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Bradfords signs Slade as MoBros Captain
Selco supports youth charities
If it’s November, it’s Mo-vember at Bradfords, and the builders merchant has signed England and Exeter Chiefs rugby star Henry Slade to head-up its 2024 fundraising campaign. Bradfords is looking to exceed the success of the 2021 campaign, which raised £17,000. Activities across the 46 branches include a 24-hour cyclothon at Bradfords’ Branch Support Centre in Yeovil, and exclusive MoBros merchandise. MoBros Chairman and Bradfords’ CEO David Young said: “We’re proud to be a partner to Movember and to help raise crucial funds supporting men’s mental health, suicide prevention, prostate and testicular cancer. The sorts of issues Movember campaign on directly impact our core trade audience – they matter to them, and they matter to us. Henry’s signing, and our fundraising plans, sends a clear message to our competition – that when it comes to taking care of the trades, we’re ready to compete at the highest level.”
MoBros Captain, Henry Slade, added: “I can’t wait to join the team and start growing something special. In raising awareness and supporting innovations for testicular and prostate cancer, and giving mental health the focus it so desperately deserves, the team know they’re making a huge difference.”
Bradfords’ support for Movember aligns with wider commitments made across the business to support the mental and physical health of employees, communities and the wider trades.
https://movember.com/ BradfordsMoBros
A charity that provides essential youth services in Slough and a hostel providing a safe home environment for teenage girls who are facing homelessness in Whalley Range, have each secured £500 worth of materials from Selco Builders Warehouse through the merchant’s Community Heroes campaign. Together As One is planning upgrades to its Slough High Street facility. The organisation has a mission to provide opportunities for young people in the town. Its offering include support for young carers, a film club and a group for those with special educational needs and disabilities.
Rob Deeks, CEO of Together As One, said the money would be put towards building an accessible ground-level toilet at its base. “We believe in striving for social change, working with young people
from all faiths and backgrounds to make a positive difference in our community through training, youth work and creative projects. Since moving to our converted shop unit on High Street, we’ve realised the urgent need for accessible facilities so that everyone can feel welcome to use our services.”
Contact Hostel cares for up to nine teenage girls at a time. Helen Gazard, Fundraising Partner at Contact Hostel, said: “We are delighted to receive the support of Selco. Maintaining our living areas and providing a home for vulnerable teenage girls when they need it most is our top priority, so help like this is always welcome.”
Jewson races for charity fundraising target
Suppliers from across the industry took part in Jewson’s third dragon boat race
tournament, one of the national builders’ merchant’s annual fundraising events for its two official charity partners, Band of Builders and Whiteleys Retreat. More than 400 people – made up of Jewson colleagues and team members from 35 of its suppliers – were split across 25 teams, competing in a series of races at Draycote Water,
£300,000 since it became official charity partners with Band of Builders.
ahead of a knockout round. A grand finale took place between three teams, with the highly competitive race won by ‘Super Fast Plus’, made up of colleagues from CT1.
Jewson has raised more than
GB10 Sports announce partnership with Lawsons
Independent timber, building materials and fencing merchants Lawsons has set up a partnership with GB10 Sports to supply the materials for the continued development of the community- focused sports facility in Eltham. Ciaran Morton, group marketing director for Lawsons said: “Lawsons has been going for 100 years as a family business and that’s why we’re very excited to be working with GB10 Sports. The business itself has Quaker origins which means it has a responsibility to the community. We have a very active involvement
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with community projects and we think that GB10’s policy of inclusion of providing sport for all really resonated with our company values.”
Ricky Coakley, group operations director for Lawsons added: “There is plenty of work to be done at the GB10 Sports site and we believe in what they’re trying to do and absolutely believe that aligning ourselves in the local community is something that we want. We’re very much looking forward to partnering up and doing some serious work down here at GB10 Sports.”
GB10 Sports Chairman, Paul Whitehead, said: “I’m over the moon to get Lawsons on board. They’re a great, local company who are prominent in the south east and their community and family values align with ours at GB10. This is a partnership that we want to grow. We have several years worth of building work that we’ll want to do and it will be fantastic if we can work together throughout that period.”
www.buildersmerchantsjournal.net November 2024
In 2023, Jewson announced Whiteley’s Retreat as its official charity partner for Scotland and the North. The organisation, which has a centre based in Ayrshire, provides free therapeutic respite breaks and extended support for children, young people and their families with cancer or life altering illnesses.
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