AND FINALLY AND FINALLY BMI helps Children in Need keep young people safe n in Need ke lps Children
In October, working alongside BBC Children in Need and DIY SOS: The Big Build, BMI UK and Ireland helped Nightsafe, a local charity who offers a caring and supportive environment for homeless and vulnerable young people, with the roofing support it needed on a conversion project to make its newest centre warm, dry and secure for the young people in its care. When BMI UK and Ireland learnt about the charity’s plight, and its great work with young people under pressure, the company mobilised its technical team to survey the existing roofs and provide the design, calculations and system
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a safe and secure environment for young people in need.
specifications needed to refurbish them. The BMI Technical team collaborated to provide the expertise, materials and workmanship needed to transform the plan into a reality and provide
Building products manufacturer Forterra has raised a grand total of £16,283 in funds and donated almost £3,000 in products this year for homelessness construction projects in partnership with CRASH Charity, of which Forterra has been an industry Patron for the past two years.
CRASH is the construction industry’s charity that helps homelessness charities and
hospices with their construction projects – creating places that care for people when they are at their most vulnerable.
CRASH unites the industry
ET Clay raises anniversary money for Macmillan
ET Clay Products Ltd, a brick supply company based in South Ockendon, Essex, has raised over £35,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support in celebration of their 25th anniversary.
Eddie Turze, managing director said: “The care and support Macmillan provides to people living with cancer and their
families is amazing, so it was an easy decision for us to support them in our anniversary year.”. The company took on a range of fundraising activities including an epic Birmingham to Essex cycle challenge, sponsored walks, held coffee mornings and even asked suppliers/customers to contribute to their fundraising goal.
The team managed to smash their original target of £25,000 and have raised over £35,000 throughout the year.
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The expert BMI Specification Team provided a structural condition report and advised on the best way to restore the heritage roof. For the two flat areas – one over the entrance, another over the live-in staff accommodation at the back of the building – BMI not only supplied the materials, but also installed it with the expertise of its site technical team, which included technical trainer (flat roofing) Tony Brooks and area technical manager Paul Seel.
Forterra’s support for construction charity tops £19k in 2019 and channels the expertise and
products of companies to carry out construction, restoration and refurbishment projects for homelessness charities and hospices across the UK. CRASH Patrons provide practical support in the form of professional expertise, products and raw materials, which are put to use in each project CRASH undertakes.
Forterra’s fundraising activities for CRASH in 2019 saw staff take part in obstacle course challenge Rough Runner, the Construction Industry Dragon Boat Challenge and the Great North Run, as well
West Cornwall Women’s Aid has been voted as the latest recipient of RGB Building Supplies’ Well Built Community Fund and now has £1,000 to spend at an RGB branch.
West Cornwall Women’s Aid supports women and children who have fled their homes due to domestic violence and has helped many women safely rebuild their lives. The charity also provides
support to women and children living in West Cornwall through their Community Services Project, which
Reisser relic rewarded Reisser was delighted to present a loyal customer with
brand new equipment on Monday, following a recent picture posted on Instagram which caught the brand’s attention.
The image, depicting an extremely worn out and battered-looking Reisser Steel screw Case, was captioned by its owner Kevin Sharkey as having been on every job he’d ever done since he originally rescued the case from a skip over a decade ago.
Touched by the sentiment of Kevin’s post, the Reisser UK team contacted its office in Ireland who sent
as Forterra’s own initiative, a climb of Scafell Pike.
In its capacity as Patron, Forterra has additionally donated a total of £2,850 worth of product this year, to two homelessness projects supported by CRASH: Kairos
Limesdale Garden and Emmanuel House Support Centre.
RGB supports women’s refuge with Community Fund iincludes a helpline, one to one outreach support,
ncludes a helpline, one to one outreach support, group support, yoga, craft groups, children’s one to one support and counselling.
Lizzie Matthews, from West Cornwall Women’s Aid, said: “It’s vital the women and children we support are made to feel safe and valued, and arriving to a welcoming space really helps with this. We will be using the Community Fund donation to decorate bedrooms and communal areas and we’re
extremely grateful to RGB; the money will make such a difference. A huge thank you to everyone who showed their support by voting for us.”
sales director, Robert Mathews, to pay a visit to the experienced Stillorgan, Co Dublin- based carpenter, and to present him with a brand new steel case.
It was filled with Cutter Woodscrews as well as a Crate Mate SSC2 storage system, as a token of the company’s appreciation.
www.buildersmerchantsjournal.net December 2019
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