AND FINALLY
Toolstation raises over £750,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support
Toolstation has raised over £750,000 for its designated charity partner, Macmillan Cancer Support, in 2022.
Since launching the charity partnership in 2020, Toolstation has raised over £1,500,000 for Macmillan, to help fund vital physical, financial, and emotional support for the millions of people living with cancer across the UK. With the £750,000 donation, Macmillan could pay for 12 Macmillan Nurses for a whole year, helping people living with cancer and their families receive essential medical, practical and emotional support. Alternatively, the donation could support the Macmillan Cancer Information and Support team in running their Macmillan Support Line phone service for over
five months. In this time, they could deal with more than 40,000 calls and web enquiries from people who need practical and emotional support or help to navigate cancer services.
Fundraising took place across the business, with colleagues at its distribution network, support centre in Bridgwater and 550+ stores all getting involved throughout the year to help reach the record figure.
Several colleagues were sponsored to shave their head for Macmillan Cancer Support as part of its Brave the Shave campaign, whilst Toolstation’s managing director, James Mackenzie and retail director Simon Robinson took part in the 2022 London Marathon. Last April Toolstation launched its
collaboration with charity Pennies, with customers able to add an optional donation to Macmillan Cancer Support onto their purchases when paying by card and contactless. Additional fundraising initiatives included store raffles, bake sales, team hikes, fancy dress days and the ongoing support of Macmillan Coffee Mornings, all of which were supported through customer and colleague donations.
Toolstation has continued its support for Macmillan Cancer Support in 2023, with each store currently offering the chance for customers to win a hamper full of CT1 Sealant & Adhesive goodies worth over £160 by entering a
TG Lynes supports local children’s hospice TG Lynes hosted events,
TG Lynes has raised £24,000 for a north London children’s hospice after a year of fundraising, culminating in a charity gala dinner.
The Enfield-based company named Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospice as charity partner for the last 12 months. Noah’s Ark provides support to babies, children, and young people with life-threatening or life-limiting conditions, and their families, across London.
including a charity golf day at Woburn Golf Club, while staff rose to the fundraising challenge with internal events and Antonios Drosinos, a warehouse and trade counter operative, making a 13,000 ft tandem skydive in Peterborough. In February, the fundraising drive peaked with a gala dinner for suppliers and customers at Down Hall Hotel & Spa which included a big-prize raffle and auction. Andrew Ingram, managing
prize draw, with all proceeds being donated to the charity.
Toolstation’s managing director, James Mackenzie, said: “The wonderful work and support that Macmillan Cancer Support provides helps so many people. Our fundraising will support the charity in its efforts to be there for everyone living with or affected by cancer.”
director at TG Lynes, said TG Lynes was keen to support Noah’s Ark as part of the company’s 110th anniversary celebrations.
“We’re absolutely thrilled to have raised £24,000 for Noah’s Ark, an outstanding local charity that provides excellent care and support to hundreds of children and their families,” he said.
“Our colleagues, and their families and friends, did great work
IBMG scores charity gala dinner success
A team from Parker Building Supplies, Chandlers Building Supplies and Fairalls, builders merchants under the IBMG ownership, raised £1,400 at a charity gala dinner for Teenage Cancer Trust (TCT).
Held at Crowborough Rugby Club in Sussex the night’s takings raised the IBMG’s builder merchants’ grand total for TCTs ‘Mission Unstoppable’ fundraising campaign to £16,800.
Murdina Hook of Parker Building Supplies, Crowborough said: “It was a great night, with a full house, raffle and auction prizes helping to add to our TCT charity funds.”
Mike Granger, of Chandlers Building Supplies said: “We’ve been really invested in the Teenage Cancer Trusts’ three-month fundraising challenge.
We smashed our initial target so we are all very happy about that and we had enormous fun along the way.” To take part in the challenge the builders merchants created a team of employees spread throughout the family of merchants owned by the Independent Builders Merchant Group (IBMG) dedicated to fundraising relentlessly for the three months of the TCT challenge. Ian Kenny, head of marketing at IBMG said: “The most important part of this challenge is our 2000+ employees across our IBMG family of builder merchants: everybody has been involved in various fundraising initiatives. It has been a remarkable team effort and one that we are all very proud of. The gala dinner at Crowborough was another great success.”
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in helping to raise as much money as possible and we hope the money will go some way to supporting the vital work that it does.”
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