Apr 26 2005
To mark the 50th anniversary of Durapipe, 2004 was a year of fundraising where a number of events were organised which raised over £6,000 to donate to local projects and charities.
Various ideas were generated by Durapipe UK employees for ways that we could celebrate 50 years of the business, and with over 70% of the company’s workforce living in the local area, we decided to give something back to the community and made the decision to undertake a multitude of different fundraising activities.
Throughout the year, our staff organised events such as a five-a-side football competition, a quiz night, skittles evening, dragon boat race and one enthusiastic employee demonstrated great dedication to the cause by competing in the Great North Run. The entire workforce pulled together and helped contribute to raising the money and as a result, our employees were given the chance to decide how they thought the funds should be distributed. Following all employees suggesting various community schemes and charities, the final amount was distributed across a selection of 11 organisations.
Andy Bews, our Human Resources Manager, co-ordinated the fundraising activity and comments: “We wanted to do something worthwhile to mark our 50th anniversary and give something back to the local community, so raising money for local groups seemed like the ideal choice. We are all delighted with the amount of money that we have been able to donate to various projects and the good that it will hopefully achieve.”
Durapipe UK has always been keen to support local organisations, but the fundraising activities of 2004 has left our staff feeling positive and enthusiastic about helping other people and as a result, has encouraged employees to continue fundraising activity for alternative, national schemes.
Already, 2005 has seen our employees raise money for the Tsunami appeal, MacMillan Cancer Relief and Comic Relief, something that is planned to continue and become an important part of the business.