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Thomson wins
charity award
THOMSON Airways has been honoured by the
Family Holiday Association for raising money
from customers on inbound flights.
The airline expects to raise more than
£100,000 for the FHA, which provides holidays
for families who cannot afford to pay for their
own break, after deciding to make the FHA its
charity partner.
As he presented the Founder’s Bowl award,
FHA director John McDonald said: “First Choice
has been a supporter for many years, so we were
delighted when Thomson Airways chose the FHA
as its charity partner.”
The FHA also honoured PR agency Flagship
Consulting for its advice and support, and
gave train company First Great Western an
Dermot Blastland meets with partners of the Earth Stoves project at a Hindu temple in the Chandigarh region Outstanding Partnership Award, for helping 100
families get to their holiday destinations.
Tui project paves way
Hand Picked boss
for India programme
in marathon ride
MOST marathon runners
warm up with a few
Lee Hayhurst.
a lot of people who never go to India, stretches, but Hand Picked
A CLIMATE Care project in India Thomson are going, and it opens up Hotels director Douglas
could become the inspiration for a totally new horizon.” Waddell will loosen up by
a new mainstream programme Blastland said it wasn’t “beyond cycling more than 400 miles
operated by Tui Travel. the realms of possibility” that from Edinburgh to London.
The company’s chief executive, Thomson could operate two Boeing He is combining the ride
Dermot Blastland, recently visited 767s to the region, equating to 500 with the London Marathon,
the region of Chandigarh in the people a week for 26 weeks. to give sponsors more value
north-west of the country to see for During his visit, Blastland was shown for money when he raises
himself the work Tui is helping to fund. the Earth Stoves project, which is creating a Douglas Waddell with Sarah cash for the Children’s Liver
He said he was so impressed with the local market for more efficient stoves that Elliot and her son Kendall, who Disease Foundation.
destination it inspired him to contemplate the burn briquettes made from agricultural waste. suffers from a rare liver disease Waddell is aiming to raise
possibility of Thomson establishing a winter This in turn has given a village he visited a new £10,000 for the foundation
programme to the area. industry, creating up to 600kg of briquettes a after meeting children who had received
Thomson currently operates to the popular day to meet demand. life-saving operations as a result of its work.
beach resorts in Goa and The income created by “In these difficult economic times, I felt I had
Kerala in the south-west of this new business is being to work harder to encourage colleagues, friends
India, but the north is used to invest in internet and anyone who supports the work of the
mostly served by specialist connections, improving the foundation to back me,” he said.
operators. education of local children. Waddell will set off on his bike on April 20 from
“Throughout our history Tui’s World Care Fund Edinburgh and will cycle up to 100 miles a day
Thomson has been seen encourages customers to to reach Blackheath for the start of the
as an innovator. Who was donate £1, which the marathon, where he will have a day’s rest
the first tour operator to company matches and before the run on April 26.
go into China? Thomson,” invests through Climate
said Blastland. Care in certified carbon ■ To sponsor Douglas, visit
“This would be saying to Earth stoves being used at a soup kitchen offset programmes. justgiving.com/douglaswaddell
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