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Fossilised plants which date back millions of years have been preserved after Tarmac moved them from a public footpath to avoid them being destroyed under foot.

The Tarmac Landfill Communities Fund has donated £8,000 to improve access for wheelchair users and people with pushchairs at the National Stone Centre in the Derbyshire Dales.

Residents of Kingsley, Cheshire, recently celebrated the reopening of their community centre after a grant from the Tarmac Landfill Communities Fund allowed them to redevelop the space.

The installation of a unique new bridge structure over the top of a busy underpass in Birmingham has been successfully completed by Tarmac as part of a major A34 Perry Barr highways improvement scheme.

Pupils at Baljaffray Primary School, Glasgow, can enjoy outdoor learning without fear of the often ‘dreich’ elements thanks to a generous collaboration between parents, teachers and Tarmac.

Over 800 suppliers attended Tarmac’s first Supplier Sustainability Week, a four-day virtual event that ran from 27 to 30 September.  

Tarmac’s Mountsorrel Quarry has given a helping hand to the Cleaner Village Project, a local youth-focused community group, with a donation of nearly £400 towards litter picking equipment. 

Tarmac’s Tunstead Quarry near Buxton in Derbyshire recently welcomed High Peak MP Robert Largan to the site. 

Tarmac’s Harden Quarry in Northumberland has helped a local history and archaeological group continue its efforts with a donation of £3,500 towards its next dig. 

An old shipping container, donated by Tarmac, has saved a wheelchair athletics club from closure after arsonists destroyed nearly £50,000-worth of vital equipment.