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Accountancy firm takes part in ‘Office Olympics’


Nottingham-based accountancy firm UHY Hacker Young swapped their suits for sports gear recently to show support for the Commonwealth Games, which took place last month on Australia’s Gold Coast. As part of its fundraising for


the Mental Health Foundation (MHF) UHY’s Nottingham team – which raised £3,500 for the charity last financial year – held its own ‘Office Olympics’, raising £300 on the day. The national accountancy firm


was also invited by its client, Commonwealth Games England, to record a video message of good luck to local Commonwealth Games athletes including gymnast Ellie Downie and Beeston Hockey Club players Mark Gleghorne, Adam Dixon, Sam Ward and Ollie Willars.


Matt Wheatcroft


Purpose Media supports grassroots sports club


Full-service marketing agency Purpose Media has thrown its weight behind a new grassroots football club’s ambitious plans to create a new £2m state-of-the-art community sports facility. As part of its commitment to


corporate social responsibility, the Derbyshire firm is backing new club Sleetmoor Untied with £100,000 worth of business and marketing support over the next three years free of charge, to help it bring its ambitious plans to fruition. Sleetmoor United brings


together ADASC FC, GFC Alfreton Town Girls and Ladies and Leabrooks Juniors FC into a single club, with a vision to establish one of the premier grassroots football facilities in the East Midlands. With 37 individual teams spanning a full range of age groups, plus a nursery system, the new club has the size and scale to provide football to the community for years to come. Working with a range of funding


partners including the Football Foundation, the FA, local authorities and a wide range of third parties from business and the community, Purpose Media will help the club to raise the £2m it needs to fund the plans. It has already secured funding


pledges of £1m. The cash will be invested in revamping the existing


‘Sleetmoor United has the potential to become a standard bearer for grassroots football in the East Midlands’


facilities at Sleetmoor Lane Sports Ground, in Alfreton, to comprise a floodlit, all-weather (3G) pitch, a state-of-the-art clubhouse facility, drainage for the remaining six pitches, improved site security and car-parking, better grass playing surfaces and an option to secure the land for the long-term. Purpose Media has created a


new brand and logo for the club and is currently developing its new website and created several videos. Its Managing Director, Matt


Wheatcroft, coaches two Sleetmoor United teams as well as Derby County Ladies FC and is the driving force behind the new venture, serving on the Sleetmoor United committee as Chairman of the new club. He said: “We’re passionate about


sport here at Purpose Media and as a long-standing supporter of local grassroots football, we’re delighted to be lending our full support to Sleetmoor United to help it make its plans a reality. “This is about giving something


back to the community and proving how well a grassroots sports club can be run. Once we’ve proved the model, we will be happy to share it with other grassroots sports clubs.


“We’ll be lending our creative


and business expertise to help the new club to raise its profile, engage with business and community partners, identify and create additional revenue streams and put the infrastructure, accounting processes and best practice from a business point of view in place to enable it to run on a sound commercial footing. “Purpose Media works with a


growing number of professional sports clubs and will bring those services, skills and expertise learning into grassroots. At the same time, we would like to demonstrate to other professional sports clubs how they could up their game by showing what a grassroots club can achieve with a little know-how and hard work. “Sleetmoor United has the


potential to become a standard bearer for grassroots football in the East Midlands and beyond and I hope as many local businesses as possible will get behind the cause and help us build a community-based football club which offers opportunities to all, and a state-of-the-art sports and social facility of which the whole community can be proud.”


Nelsons Solicitors sponsors charity mascot


Leicester-based law firm Nelsons Solicitors has pledged further support to its chosen charity of the year Wishes 4 Kids. The charity’s mascot, Russ the


Wish Kid, will be sponsored by Nelsons throughout 2018, while staff at the law firm’s Leicester office continue to raise money for the organisation through various fundraising events. Danielle Young, Clinical


Negligence Solicitor at Nelsons, who coordinates the Leicester office’s charity events, said: “We are delighted to be supporting Wishes 4 Kids. When we found out about the mascot sponsorship, it was an opportunity we couldn’t say no to.”


Construction apprentice in bursary win


An apprentice at Derby College has been awarded a £1,000 bursary from construction company Bowmer & Kirkland to support his future studies and job career goals. Matthew Johnson attends


Derby College on day release to complete his level three brickwork apprenticeship. He will represent Derby


College this year on the Skillbuild inter-college construction competition and has been nominated for the bursary by his college lecturers in recognition of his hard work and commitment. John Kirkland, Chairman of


Bowmer & Kirkland, said: “Matthew is working hard to make his mark on the construction industry and I hope the bursary will inspire him to aim high.”


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