The Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) has joined with JCB to hold a Charity Golf Day to raise funds for the BMF’s 2020 Charity Partners, Mental Health UK and Samaritans. The event takes place on 30th April 2020 at the exclusive JCB Golf and Country Club in Rocester, Staffordshire. Guests will …
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The NMBS Dinner Dance has played its part in fundraising for charitable causes, with an impressive amount being raised once again this year. More than 1,200 guests attended the Dinner Dance on 26th October 2019, coming together to raise thousands in donations for the CRASH charity. Many builders’ merchants and …
Read More »Colleagues at Baxi Heating, in both the UK and Ireland, baked, raffled, ran, cycled, dressed up, washed cars, held golf days and even held a circus to raise over £60,000 for Alzheimer’s Society. They raised a total of £63,961.49, including 8,342.81 Euros for Alzheimer’s Ireland. In addition to raising money …
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Roof tile manufacturer, Russell Roof Tiles is generously supporting the work of two animal rescue charities local to its sites this festive season – Hillfield Animal Home and Dumfries & Galloway Canine Rescue. Employing 160 people at its three sites in Burton and Lochmaben, the roof tile manufacturer has donated …
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Once again it was a capacity crowd at the Westminster Park Plaza Hotel in London on Friday 6th December on what turned out to be a record-breaking event for the Charity. A monumental quarter of a million pounds was raised through table sales, live and silent auctions, heads and tails, …
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Anderton Concrete, part of Ibstock plc, pledged its support to help combat the homelessness crisis by walking 10km all in support of the charity, Shelter. The walk, which took place on Wednesday the 11th of December, saw nine members of the Anderton Concrete team walk throughout Manchester city centre, with …
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The team at W.Howard Group joined the global #Movember challenge in November to raise money for the fight against prostate cancer, depression and other male health issues. In all, 10 employees at the company pledged to hang up their razors and let their moustaches grow for a month, in return …
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A team of nine men from Covers Timber & Builders Merchants has raised £910 for charity following their participation in Movember. Lee Webb, Sean Taylor, Derek Baldwin, Dean Kidd, Shaun Hopgood, Stuart Spiers, George Crouch, Jamie Dent and Chris Collard, who all work at Covers Gosport, raised £455 after spending …
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The New Community Men’s Shed, a social enterprise established in May 2019 teaches joinery skills using SMARTPLY OSB to male refugees in Waterford, Ireland. Members are drawn from the Viking House Direct Provision Centre for refugees in Waterford and are encouraged to engage in team joinery activities to build not …
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THE UK’s leading importer and distributor of Firestone RubberCover Permaroof have announced Heart Link as its corporate charity after it provided lifesaving heart surgery to managing director Adrian Buttress’ granddaughter just days after she was born. River Mai Bishop was born on 7 July 2019; just eight days later she …
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