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Charity partnership is all wrapped up
Derby charity me&dee has received a promotional boost from van conversion specialist Bott, thanks to connections made through Love Business. Ashby-based Bott, which specialises in van racking and vehicle graphics, has transformed me&dee’s car with an impactful design to help raise awareness of the charity and support fundraising for its ambitious 20/20 vision step- change project. me&dee arranges memory
holidays, giving families a chance to make memories together when time is precious. The charity has, for the past seven years, been arranging holidays at Mablethorpe,
on the Lincolnshire coast. However, its founders have identified the need for a holiday home offering year-round access with a much larger and more comfortable space, nearer to main hospitals such as Derby and Nottingham. In order to bring this about, it
has launched ‘20/20 Vision’, a campaign to raise £150,000 to enable the purchase of a new holiday lodge, in the Sherwood Hideaway on the Nottinghamshire/Derbyshire border, having identified 18 families in just one year who have been unable to make the journey to Mablethorpe or manage care within a caravan environment.
‘me&dee is a fantastic local cause which does vital work to support families that are gravely affected by illness’
DTL driving a culture of health and safety
Damper Technology Ltd (DTL) is driving a culture of health and safety by investing in staff training. Key members of the DTL
production team, Tom Syson and Tony Shaw, have recently been awarded the nationally recognised IOSH Managing Safely Certificate. IOSH Managing Safely is a basic
risk management health and safety certificate which offers managers an understanding of the practical actions needed for the health and safety of their teams. Jeff Twilton, General Manager of
DTL, said: “This programme will be continuously monitored and improved as DTL moves forward into alternative, more challenging markets.”
22 business network March 2020 me&dee’s founder and CEO,
Maria Hanson MBE, was introduced to Bott by Love Business organiser Quiet Storm Solutions. Bott has also pledged to donate
further services by helping to create signage at the new woodland hideaway. Maria said: “We’re extremely
grateful to both Bott and Quiet Storm for their very kind support with this initiative. The support we have had from the business community since we launched our 20/20 Vision campaign has been overwhelming and this is just another example of the generosity that our business partners have shown towards our charity. “Having the branded car will
help us to take our message to even more people and make a huge impact at the events we attend throughout the year.”
Phil Megson and Maria Hanson
Liz Horsey, Bott’s Marketing Manager, said: “me&dee is a fantastic local cause which does vital work to support families that are gravely affected by illness, so we are pleased to be able to donate our time, resources and expertise to help raise awareness of the charity and hopefully boost fundraising. Quiet Storm Director Phil
Megson added: “We’ve supported me&dee, and other charities, for several years through Love Business. “Love Business is all about bringing people together and helping them to kickstart conversations and forge new relationships, and it’s great that we’ve been able to connect me&dee with Bott for this fantastic charity initiative, which will benefit many local families.”
Collaboration for ‘AV IT! Media
‘AV IT! Media has recently collaborated with a local law firm on its content for 2020. The Derby-based photography and videography specialists first worked with solicitors Smith Partnership on employee headshots and, after
impressing them with their modern, laid-back style of work, were asked to becometheir media partner for the year. The ‘AV IT! team aimed to create portraits with
personality, producing a collection of stylish, lifestyle-led photographs. Claire Twells, Business Development Partner at
Smith, said: “Mark and Ash worked well to arrange the appointments with our 200 staff members, and stage the photoshoots at times which didn’t interrupt business. The end results are fantastic and now feature on our website.” Mark Averill, Co-founder of ‘AV IT! Media, said:
“We’re delighted to be collaborating with Smith Partnership on its content for 2020. Creating photos and videos that stand out from the crowd is what we’re all about and we look forward to working in partnership with the team at Smith.”
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