Following its annual Help for Hospices fundraising week in December, Covers Timber & Builders Merchants is donating £33,000 to 12 hospices across the South East. The Help for Hospices campaign has become a significant annual event for Covers. Since its launch in 2015, £249,000 has been given, supporting hospices that …
Read More »Tippers celebrates hospice fund-raising milestone
Independent family-owned and family-run builders merchants Tippers, based in Lichfield, have celebrated raising £200,000 over the past five years for a local children’s hospice charity. The company has been supporting the charity’s Walsall hospice, Acorns in the Black Country, through donations and fundraising since 2018. All money raised has gone …
Read More »Hospice wins Selco Stars Contest
Greenwich & Bexley Community Hospice beat off stiff competition from 11 other finalists to win a public vote and be crowned champion in the Selco Stars contest. Carine Jessamine, marketing director at Selco, said: “The Selco Stars campaign has been hugely successful with hundreds of applications and more than 6,000 …
Read More »Covers Alresford helps hospice create sensory garden
Covers Timber & Builders Merchants in Alresford will be supporting Naomi House & Jacksplace by donating topsoil and compost to help the hospices grow sensory plants. The plants have been added to the Jacksplace garden and aim to improve health, mood and cognition, as well as encourage the …
Read More »Welsh Slate helps bring dignity to a pioneering palliative care facility
Welsh Slate has been specified for its aesthetics and robustness, for the roof and innovative cladding of a ground-breaking new hospice. The £21 million Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice in Glasgow’s Bellahouston Park features Welsh Slate’s Penrhyn Heather Blue Celtic grade 270mm x 180mm roof slates which are complemented …
Read More »Selco helps Hospice take a Step Closer To Securing Dementia Garden
A Yorkshire hospice’s hopes of creating a new dementia garden have moved a step closer to reality after a leading UK builders merchant celebrated a major landmark in the county. Selco Builders Warehouse has marked 10 years of having branches in Yorkshire by donating hundreds of pounds of building materials …
Read More »Sporting Boost For Swansea Hospice
Customers and staff at a Swansea builders merchant have proved ‘great sports’ by raising more than £1,300 for a local hospice. Selco Builders Warehouse, based on Upper Fforest Way in Llansamlet, held a raffle in branch for two Christmas cracker sporting fixtures in the city in aid of Ty Olwen. …
Read More »Covers’ Help for Hospices aiming to raise £30,000 for charity
Covers Timber & Builders Merchant will once again be hosting its hugely successful charity initiative ‘Covers’ Help for Hospices’ in September, and aiming to raise £30,000 on behalf of local charities. Now in its fourth year, the charity campaign supports 13 hospices across the South East. From Monday 10th September until …
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