Ben Wadeson, national account manager of housewares supplier What More UK, is attempting the National Three Peaks Challenge to raise funds for Derian House Children’s Hospice. His endeavour, which takes place next Friday (June 28), involves climbing the three highest peaks of Scotland, England and Wales. The total walking distance …
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Rainy Day Trust ceo Bryan Clover is embarking on a hiking marathon next month to raise funds for the industry charity’s apprenticeship programme. He said: “On June 21, I will be undertaking a non-stop 24-hour hike, aiming to cover between 100km of The Ridgeway [an ancient trackway described as Britain’s …
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Staff at housewares supplier Kenwood have named Over The Wall as their Charity of the Year for 2019. The company, headquartered at Havant in Hampshire, is partnering with the local charity which provides free residential summer camps for children and their families coping with serious illnesses and conditions. The initiative …
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Ralph Humphries, managing director of supplier Pendeford Housewares, is training for the London Marathon – and hopes to raise funds for charity by his efforts. The race, which takes place on April 28, covers a 26.2 mile route through the heart of the capital. Ralph explained: “I had blood cancer …
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Tesco will give its unsold Valentine’s Day flowers and bouquets away to good causes this year ‘to make sure not a single stem goes to waste’. The supermarket chain said: ‘Despite high demand for bouquets in the run-up to Valentine’s Day, some stems and bunches will inevitably remain unsold despite …
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This month Waitrose & Partners commemorates 10 years of its Community Matters ‘green token’ scheme. Under the initiative, shoppers are given a green token at the checkout to place in one of three boxes – each allocated to a different local cause. At the end of each month, a donation …
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Products entered for The Housewares Innovation Awards 2018 have helped raise much-needed funds for industry charity the Rainy Day Trust. Many housewares companies that submitted product entries to The Housewares Innovation Awards 2018 chose not to have them returned but instead agreed to donate them to a sale at Datateam …
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