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James Burrell staff raise vital funds for charity
James Burrell Builders Merchants has raised more than £8,500 to share between their nominated charities of the year, Butterwick Hospice Care and 4Louis. James Burrell staff participated in various fundraising events throughout the year, including running the Great North Run, a charity walk across the County Durham countryside, a coffee morning and collecting donations from fundraising buckets in all of their 10 branches. As a result of the staff’s amazing efforts, they raised over £4,250 – a figure matched by the company, increasing the total to £8,535. All money raised will be shared equally between both
Toyota’s forklift helps feed more families in need
Toyota Material Handling has donated a counterbalance forklift and two hand pallet trucks to the Leicester South foodbank. Toyota will maintain and service the trucks, and provide driver training lessons to volunteer staff. In addition, staff from Toyota’s Leicester branch will prepare, pack and distribute food parcels to the local community. Toyota has arranged to boost stocks of cardboard packing boxes that are used to keep produce fresh and damage-free during transit.
As part of the Trussell Trust network, the number of people using the foodbank’s services has increased by 351% since March 2020.
“More people are finding themselves unemployed and unable to afford sufficient food for themselves and their families so they are turning to us to help in ever greater numbers,”said Bruce Harrison, general manager of the Leicester South operation.
“Every day people in the UK go hungry for reasons ranging from redundancy to receiving an unexpected bill on a low
income. A simple box of food makes a big difference,” he added. “The introduction of the Toyota forklift and the Toyota hand pallet trucks means that we can now unload a vehicle in about a third of the time that it was taking to do the job manually. It also allows the volunteers that were previously required to help with the unloading process to focus on other tasks such as sorting and packing food parcels, which ensures that we are able to make optimum use of our volunteers’ time.” Toyota’s relationship with Leicester South foodbank developed from a discussion between Anthony Widdowson, Toyota’s National Warehouse Manager, and a volunteer at the facility. Widdowson said: “My friend and I were chatting and he mentioned that the foodbank needed a forklift truck. I discussed the situation with my Toyota colleagues and it was quickly decided that we wanted to help and would supply and maintain the truck free-of-charge.”
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charities. 50% will go to Butterwick Hospice Care, a charity who aim to improve the life of those who have a palliative or life limiting diagnosis and support them to have the best life possible in the time they have left. And the remaining 50% will go to 4Louis, a UK charity that works across the country to support anyone affected by miscarriage, stillbirth and the death of a baby or child. Kelly Foster, marketing manager, said: “We are delighted to be able to support such great charities. COVID-19 and the lockdown has made it difficult to engage in our normal fundraising activities, however we were able to raise a fantastic amount of money with the support and generosity of our staff, customers and suppliers. A huge thank you to everyone who helped along the way!
“Our chosen charities do such amazing work, we hope our donations will make a real difference to two very worthy causes.”
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