Tag Archives: Charity

Civils & drainage merchant Keyline, is extending its existing corporate partnership with Prostate Cancer UK by five years. Keyline has been working in partnership with Prostate Cancer UK since 2009 and hosts a number of regional and national fundraisers every year to raise awareness and funds for the cause. Keyline’s Annual Rally is the …

Family-run charity Holbrook Animal Rescue in Horsham has been awarded with £500 of funding after winning D.W. Nye’s ‘Proud to be Local’ campaign. This was the second chance for local causes to receive funding from the builders’ merchants based in Kingsfold, which is giving away £500 to four different groups …

On 25 June, a team of seven from Saniflo UK set off from the company’s UK headquarters in South Ruislip outside London to cycle approximately 220 miles to SFA Group’s global headquarters close to the Eiffel Tower in Paris in a bid to raise £6,000 for Cancer Research UK as …

Ridgeons, the timber and builders’ merchants, raised almost £3,700 for East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) during Children’s Hospice Week in the last week of May. Colleagues at 14 Ridgeons branches across Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk organised their own fundraising activities including bake sales, raffles, a 30km ‘treadmill challenge’ and …

A team of 33 colleagues from Covers Timber and Builders Merchants in Chichester has raised an incredible £2,000 after taking part in St Wilfrid’s Hospice Moonlight Walk. The team undertook the challenge in memory of their much missed colleague, Kev Starling, who worked at the company for over 40 years. …

Ridgeons has announced it is supporting Norwich’s charity public art trail GoGoHares this summer, as their official logistics partner. One of Norfolk’s newest and biggest tourist attractions, the large-scale contemporary art extravaganza sees 50 hare-shaped masterpieces placed around some of Norwich’s biggest and most historic landmarks for families, tourists and …

A new initiative launched by Covers Timber & Builders Merchants has helped to brighten up the Aldingbourne Country Centre. The campaign, called Covers Help for the Community, brings together staff from the company who volunteer their time to help local organisations and groups to complete maintenance tasks. A team of …

Two colleagues from Scott Parnell have helped raise over £5,000 for charity following a 55-mile bike ride. Steve Parnell and Rachael Adamson – both directors at the groundworks and civil engineering supply specialists – took on the Anderson Charity Bike Ride, a picturesque but challenging route around the pretty villages …

One of the UK’s largest independent construction firms, has pledged its support to local Inverness-based charity, Mikeysline, which helps people experiencing mental health issues. Robertson is selling reusable water bottles to its employees, subcontractors and wider supply chain, with 100% of the money raised being donated to the Mikeysline charity. …

Registrations for the 20th annual Polypipe Regatta are now open. The popular yacht race, hosted by Polypipe, returns to Portsmouth on Thursday 6th September, bringing together the building, construction and plumbing sectors to take part in some friendly competition and spectacular sights at Port Solent. The race will see around …