CHARITY...
TAXI FIRM’S £1,250 BOOST FOR HAITI DISASTER APPEAL
Taxi drivers from a firm in Burton have raised £1,250 for the victims of the Haitian earth- quake.
New Street Cabs boss Mohammed Rashid appealed for his driv- ers to each donate at least £10 towards his charity collection. Having received £500, he doubled that total and added a further £250 collected from family members. Mr Rashid’s son, Sajid, who was voted East Staffordshire Borough Council’s drivers’ driver of the year for 2009-10, told the Burton Mail he was pleased with his company’s efforts. He said: “We just thought that these peo- ple really deserve help. In this country, we don’t have to live through natural disasters.
“If we had to live in the conditions of the earth-
quake victims, I think we’d really struggle.”
DERBY FIRMS DO THEIR BIT FOR HAITI APPEAL
Two Derby businesses teamed up with chari- table diners to raise more than £2,000 for survivors of the Haiti earthquake.
Staff at PJ Cars, a pri- vate hire firm in the city centre, organised a charity dinner at Lahore Kebabish restaurant in Norman- ton.
Their efforts were boosted by a dinner set up by the owner of Red Chilli restaurant in Littleover.
(back l-r) Maneer Ghani, Mohammed Tanvir, Tariq Mahmood, Abad Rashid, Mohammed Rashid and Sajid Rashid with (front) Jacqui Sid- wells, Margaret Merry
BOOTLE FIRM BOXES ITS THOUSAND
Liverpool’s largest hospice, Jospice, is celebrating more than a ‘fare deal’ with Sefton’s leading pri- vate hire firm. Delta Taxis of Bootle has set a new record for the charity, which passed collection box 1,000 into the firm’s headquarters recently. The firm - Europe’s
busiest taxi company - has been supporting Jospice for many years, with collection boxes delivered regu- larly to its old offices in Moor Lane, Crosby and now its new, state of the art offices on Strand Road.
A Delta Taxis spokesman said: “It’s been a privilege to sup-
port the work of Jospice which does such an excellent job in the local community.” Keith Cawdron, Jospice general manager, added: “Our collection boxes bring in a steady income stream to sup- port our work both in Thornton, where we run Liverpool’s largest hos- pice, and abroad in our four South American hospices. “We were thrilled when Delta Taxis asked for additional boxes for the staff and the fact they’ve taken box 1,000 is a fitting testa- ment to their support.” Roger Blaxall, Jospice community fundraiser said: “Delta certainly keeps us busy!
Roger Blaxall, Jospice community fundraiser, left, with Keith Cawdron, Jospice general manager
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“Boxes are being changed on a monthly basis thanks to the gen- erosity of their drivers and office staff. It’s great to have such a vibrant company on board and their support is much appreciated.”
More than 100 diners helped both firms raise more than £1,000 each, and the cash will now be hand- ed to the Derbyshire-based Aquabox charity, which is sending life- saving water purifi- cation kits to the Caribbean country. Chunu Miah, who owns Red Chilli, in Burton Road, said he was impressed by the response from his
customers.
He said: “Seeing the pictures from the Haiti disaster was really ter- rible and it made us feel that we had to do something to help. “Straight away we thought of holding a charity dinner. We held it only about a week after thinking up the idea and the response was just fantastic. “I think if we had longer to organise it, the amount raised would have been even better.”
The Red Chilli event involved customers paying £20 each for a four-course meal and raised £1,100.
Diners at Lahore Kebabish raised £1,022 by leaving donations after their meals.
Mudasser Ahmed, from PJ Cars, said he hoped both events would inspire other businesses to support Aquabox.
He told the Derby Evening Telegraph: “We were only expect- ing to raise about £600. “We’re only a small company in Derby and I think this goes to show that no matter how small or big the business is, some great work can be done for charity.” Aquabox, run by the Rotary Club of Wirksworth, will use the money to fund the distribution of more life-saving kits in Haiti. The boxes transform dirty, disease-ridden water into something fit to drink.
The charity has sent more than 1,550 of the kits to Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince.
The boxes, distributed in the Caribbean coun- try by international charity Humanity First, also contain essential items including clothes, tools and cooking pots.
CHOICEQUOTE INSURANCE REACH FOR THE SKY
Two staff members from ChoiceQuote Insurance Services Worsley office, took part in a charity abseil in March at the Man- chester velodrome to raise much needed funds to support the Myasthenia Gravis charity.
Abseiling from the very top of the velo- drome, down 40 foot to the stadium floor on Sunday 6th March, they raised over £280, and the event overall raised over £800 from all teams taking part. Marketing Manager for ChoiceQuote, Lindsay Brown, said: “ChoiceQuote are proud of the fact that our staff regularly raise money for chari-
ty in a variety of ways. This abseil was some- thing a little different and the staff really enjoyed the experi- ence!”.
ChoiceQuote will also be raising money for Myasthenia Gravis in a second abseil event at
the Mersey Tunnel in Liverpool in May 2010. Pictured are Dean Nut- tall and Elliott Green, Taxi Insurance Spe- cialists, from ChoiceQuotes Man- chester office on Barton Road in Wors- ley.
PHTM APRIL 2010
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