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Great turnout for inaugural festival
East Midlands-based Ivy House Environmental has hosted its first ever Harvest Festival. Ivy House is renowned for
providing specialised contaminated land, ground engineering and waste management services to the land, construction and property industries. It was this ethos that
inspired the RICS-accredited company to devise the festival. The well-attended afternoon
saw people come together to network, take part in numerous activities and raise money for a worthy cause in the form of local charity the Titan Trust. Richard Sutton, Managing
Director at Ivy House, said: “We’re delighted that our first Harvest Festival has been such a success. Our thanks go to the exhibitors on the day, everyone who helped organise the event and, of course, the local business community who came out in force. Through their generosity, we raised over £1,000 for the Titan Trust, which will help create a tangible difference to disadvantaged children in our community.”
Support for charity in the wake of a personal loss
Derby-based RDS Global, a provider of IT solutions to organisations of all sizes and sectors nationwide and a Chamber patron, has thrown its support around national charity CALM. It comes following the death of Managing Director Phil Harvey’s son Matthew, who committed suicide last year. In 2015, 75% of all UK suicides
were male. More specifically, the number of suicides among male Armed Forces, of which Matthew was a member, was 292 between 1998 and 2017. CALM (The Campaign Against
Living Miserably) is dedicated to helping prevent male suicide - especially among those under 25 – and also works to break down the stigma associated with mental health. Phil said: “The loss of Matthew
has affected me and my family greatly and while we can’t bring him back, we can cherish his memory while helping raise awareness of the devastating impact mental health can have, especially on young people. “The team at RDS Global have
been incredibly supportive and – inspired by my daughter Natalie who recently raised over £1,000 by
Unique digger supports Royal British Legion
JCB is digging deep to help a charity which supports the Armed Forces as the nation prepares to mark the Centenary of the World War I Armistice. The Staffordshire-based digger maker
has created a unique ‘Lest We Forget’ mini-digger, with symbolic red poppy livery, which is to be auctioned to raise funds for the Royal British Legion. The 16C-1 model is worth more than £20,000 and all proceeds will go to the charity, which provides lifelong support for the Armed Forces community. JCB Chairman Lord Bamford said: “JCB is immensely proud to be British and we should never forget how much we as a nation owe to the generation that fought for the freedom we enjoy today. The British Legion’s theme for the Centenary is ‘Thank You’ and we can think of no better way of saying our own thank you than offering a JCB mini excavator to auction off for a charity which supports our brave Armed Forces.”
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Phil's daughter Natalie recently took part in a sponsored skydive
‘We can cherish his memory while helping raise awareness of the devastating impact mental health can have’
taking part in a skydive – we look forward to raising money and awareness for the fantastic job CALM does in the months and years to come.”
As well as Natalie’s skydive, RDS
Global recently hosted a Charity Auction Night at the White Swan in Littleover, raising a further £2,400 for CALM.
The ‘Lest We Forget’ mini-digger
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