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garden being built at the station, Alsford stepped in to help, donating all of the timber & building materials they will need to create a calm and supportive space encompassing decking area, with pergola, and raised beds, including everything from Top Soil to Deck Boards to support the completion of the project.


Alsford Timber Ltd are recognising their 140th year in business in 2022, commencing with a donation of building materials to Erith Fire Station, to contribute to their new wellbeing community garden being built at the station.


Being united with their communities, teams and industry is one of the Alsford company values that have built their business over the past 140 years. When Erith Fire Station approached local businesses to support their build of a community wellbeing and mindfulness


It is hoped that the wellbeing and mindfulness garden will be finished in March 2022, and once complete, it will be open to both the firefighters and the local community offering them a tranquil space to find calm surrounded by nature.


The Alsford Welling branch fulfilled the delivery to Samuel McMath of Green Watch on 18th January 2022, with a special moment for Alsford driver Michael, a former firefighter, when he recognised an old colleague he had worked with at another station.


BoB sets target for 2022


Band of Builders, the charity supported by the Builders Merchants federation and a number of merchants and suppliers, has unveiled ambitious plans to complete a record-breaking 12 projects in 2022 for fellow tradespeople facing hardship. The registered charity, which completes practical projects to help members of the UK construction industry who are battling illness or injury, is set to double the number of projects it completed last year. BoB has also been working closely with its partners and supporters – which include some major names within the construction industry, including DEWALT, Jewson, Tarmac, Gibbs & Dandy, V12 Footwear, Talasey, Resideo and Haemmerlin – to start to arrange the ring- fencing of materials for each project. Gavin Crane, the chair of the board of trustees, said: “Requests for support have hit an all-time high from tradespeople right across the UK construction industry, and we are taking BoB to the next level to help as many people as we can this year. None of this would be possible without the commitment of our members and other tradespeople who volunteer their skills and time for free to be part of the BoB community, delivering projects that are life-changers for the recipients. The tradespeople chosen by BoB for projects this year include:


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• A 51-year-old father of four in Hertfordshire who fell 20 ft from scaffolding after having a seizure, since diagnosed with a brain tumour • A 40-year-old man from Walsall who suffered spinal cord damage after a heart operation went wrong and left him permanently disabled • A 63-year-old former brickie from Northern Ireland who suffers from progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) – a breakdown of his immune system • An electrician from Loughborough whose 5-year-old son has cerebral palsy and cannot sit up unaided • The wife of a plasterer from South Shields who has ovarian cancer. A 55-year-old building surveyor and father of two who suffered a hypoxic brain injury caused by lack of oxygen due to a heart attack, currently in neuro rehab.


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