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Toolstation helps young volunteers transform boxing gym


Trade and DIY retailer Toolstation, and its social enterprise partner Volunteer It Yourself (VIY) joined forces with decorating merchant Dulux and Essex Police to transform and refurbish the interior of Champ Boxing Academy.


VIY combines volunteering and DIY to help young people learn building and construction skills on the job, by fixing local youth club buildings in need of essential repairs.


Offering a fully equipped boxing arena, 16ft raised boxing ring and over 16 punching bag stations, the boxing club has been an integral part of the local sporting community for several years, providing space for people to work out and gain professional


coaching. It plays an important role in supporting the local youth set up, working closely with youth engagement teams as well as partnering with the local police in helping young people take up boxing as a deterrent to crime. The Academy, which was in need of repair and refurbishment, has been transformed by 13 young volunteers aged between 14-24 years old, who came from the club itself and USP College as part of its support for the project. Using supplies donated by Toolstation and Dulux, the volunteers and VIY refurbished and redecorated the male and female changing rooms, corridors and boxing arena by tackling underlying issues with damp and


attractive to new and existing members, as well as inspire the next generation of boxers with more modern facilities. Rupert Nichols, customer and commercial director at Toolstation, said “James and his fantastic team at Champ Boxing Academy are an amazing demonstration of the benefits communal spaces can bring to an area, and their work with youth engagement teams and local charity groups to help enhance the lives of younger generations is something we really resonate with as a business.”


mould, replastering the walls, and touching up the paintwork. The transformation will help give the local institution a much- needed facelift and make it more


SIG Roofing wins “SHE” award for cancer protection campaign


SIG Roofing won the ‘Marketing Campaign of the Year’ award at the Safety & Health Excellence (SHE) Awards 2025 for its ‘Take a Squirt’ initiative, promoting skin cancer awareness among roofing industry colleagues and customers.


In 2024, SIG Roofing partnered with SKCIN, a charity specialising in the prevention and early detection of skin cancer. They


carried out research with their roofing contractor customers to understand how many considered sun protection whilst working outdoors and followed this up with a training program and awareness activity across their 107 roofing branches.


All branches were also fitted with sun cream dispensers and free sun cream giveaways, and visitors were encouraged to ‘Take a Squirt’


JTD and Knauf Drywall give away a van


A brand-new Iveco van worth £30,000 was the first prize in a competition from merchant buying group H&B, in partnership with key dry lining supplier Knauf Drywall. The winner of the van was Gareth Tippett Builders of Holmfirth, a customer of JTD Building Supplies, in Holmfirth JTD director Tony Sharkey said: “We have always taken immense pride in our ability to recommend the best product solutions to our customers. Knauf premium boards are no exception. Congratulations to Gareth and his team.” To qualify, H&B member


customers had to spend a minimum of £500 on Knauf Drywall products, with at least £250 being on premium boards.


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of SPF sun cream before working outdoors.


Lotty Pritchard, marketing director for SIG Roofing, said: “We were thrilled to win ‘Marketing Campaign of the Year’ at the Safety & Health Excellence Awards 2025, which took place at The Vox in Birmingham on April 9th. This award recognises our ‘Take a Squirt’ initiative and our ongoing efforts to promote skin cancer awareness among our colleagues and customers.


“When we learned SKCIN was launching a sun-safe workplace accreditation program last year for


Selco creates cracking Easter surprise


Children who spent Easter in hospitals across Dorset were given an eggs-tra special treat by kind-


hearted customers and colleagues of the Poole store of one of the UK’s biggest builders merchants.


The Poole store of Selco Builders Warehouse, Poole, held a collection in the lead-up to the holiday weekend, with hundreds of pounds worth of special treats collected. The donation was made to the University Hospitals Dorset NHS Charity, which fundraises for University Hospitals Dorset, an NHS Foundation Trust that includes Royal Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch Hospitals


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James Chisholm, owner of Champ Boxing Academy, said “The help came at the right time, and we are so happy with the changes that VIY helped us with to improve the club’s state of repair. It has put a fresh face to the facility so we can continue to thrive in the community and help us recruit new faces to our gym.”


employers of outdoor workers, we immediately decided to join the initiative and obtain accreditation. Solar UV radiation is responsible for 90% of all skin cancer cases, which means that outdoor workers are among the highest-risk groups for developing this disease.”


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