MEMBERNEWS IN BRIEF


Charity relocates offices to Derby Conference Centre


Charity me & dee has moved its office to The Derby Conference Centre. The charity provides holidays on the Lincolnshire coast for adults and children with life threatening, life shortening and terminal conditions, allowing families facing short futures a memory- making holiday. The move comes after the


L-R: Colin Fyfe, Hinckey & Rugby; John Knight, LOROS; Liz Hancock, Mary Ann Evans Hospice; Chris Willmott, Myton and Abi Johnson, Hinckley & Rugby


Three charities earn a boost from building society savers


Three local hospices have shared more than £21,000 thanks to savers at Hinckley & Rugby Building Society who chose to put their money into its Hospice Affinity Account. Since its launch in 2008 the account has now paid


out a total of more than £145,000 to LOROS in Leicestershire and Mary Ann Evans Hospice and The Myton Hospices in Warwickshire. All three hospices serve families in Hinckley & Rugby’s heartlands. The total donation of £21,750 is equivalent to one


per cent of the average balances held in the Affinity Account in the past year. John Knight, Chief Executive at fellow Chamber


member LOROS, said: “It was really good to meet Colin Fyfe of Hinckley & Rugby and other members of his team to personally thank them and their customers for another year of generous support. The donation will go directly towards patient care. We are even more grateful for the consistency of their support year on year.” Stewart Heeley, Hinckley & Rugby’s Marketing and


PR Manager, said: “Our savers choose this account knowing they could get more interest in other accounts, but knowing too that they are selflessly supporting three priceless institutions that help so many local people.”


Aquabox aims to make a splash


Aquabox, the brainchild of The Rotary Club of Wirksworth, has joined the Chamber as it continues its work to provide aid boxes and water filters to the most vulnerable across the world. Its primary function is to provide


a means of delivering safe drinking water to disaster-stricken areas. Since its creation in 1992,


Aquabox has distributed over 100,000 aid boxes and water filters to countries across the globe. It has saved the lives of hundreds of thousands of citizens in the aftermath of natural disasters and man-made humanitarian crises such as war and population discrimination. With climate change appearing


to be accelerating, and consequently natural disasters such as floods and hurricanes increasing and populations suffering as a result of unresolved conflicts, Aquabox is playing an increasingly- critical role in alleviating some of the effects of these crises. Roz Adamson of Aquabox said:


Founder and CEO, Maria Hanson, found she was struggling with its Friar Gate office due to her disability. The charity has used the


centre for ten years, developing relationships with Managing Director Matthew Hutchings and Sales and Conference Office Manager Rebecca Prime. Maria, who works 200


voluntary hours a month, said: “I am now able to have more meetings in the comfort of my own office and can invite sponsors and supporters knowing they can easily access the site.”


Students get a taste of the workplace at rg+p


Students from the City of Leicester School visited multi- disciplinary design practice rg+p recently as part of The Prince’s Trust Mosaic World of Work programme. Designed to give young


people a greater awareness of the workplace, the programme is a Prince’s Trust initiative that encourages businesses to open their doors to highlight their industry and careers available, with the hope of increasing understanding and inspiration. Eighteen pupils, aged


between 13 and 14, were invited to rg+p’s Leicester office to spend time with the practice’s professionals and participate in a design challenge. One of rg+p’s landscape architects, Jasmein Ayub, who also volunteers at the school, co-ordinated the event.


Singers raise money for children’s hospice


Singers in Derbyshire have once again hit the right note at Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice. The charity, which cares for


Rohingya refugees, displaced from Myanmar, are in desperate need of aid


“The core elements of Aquabox are the water filters we provide. The filters are simple to use, reliable, and instantly produce potable water without the need for any chemicals or power. “They use micro-filter technology to remove major water-borne


pathogens from contaminated water (such as those causing polio, cholera and typhoid) and so significantly reduce these risks to health. As a result, citizens are much better placed to rebuild communities and children may continue to access educational opportunities.”


scores of children from across Derbyshire each year and supports their families, has received a donation of £450 from Tibshelf’s Take Note Choir. The choir is a regular


supporter of the hospice and raised the sum by singing at the local Morrisons store. The sum was presented to


Lucy Rathbone from Bluebell Wood by Jean Holmes, Take Note’s Musical Director.


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