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NOVEMBER 2017 | 53
Sport
WORKERS RAISE £ 19,000 FOR CHARITY IN A MONTH
Employees at BAM Construct UK - one of the UK ’ s largest property , construction and facilities management companies – have raised an incredible £ 19,000 for children and young people ’ s cancer support charity CLIC Sargent .
They stepped , cycled , kicked , bounced and ran their way through Childhood Cancer Awareness Month to achieve the feat .
Hundreds of workers across the country got involved to show their support and raise vital funds for children and young people living with cancer .
Highlights during the month included :
• BAM bikers across the regions cycling 3,910 miles and raising £ 10,844 in sponsorship
• Employees taking 7,079,004 steps as part of a sponsored ‘ 60-Mile Step Challenge ,’ raising £ 2,200
• 96 colleagues from across the UK took part in a football tournament in Leeds , raising £ 5,000
• A team from head office took on the 12k Bear Grylls challenge , which involved eating meal worms , to raise £ 500
• Another BAM team took part in the world ’ s longest inflatable challenge , raising over £ 1,000
Many other individuals and teams took part in other challenges for the awareness month in September . Some chose more personal fundraising activities . For example , Anya Weaver , a personal assistant from Northampton ran 5k in memory of her niece Naomi who had a brain tumour , and sadly passed away ten years ago aged two .
BAM Construct UK chose CLIC Sargent as its new charity partner earlier this year and has pledged to raise £ 100,000 over the next two years . This huge total could pay for CLIC Sargent to provide more than 4,000 hours of support for young cancer patients and their families .
www . clicsargent . org . uk
GRANGE SPONSORS FUTURE FOOTBALL STARS
Fencing and decorative garden structures supplier , Grange Fencing , has been doing its bit to support the football stars of the future with its latest sponsorship initiative .
To give something back to the company ’ s local community , Grange has selected three youth football teams from in and around Telford to provide with much-needed sponsorship .
Earlier this month , the team from Grange visited the Broseley Youth Sports Under 9 ’ s team to watch them play and present them with their new hoodies . Grange has also provided full home and away kits to the Wrekin Juniors Under 9 ’ s team , and will be sponsoring the Broseley Youth Sports Girls team with a new full kit early next year .
Adam Jones who helps to run the Broseley Youth Sports Under 9 ’ s team commented : “ We try to operate our club by passing on as little cost to the parents as possible so , thanks to the sponsorship , we hope this will allow many children the opportunity to play .”
Mark Morris , Marketing Manager at Grange , commented : “ As a company , we are coming up to our 150th anniversary next year and with our roots firmly based in Telford , what better way to celebrate than to give something back to the local community ?”
www . grangefen . co . uk