Tilhill picked up 12 awards at the recent 2023 Royal Welsh Agricultural Society Woodlands Competition (RWAS) with presentations taking place at the Royal Welsh Show 2023 in Llanelwedd. Two special prizes including The Charles Shakerley Memorial Perpetual Challenge Cup for the Best Conifer Entry and The Royal Forestry Society Certificate for best entry in all […]Read More
More than seventy volunteers from the Band of Builders charity helped to build Luke and his family an extension so he could finally return home. Just over three years ago Luke, now 21, suffered a catastrophic brain aneurysm, which left him requiring round-the-clock care at a specialist neurological care centre in Ipswich. The Woolbridge family […]Read More
A group of volunteer tradespeople have completed a project at the home of a Herefordshire builder – who was left paralysed after a fall – in a bid to help him gain greater independence. Band of Builders (BoB) finished the first phase of the project in October 2022 to level the flooring on the ground […]Read More
National construction charity Band of Builders and its community of volunteers and supporters has delivered a milestone£1m worth of projects. The organisation, affectionately known as BoB to its near 50,000-strong community of volunteers and supporters, was founded in 2016 and has just completed its 27th project to help tradespeople battling illness or injury, making a […]Read More
A new text service has been launched as part of a growing campaign to get landscapers and tradespeople to open up about their mental health over a cuppa. Tradespeople, contractors and their families can open up in person by texting BOB to 85258 at any time to get much-needed help. The service, launched by national charity […]Read More
The effects of climate change are increasingly being felt, with extreme weather events becoming more frequent and no country exempt from the suffering. Consequently, countries are taking measures to slow it down as much as possible. In some cases they are trying to reduce CO2 emissions with restrictions on the circulation of cars, others are […]Read More
Sparsholt College have continuedtheir RHS Chelsea Flower Show medal-winning run with another Silver-Gilt medal. At an action-packed Press Day celebrities got an exclusive view of the gardens. Famous faces visiting the Sparsholt College stand included Influencer Joe Sugg, Actress Laura Carmichael known, best for her role as Lady Edith in Downton Abbey, and Alex Jones, […]Read More
An employee from Covers Timber & Builders Merchants in Chichester has raised £1,340 for the children’s charity Little Princess Trust after chopping off her hair. As part of Covers’ match funding scheme, the company agreed to match the amount raised by up to £1,000, taking the final amount to £2,340. Emma Bailey, who is a […]Read More
British Sugar TOPSOIL’s Andy Spetch cycled 100 miles at the end of May in support of Ukraine by raising funds for the Disasters Emergency Committee. He and his wife Jane took part in the RideLondon-Essex 100, which took place after a two-year hiatus as a result of COVID. The ride started on London’s Victoria Embankment […]Read More
Construction workers in crisis are being urged to use a new free counselling service that has been set up by a national builders charity after its inaugural Big Brew fundraising campaign raised enough cash to run the service for the next two years. Band of Builders (BoB) is reaching out to tradespeople who are experiencing […]Read More
Website Design by Techomatic Web Services. All rights reserved
