Tag Archives: Charity

Selco Builders Warehouse’s Tyseley branch donated £500 of art materials to KidsOut, a national charity that works with some of the 200,000 children who have left abusive homes to seek sanctuary in a refuge. The materials from Hobbycraft were used at KidsOut’s Christmas party recently, where there were craft activities …

Russell Roof Tiles has pledged to transform old habits into healthy new ones by taking on a 50-day fitness challenge while raising money for local charities. Over the course of the programme, 14 staff from its Burton site, will use state-of-the-art body-scanning technology to measure who has improved the most …

TG Lynes’ Helping Hand campaign has awarded the Ruth Winston Community Centre, in Palmers Green, with £10,000 worth of materials and labour. It gas also given Southbury Primary School in Ponders Ender £5,000 worth of support, the causes were chosen by a team of TG Lynes judges from dozens of …

Travis Perkins is teaming up with Northampton Saints and the Northampton Saints Foundation for its tenth Christmas Toy Collection. Donations can be made at the Saints’ match against the Harlequins on November 24 at multiple points at Franklin’s Gardens leading up to the game. Travis Perkins’ managing director, James MacKenzie, …

Leyland SDM’s team of more than 20 colleagues are preparing to trek 15 miles to raise money for London’s child poverty charity. The team from Leyland SDM will walk from Mile End to Kingston upon Thames on November 19 to support The Childhood Trust. Cliff Rendell, people director at Leyland …

Family-owned north west builders merchant, James Burrell, hosted its first Charity Ball on November 3 at Ramside Hall, in aid of charities Prostate Cancer and MIND UK. . The night, hosted by BBC Tees presenter Gary Phillipson was attended by over 150 suppliers, customers and staff, alongside headline sponsor, Aquaspira. …

MKM has opened its 124th branch in Boston, Lincolnshire, creating 18 local jobs and marking the company’s eighth MKM branch in the region. Branch Directors Adam Keal and Mark Pellow were joined by MKM’s 6ft 5 inch mascot ‘Bricky’ as they welcomed local trade and retail customers into the new …

Jewson has announced that more than 40 of its branches became hubs for mental health support earlier this month, as the builders merchant teamed up with charity Band of Builders to host The Big Brew. The event was designed to raise awareness of mental health challenges in the construction industry, …

Leyland SDM has selected 10 finalists from the 500 entries received in its Big School Makeover competition, the vote opens on November 6 and closes on November 26. The schools in the running must now drum up votes to be crowed champions, with one scooping £5,000 worth of product and …

James Latham has announced it has donated some sheet materials for SPUD’s “The Living Room”, the community hub opened in October. The initial aim of the hub was to offer people with dementia a safe space to relax and socialise but it has expanded on this to encompass a broader …