Keep your garden blooming lovely

Follow our water saving tips to keep your garden looking lovely and vibrant all summer long.

Plan your garden

Try planting drought-resistant plants, such as lavender. It looks fabulous and requires a lot less water.

Water out of hours

Water your garden in the early morning or late evening, when less water is lost through evaporation. Aim for the plant roots, not the leaves.

Ditch the hosepipe

Use mulch for moisture

Add a layer of mulch (e.g. bark chips, manure) over your soil to help retain moisture and keep weeds at bay.

A watering can uses far less water than a hosepipe or sprinkler, and it’s easier to direct the water at the roots, where your plants need it most. If possible, invest in a water butt so you can use all that lovely rainwater in the garden.

Win a water butt

We’ve got 10 water butts to give away. To be in with a chance of winning, simply send your name, address and phone number to Water butt competition, All Together Now, The Bradbury Centre, Youens Way, Liverpool, L14 2EP or email your entry to competition@ with “water butt” in the subject line. Entries will be accepted until the end of the day on 18th August 2023. Terms and conditions apply, see unitedutilities.com for details.

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Visit for lots more tips and to order free water saving goodies.

Support when you need it

in our lives. This could be due to age, ill health, disability, barriers.

Registering for Priority Services is free and means you’ll

Register at or call 0345 672 2888

• A dedicated team on hand to listen and help

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• Knock and wait service if you have mobility needs

• Nominate a carer, family member or friend to check your bills and speak to us on your behalf

• Additional support if you have a medical need for water

• Protection from bogus callers with a password protection scheme

• Notice of interruptions to your water supply

• Translation services

• Every two years we’ll check that your details are still correct

Allied hand £240K to good causes

ALLIED Vehicles are more than doubling their charitable donations

Last year, the Allied Vehicles Charitable Trust gave more than £80,000 to charities

Now, they are committing £20,000 a month to good causes

The company, which has premises in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Coventry, employs more than 600 people, mostly at its Possilpark HQ, where it was co-founded 30 years ago by Gerry Facenna

Gerry, pictured, said:

“Possilpark is one of the poorest parts of Glasgow and our charitable trust was set up to try and do something positive for the whole community

“I’m well aware that we’ll never be able to solve all the problems that are brought to us, but I hope that doubling our donations to £240,000 a year will have even more of an impact on our local community – and beyond

“We want as many people as possible to have a positive impact from the Trust and are inviting anyone involved in charity and community organisations who are needing support to apply on our website or email charity@alliedvehicles co uk ”