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Actis helps build Community Shed to boost neighbourhood spirit
A new community building aimed at enabling people to get involved in interesting pursuits while making friends is being built in Aberdeenshire – with help from insulation specialist Actis. The timber frame construction in Aboyne is part of the growing Men’s Shed movement – although this one will be open to both sexes.
Men’s Sheds provide everything one would find in a conventional garden shed on a mega scale and are designed to encourage men and, in this case, women to get together over a shared passion for making things, with the aim of encouraging friendships. Actis is one of a number of companies offering their products
or services free of charge to help reduce the cost of creating such an enterprise, as part of its policy of giving something back to the communities in which it operates. The total budget for the project is likely to be around t£320,000 mark.
The downstairs workshop will be run by the Men’s Shed,
RGB employees take to the sky and raise
in excess of £900 for Exeter Chiefs charity Two North Devon-based employees at RGB Building Supplies completed a charity skydive on Saturday 15th June and raised over £900 for the Exeter Chiefs Foundation. Kevin Furse, a Sales Assistant at RGB’s South Molton branch, and Jacob Jordan, an IT Support Technician at RGB’s Head Office in Barnstaple, were chosen by RGB following a call out inviting daredevil team members to put themselves forward. Both took to the sky at
Dunkeswell Airfield near Honiton and leaped from the plane with an experienced instructor at 15,000 ft. They freefell for 8,000 ft before the parachute opened and they glided to the ground. As a member of the
Exeter Chiefs Foundation XV programme, RGB had pledged
to raise £1,500 during the year. The money raised by Furse and Jordan has ensured this total has been exceeded. The foundation supports charities and organisations across the region and, since its launch in 2011, has raised in excess of £1m and helped over 80 projects. Furse commented: “I’ve always wanted to complete a skydive and it definitely didn’t disappoint. It was amazing and now I really want to go on to complete the Accelerated Freefall Skydive Course so I can jump on my own. We’re delighted to have raised so much money for a great charity and we’d both like to thank everyone who donated.” Jordan added: “I was a bit nervous when sat on the edge of the plane waiting to jump, but I loved it. The freefall felt more like floating than falling, and it’s definitely something I’d like to do again. In addition to thanking everyone who donated, Kevin and I would also like to thank RGB for giving us the opportunity and covering the cost of the skydive.”
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offering woodwork, metalwork, welding, car maintenance, small appliance repair, electronics projects and amateur radio pursuits to both men and women. Actis is donating nearly 150 sqm of insulating breather membrane BoostR Hybrid, more than 130sq m of 50mm honeycomb insulation Hybris and an identical quantity of insulating vapour control layer HControl Hybrid towards the project. Actis regional sales director for the North and Scotland, Jemma Harris, said: “It’s very rewarding to put something back into the communities in which we work. The Men’s Shed movement sounds such a great idea especially as part of a wider community based enterprise.
Selco Helps Give run-down Scout Campsite a Facelift
Wolseley staff in 650-mile charity relay challenge
Staff at Wolseley have raised over £22,000 for a variety of national and local charities in a coast-to-coast charity relay race. Throughout May and June, volunteers from the plumbing, heating and drainage merchant took it in turn to pass a baton between each of its 135 southern branches.
Finishing on June 26th, the 650-mile challenge began at Wolseley’s Penzance branch on the Cornish coast. It arrived at Wolseley’s Broadstairs branch in Kent via the Channel Ilands, Isle of White and a variety of transport methods, including classic cars, cycling and jogging. David Myers, regional managing director at Wolseley, said: “We’ve seen some great creative ideas from staff when completing their journeys. We’ve had everything from trains and bicycles to boats, planes and scooters - one employee even travelled by horse!”
The Rammey Island Scout Campsite, in Waltham Abbey, has been significantly improved after Selco Builders Warehouse stepped in with £1,000 worth of materials for the renovation project. The campsite hut had been left untouched for 60 years and was in desperate need of attention. Thanks to Selco’s help, a number of improvements were made, including roof renovation, guttering, painting, insulation, electrics, flooring and work to the kitchen. The donation came from Selco’s Tottenham branch. Artene Ghambary, leader of 4th Wood Green Scouts in Tottenham, said: “Everyone is over the moon with this donation. This campsite really needed to be brought up to standard as a lot of children use it as a way to experience new things. Parts of the hut hadn’t been touched for six decades. We relyon donations, so Selco’s help made a huge difference.”
At each branch, staff also built a mascot from Wolseley materials and documented each branch milestone by adding a picture of their creation to a Charity Challenge scrapbook. The book, which was carried between branches also documented each step of the journey with photographs and messages of support. Funds raised will be
distributed between Cornwall Air Ambulance, Great Ormond Street Hospital, and a number of smaller local charities.
www.buildersmerchantsjournal.net August 2019
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