Tag Archives: Charity

Navigator, the plumbing and heating distributor, has decided to financially support a school in the Ugandan village of Kibisi, around 70 miles from the capital of Kampala. The decision to support this school came about in 2020 when the owners of Navigator were invited to join a charity trip to Uganda …

Travis Perkins Managed Services, which operates social housing, has announced a new charity partnership with Bowel Cancer UK. The decision came following the death of Dan Trasler, customer operations manager, from the disease. The partnership will see colleagues raise funds and awareness for the support, care and research that Bowel …

Builders’ merchant Jewson, part of the Stark group, is encouraging local communities, tradespeople and businesses to join its Homes for Nature campaign, helping to build shelters for hedgehogs as they get ready for this winter’s hibernation. Jewson is donating materials such as recycled wooden pallets to create biodiverse habitats to …

KNIPEX UK has raised over £1,000 for construction charity Band of Builders  with a series of sponsored walks throughout July. The initiative, driven by staff from across the business, saw colleagues walking individually, with their dogs, or during office lunch breaks, to a total of 450 miles, the distance from …

Travis Perkins Managed Services account manager Amy Neill, is set to race in the Great North Run on September 7 2025 to raise money for The National Autistic Society. Neill, whose six-year-old son has autism, is running to raise funds for the charity, while helping to raise autism awareness along …

A team of over 30 colleagues from builders merchant Huws Gray Group has completed the gruelling Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge, climbing the three highest mountains in Yorkshire to raise funds for the charities Mates in Mind and CRASH. The challenge saw the team scale Pen-y-ghent, Whernside, and Ingleborough, in challenging …

Employees at KBB distributor, PJH, have raised more than £1,700 between them through endurance challenges for Macmillan Cancer Support.. Katy Burns, PJH’s HR business partner for the North, along with her fiancé Royston, recently completed the 13.1-mile Macmillan Mighty Hike in the Lake District, in support of Macmillan Cancer Support, …

Crown Paints has hosted a golf day fundraiser in support of its official charity partner, Mind, with around £20,000 going towards mental health initiatives across England and Wales.  The event took place at the Brocket Hall in Hertfordshire, where guests, colleagues and partners came together for a day of friendly …

Volunteers from DIY specialist Leyland, volunteered to redecorate communal spaces for St Mungo’s homelessness charity. Rebecca Keen and Ashley Deans, visual merchandisers at Leyland, spent a day painting at one of St Mungo’s North London accommodation services, part of the local Progression Pathway initiative offering supported housing and tailored support …

Little Miracles, a Peterborough-based charity, which supports families of children with additional needs, disabilities and life-limiting conditions, has received a donation of materials from a local Selco branch. The charity has been able to add an outdoor area to it’s garden room, part of the charity’s Peterborough head office, thanks …