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Travelling
Rotories Hit the Right Notes at Harrogate
The
Travelling Rotories – one of the best known bands in
the PVC-u window industry – performed another of their memorable
shows at the recent Chartered Institute of Housing Conference in Harrogate.
At
their Rock and Roll Revival Evening, the band attracted their regular
fans as well as new invited delegates from the conference including
representatives from the Rooftop Housing Association. Roger Taylor,
the Reinvestment Manager there, saw the band for the first time and
said: ‘The show was probably one of the highlights of the week
– very entertaining and a great opportunity to take a break from
the pressures of the conference.
‘Solar Windows and Rooftop Housing are in a successful partnering
agreement and we wanted to support the company at this event, particularly
since it always raises such considerable sums for charity.’
The Travelling Rotories on the night comprised Roger Gape and Bob Jenkins
from commercial Rehau fabricator Solar Windows and Howard Varley and
Gary Davies from hardware manufacturers Roto Frank. They perform a mix
of folk, country and rock and roll music at various industry events
throughout the year and raise money for both the University Hospital
of Wales’ Neurology department and various cancer charities.
At Harrogate, the show raised £1035 with generous donations from
Astraseal and Corby Windows.
Tel: 01989 762600
Eurocell
Boosts Special School Funds
Children
at a special needs school in Morecambe, Lancashire, are benefiting from
additional care and learning activities thanks to a generous £1,500
donation from windows, doors, conservatory roofs and PVC-u profiles
manufacturer Eurocell.
Morecambe Road School caters for pupils aged three to 16 with special
educational needs. Many of the children are autistic and the large majority
come from disadvantaged homes. Eurocell recently donated £1,500
to the school.
The money will be used for several purposes. The first of these will
be as funding for accreditation schemes which compensate for the GCSE
courses they are unable to undertake because of their level of ability.
Outdoor equipment including tents and climbing equipment will be purchased
for the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme outward bound challenge.
'This scheme is critical in enabling the kind of physical and personal
achievements which really boost the self-confidence and self-concept
of teenagers with complex learning difficulties,' said Headteacher,
Geoff Pickles. 'It offers pupils the life skill experiences and challenges
which can really boost their personal development.'
New equipment is also to be purchased to cater for children with severe
or complicated conditions. One example of these is a five-year-old pupil
who is terminally ill with Huntington's Chorea, a condition which usually
affects middle-aged adults. He is the youngest person in the UK to be
diagnosed with the illness and his life expectancy is uncertain. He
needs a variety of specialist chairs and equipment to support him, which
the Eurocell donation will help to provide.
The remainder of the Eurocell cash will be used to help fund residential
holidays for pupils during term-time. These are organised annually,
but some pupils from disadvantaged families would be unable to take
part without funding help.
'Schools cannot legally fund this from their own budget, so they rely
on donations such as Eurocell's,' said Mr Pickles. 'We are grateful
for the help of Eurocell and thankful for its support to our pupils.'
Eurocell first heard about the school from one of its fabricators, Plas-Tech
Windows of White Lund Industrial Estate, Morecambe. Managing Director
of Plas-Tech, Bob Tyers, is a long-standing supporter of the school.
'I used to live literally a stone's throw from the school and they had
a fund-raising day which I went to about 11 years ago,' he said. 'I
met the Headteacher, Geoff Pickles, and his wife, and have never come
across such dedicated people before or since. Their main incentive had
nothing to do with career motivation but was entirely to help those
children.'
Bob was so impressed that he has been helping raise funds for the school
ever since, through donations and sponsored events. In total, he has
helped raise around £20,000.
Eurocell's managing director David Leng said the company was glad to
be able to help.
'This school provides some valuable services for the children that attend
and we were delighted to be a part of that,' he said.
Tel: 01773 842395
Two
brave souls from Lister Trade Frames
have raised over £1000 for the Royal National Institute of the
Blind.
The two ‘willing volunteers’ from Listers joined a number
of local companies in Stoke on Trent to take part in a sponsored abseil
from one of the areas tallest buildings. This involved climbing over
the edge of a hundred and twenty foot sheer drop and then using a rope
to lower themselves down to the ground.
'It was a great event and very thrilling' says Mark Warren, Listers
MD 'especially because with the support of our staff and suppliers who
sponsored us we were able to raise over £1000 for the RNIB'.
Listers staff regularly organise charity events in aid of The RNIB,
Children with Leukaemia, Douglas Macmillan Homes and the Down Syndrome
Trust.
'I think that despite how busy we are as individuals or as a company,
it’s always important to put something back into the community.
Our staff have raised thousands of pounds this year despite all their
hard work within the business' says Mark.
'Listers recently won the G-05 Fabricator of the Year Award but its
nice to see that the staff have kept their feet firmly on the ground,
apart from the ‘freefall’ that is.
Tel: 01782 205605
Web: http://www.listertf.co.uk
Windowlink’s
Easy Rider Raises Money for Tsunami Victims
Windowlink’s
Managing Director Giles Hayhurst was pleased to hand over a cheque for
£273 in support of the tsunami appeal following the first leg
of the company’s motorbike road show which finished at Firmfix
Doors & Windows in Tewkesbury.
Representing
a total of 273 miles covered, the leading software company collected
a donation of £1 per mile travelled between appointments as Giles
took to the road for a series of no-obligation demonstrations of Windowlink’s
Vector sales presentation and pricing conservatory package.
‘We were pleased to take advantage of this offer while at the same
time support the appeal,’ commented Managing Director of Firmfix,
Alan Grimmett who was already a Vector user. ‘Following Windowlink’s
‘try before you buy’ initiative we purchased the software
three years ago which has proved to be well worth the investment. We
were therefore keen to see what the pricing program could do for us
as we are looking at ways to reduce the hours spent on pricing in order
to concentrate on selling. VectorPlus lived up to our expectations and
is currently being installed.’
Having created considerable interest at Glassex, the first phase of
meetings for Giles and his Harley-Davidson 1200cc Sportster Custom covered
Oxford, Basingstoke, Brighton, Southampton, Swindon and Tewkesbury.
Giles says that while the demonstrations were enthusiastically received,
so was his Harley. ‘It is amazing how many people in the industry
have had, or still do have, motorbikes,’ he says. ‘Besides
the fund raising, it generated a lot of interest.’
Giles passed his motorbike test only last year at the second attempt
and was impressed by how tough the test was. ‘I’ve always
wanted a motorbike and chose a Harley because I am not interested in
tearing around bends but prefer a relaxed ride at 60mph! This was a
great chance to cruise to these appointments while at the same time
contribute to a very worthy cause. We are looking forward to donating
more to the tsunami appeal as a result of the second batch of visits.’
Tel: 0870 7701640
Web: http://www.windowlink.com