loves helping at Kids' Camp

IT STAFF PAY BACK FOR HOLIDAYS THEY ENJOYED AT SUMMER CAMP AS YOUNGSTERS

- By TELEGRAPH REPORTER

STAFF at a Derby IT company which has seen its busiest volunteering year yet have voiced their joy at being given the chance to help a charity which gave them holidays as children.

Ethan Edwards and Kayleigh Potter, apprentices at Lead IT Services based at Pride Park, said they were honoured to be given leave through their work to help Derby Kids’ Camp where both enjoyed camping holidays as children.

Ethan and Kayleigh were speaking during National Volunteers Week, which championed the efforts of thousands across the UK who give their time to help great causes.

Apprentice field technician Ethan, 21, said he had started going to Derby Kids’ Camp aged six after spending his early years in foster care. He said: “Kids’ Camp was a massive eye opener for me. Up until that point, I had never seen a sheep in a field or even been to a farm.

“Going there was my first ever official holiday.

“I can’t explain the impact it had on me. I remember some of the kids who came with me. It was an absolutely fantastic experience.”

Having had wonderful holidays every year courtesy of Derby Kids’ Camp, Ethan has now been volunteering for the charity for the past seven years to help other children have the same fantastic times he did.