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City Plumbing reach £3 million fundraising milestone
City Plumbing has announced it has reached its £3 million target of money raised for the Teenage Cancer Trust, this will help pay for 100,000 hours of nursing time. The company has supported the Teenage Cancer Trust since 2012, making it one of the charity’s longest standing “charity of the year” partnerships.
Dave Evans, CEO at Highbourne Group which is the parent group
Travis Perkins walks on for Macmillan
of City Plumbing, explained how remarkable it is to see so many people be inspired to raise money for the charity.
“We are so proud to have raised £3 million so far – and judging by the commitment of everyone I speak to, I am certain that figure will continue to rise,” said Evans. The employees of City Plumbing have completed a wide range of activities to raise money for
the charity, this includes; hikes, bike rides, Tough Mudders and marathons, one of its employees even had the Teenage Cancer Trust
Bald Builders create Wimbledon at home
Travis Perkins Supply Chain colleagues took part in the London Royal Parks walk last week to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support, they raised a total of £2,500.
The merchant has raised enough to fund 75 nursing hours, helping the charity’s mission to provide physical, financial and emotional support to those living with cancer in the UK, the charity was selected as Travis Perkins’ charity partner. Brian McCarthy, supply chain director, who took part in the walk said: “I’m really proud to be working with a team of people so willing to walk a half marathon to raise money for Macmillan. It was a seriously hot day, however, we all completed the walk with not too many blisters or injuries.
“Cancer is a close cause to many of our hearts, so we are really proud of our fundraising efforts, and hope to continue to do our bit to support Macmillan where we can.” The charity walk was 13.1 miles and covered four out of eight royal London parks including Hyde Park, Green Park, St James’s Park and Kensington Gardens, passing some of the capital’s world-famous landmarks.
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Bald Builders’ used FrogTape, some vibrant green paint and a large white MDF board to create their own Centre Court. The popular building professionals and Fix Radio presenters even had some orange juice and McEnroe-style headbands, they were then ready to enjoy Wimbledon style table tennis tournaments between their building projects. Brad, from The Bald Builders’,
said: “We use FrogTape all the time in our decorating projects so we know how it creates really clean lines, clean enough to look like a pristine tennis court. It turned out a treat, but the issue is that we are all a bit too competitive, while not actually being that good at table tennis. “Thankfully the forecast means we will get a lot of use out of this table and the families love it too!”
The Bald Builders’ uploaded the video to their TikTok where it received thousands of likes. Jason Burns, managing director of Shurtape, says: “The Bald Builders keep coming up with creative ways to use spare tape and this is just brilliant.”
Elliotts raises over £1900 for Rainbow Trust
Elliotts has announced that they took part in the Three Peaks Challenge and have raised over £1900 for the Rainbow Trust. The challenge includes walking a total distance of 23 miles, an ascent of 3,064 metres and a driving distance of 462 miles, the seven employees from Elliotts Builders Merchant started training months ago. Head of trading at Elliotts, Matt Adlington, said: “We knew that the challenge would be tough, so we started arranging different training walks across Hampshire and Dorset. “We completed walks along the Jurassic coast, through the New Forest and across the South Downs in preparation for the three peaks.”
The Three Peaks Challenge involves climbing Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Mount Snowden in less than 24 hours, the team almost doubled their initial target of £1000.
Becky Rose, business
development manager for Civils at Elliotts, said: “The Three Peaks seemed the ideal challenge to raise money for the charity, tough physically but also an amazing team builder. When the
world was back to normal last year, decided to finally plan it.” The charity, who were chosen by Elliotts’ staff as their charity of the year, provide emotional and practical support for families that have a child with a life threatening or terminal illness. “We had stunning views up Ben Nevis, until the weather came in 20 minutes before the summit. After that we had minimal visibility and awful conditions for the rest of the challenge, making it much harder,” said Rose. “However, the whole trip was so much fun and made by the team. Everyone was incredibly positive even at the hardest moments, laughing, joking and singing our way up the mountains.”
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logo tattooed on his body to help raise funds.
Dr Louise Soanes, chief nurse at Teenage Cancer Trust, said: “The total raised means that we could provide over 100,000 hours of nursing care to young people with cancer, helping them to cope with the trauma of a diagnosis and making sure they are cared for during treatment.”
Church said: “This charity has been in our lives for a very long time, TCT feels part of the family now. The inspiration came years ago when a Teenage Cancer Trust ward was opened where I live in Southampton. It has driven our passion, being so close to home.”
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