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BRANCH RACES TO BOOST FUNDS FOR YOUNGSTERS
16th November 2005
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Claire Batterham of Ibstock Brick presents a prize to Ken North, a guest at the Race Night, after his horse won a race sponsored by Ibstock |
BUILDERS’ merchants Jackson Building Centres were onto a winner when they organised a Race Night in Sutton in Ashfield to raise funds for youngsters.
The Sutton branch organised a charity event for colleagues and customers and raised more than £900 for the Early Start Day Nursery for visually impaired children and babies in Nottinghamshire.
More than 100 customers came along to the event at the Hosiery Mills Sports Ground in Sutton in Ashfield. Guests placed bets on eight pre-recorded races and a large portion of the winnings were donated to the Nottinghamshire Royal Society for the Blind.
Branch manager Lyndon Johnson said: “We were given a lot of support for the Race Night. The sports ground allowed us to use their function room free of charge and some of our customers generously sponsored races.
“We are really pleased to have been able to help raise money for such a good cause. The nursery is unique as it is the UK’s first full time nursery for blind and partially sighted children.”
The nursery in Nottingham is a free service to all visually impaired children in the county but costs the Nottinghamshire Royal Society for the Blind more than £40,000 a year to provide places.
Jackson’s suppliers Ibstock Brick, Baxi Potterton, Castle Cement, Forticrete Blocks, Birtley Building Products, Lafarge Plasterboard, Mira and Polypipe helped to boost the overall total by sponsoring the eight races.
The Sutton branch is no stranger to raising funds for charity. The team, which supports a chosen charity each year, has raised thousands of pounds for worthwhile causes. This summer they donated £2,600 for Nottingham City Hospital’s Kinder Appeal, which raises money for research into kidney disease as well as providing support for young patients and their families.
The branch was inspired to back the appeal after Helen Barratt, who works in the kitchen section, approached Lyndon Johnson for support. Helen was keen to drum up interest in the cause after her daughter Laura, 15, underwent a life-saving kidney transplant at the hospital last year.
Claire Batterham of Ibstock Brick presents a prize to Ken North, a guest at the Race Night, after his horse won a race sponsored by Ibstock.
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Notes to editors:
Jackson Building Centres has 20 branches located in Boston, Chesterfield, Corby, Gainsborough, Grantham, Grimsby, Horncastle, Lincoln, Louth, Newark, Nottingham, Oakham, Scunthorpe, Skegness, Sleaford, Spalding, Spilsby, Stamford, Sutton and Swinton.
Established in 1946, the family controlled builders’ merchants business has a turnover of c £145m and employs over 1,050 people throughout the East Midlands, Lincolnshire and Yorkshire.
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