Selco Builders Warehouse’s Swansea branch has announced it has raised £11,000 for Cancer Research UK, in a charity golf day. Jason Delaney, deputy branch manager at Selco Swansea on Upper Forest Way organised the event, it saw 80 players attend – all with the aim of raising money for charity. …
Read More »Pavestone Rally 2023: The stuff that’s fit to publish anyway
The Pavestone Rally sets off today, taking merchants and manufacturers across Europe from Ghent to Monte Carlo for four days, in a custom-decorated car that cost less than £500 to buy. Along the way, there will be a range of challenges and tasks for the participants to perform, and …
Read More »Band of Builders helps ten-year-old quad amputee
Band of Builders announces it has helped Luke Mortimer who, after contracting meningococcal meningitis and septicaemia, lost his arms and legs. Mortimer thanked the team of volunteer tradespeople who have completed a project to make significant adaptations to his home in Embsay, North Yorkshire. Mortimer has also appeared on ITV’s …
Read More »Travis Perkins raises £7,000 for Macmillan Cancer support
Travis Perkins has announced it has raised £7,000 in a mix netball Tournament for Macmillan Cancer support. It explained that the tournament took place at Kings High School in Warwick and was organised by Travis Perkins hire category manager Annabel Hiatt, the tournament saw 12 teams play against each other …
Read More »Selco launches its “Growing Grassroots” campaign with Rugby Football League
Selco Builders Warehouse has launched its “Growing Grassroots” campaign in conjunction with the Rugby Football League, of which it is an official partner. Any grassroots rugby league club can enter the competition and will have the chance of winning a prize of £2,000 worth of building materials, a visit to …
Read More »Leyland SDM helps a primary school in Fulham
Leyland SDM announces it has helped a Fulham primary school with a summer spruce-up ahead of the pupils’ return to school. It provided a team of volunteers to spend a week carrying out work at All Saints C of E Primary School in Fulham during the summer holidays, as well …
Read More »Grant UK and Bath Rugby extend Kick the Carbon campaign into local schools
Grant UK has announced that it will be delivering a Grassroots Community Sustainability Programme to ten local primary schools, in partnership with Bath Rugby. The Programme will build upon the Kick the Carbon campaign that Grant UK and Bath Rugby launched last year, raising awareness about sustainability and educating local …
Read More »Covers’ convoy arrives in Ukraine
Covers has announced that its convoy has arrived at its destination in Lviv and the vital aid was handed over to humanitarian organisation Stay Safe UA. The convoy contained three crane lorries, loaded with a forklift, tracked recovery vehicle, a Bobcat loader for rubble clearance and a container of donated …
Read More »Selco Wolverhampton take part in charity Krazy Races
Selco Builders Warehouse has announced it will be taking part in the Krazy Races event in Queen’s Square Wolverhampton, on August 28. The soapbox design is based around a Selco vehicle, complete with crane, the team will be racing under the banner of “Tool Runnings” – it has said it …
Read More »Space available on Pavestone Rally
Pavestone has announced that there is one more space available for its Pavestone Rally, which sets off on September 6 – the charity event runs from Gent, Strasbourg, Innsbruck, Milan, Monte Carlo and finishes off with a gala dinner in Nice. Pavestone’s goal is to raise money for the four …
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