Three South East builders’ merchants, Parker Building Supplies, Chandlers Building Supplies, and Fairalls Builders Merchants, have together raised £30,000 for Teenage Cancer Trust throughout 2025. The fundraising total is the result of a year‑long programme of activities across branches, head office teams, suppliers, and customers, from sponsored challenges, charity raffles and …
Read More »Highbourne Group to host Teenage Cancer Trust gala dinner
Highbourne Group is set to host its inaugural gala dinner in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust on June 13 at The Belfry in Sutton Coldfield. Since first partnering with Teenage Cancer Trust in 2012, Highbourne Group has raised more than £3.4 million through a variety of fundraising initiatives, from corporate …
Read More »Parker Building Supplies manager shaves head for Teenage Cancer Trust
Parker Building Supplies branch manager Aaron Palmer has raised funds for Teenage Cancer Trust with a charity haircut. The Hassocks branch manager has taken ‘bald’ action after promising his family he would cut his hair when he turned 50. Palmer chose to combine this personal commitment with charitable giving, and has …
Read More »IBMG recognised for cancer charity fundraising milestone
Independent Builders Merchant Group, South East has been presented with a bespoke commemorative trowel in recognition of reaching a £300,000 lifetime donation to the charity Teenage Cancer Trust. The partnership with Teenage Cancer Trust started 12 years ago with Parker Building Supplies, and has since expanded to incorporate Chandlers Building Supplies and Fairalls Builders …
Read More »Last chance for early bird discount for the Pavestone Rally 2025
The early bird discount to join the Pavestone Rally in 2025 will end on September 30 2024. The event which takes place September 3-7 2025 will take place across Northern Europe from Dusseldorf to Amsterdam via Berlin, Malmo and Hamburg. With just four weeks to go to take advantage of …
Read More »Merchant men take on their first-ever Marathon for Teenage Cancer Trust
Luke Tuffield, 29, of Parker Building Supplies Maidstone, alongside his friend and colleague, Mark Barrett, 35, of Fairalls Builder Merchants, Taylors Hill, have signed up to run the London Marathon for charity. Tuffield and Barrett work for builders’ merchants within the Independent Builders Merchant Group (IBMG) – Tuffield as branch …
Read More »IBMG raises £16,700 for Teenage Cancer Trust
IBMG builders merchant branches has raised over £16,700 for charity in one day at its charity golf day, which was for the Teenage Cancer Trust. The charity event was held at the East Sussex National at the end of June. The day welcomed 160 guests who formed 36 golf teams, …
Read More »City Plumbing reach £3 million fundraising milestone
City Plumbing has announced it has reached its £3 million target of money raised for the Teenage Cancer Trust, this will help pay for 100,000 hours of nursing time. The company has supported the Teenage Cancer Trust since 2012, making it one of the charity’s longest standing “charity of the …
Read More »IBMG brands smash gala dinner target for teenage charity
A team from Parker Building Supplies, Chandlers Building Supplies and Fairalls, builders merchants under the IBMG ownership, raised £1,400 at a charity gala dinner for Teenage Cancer Trust (TCT). Held at Crowborough Rugby Club in Sussex the night’s takings raised the IBMG’s builder merchants’ grand total for TCTs ‘Mission Unstoppable’ fundraising campaign …
Read More »Parker Building Supplies employee completes fundraising trek
Stuart Chappell, an employee at Parker Building Supplies’ Uckfield branch, has completed a 60+ mile walk along the south coast, raising £3,000 for Teenage Cancer Trust charity. Setting off from Folkestone, with an overnight stop at Rye, Chappell’s route took in Hythe, Dungeness and Camber, before heading up (and down) …
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