Blue Peter thanks Access Self Storage – with one of their highly coveted Blue Peter badges

Excitement swept through the Access Self Storage Marketing Department today, upon the arrival of every child’s (and many adult’s) coveted possession – a Blue Peter badge!

How we wracked our brains as kids trying to think of the interesting letter, story, poem or good idea for the programme that could earn us a badge (and okay yes, we may have actually submitted some unsuccessful attempts). Whilst badges aren’t awarded for taking part in Blue Peter appeals, the team were happy to reward Access Self Storage for being an Appeal Partner.

We think we might just spend the day taking turns to wear it, before deciding which of our stores should get to wear the badge with pride every day.

Blue Peter ‘Send-a-Smile’ appeal announcement

Yesterday the Blue Peter team announced the results of their 2009/10 ‘Send-a-Smile’ appeal, in support of Operation Smile. The initial target of 20,000 gowns was well and truly smashed, with over 92,000 gowns collected!

The saving this equates to for Operation Smile means an additional 1,800 children can be given life changing surgery.

Blue Peter have tagged this appeal as their most successful campaign ever! All 54 Access Self Storage stores were drop off points for the appeal, allowing every child in the UK to easily access a local donation site. Our flagship Wandsworth store has also been home to ALL the gowns which have been donated, prior to them being sent overseas for use. The first storage unit donated to Operation Smile quickly became full, so another 200 sq ft of space was made available to the organisation.

The whole Access Self Storage team has been delighted to do a little to help a wonderful charity in this amazing appeal. We hope to be able to build on the relationships developed with Operation Smile and Blue Peter and look forward to being able to support them in the future.