[C]arlisle-based H&H Group have announced their chosen charities for 2018 after a successful first fundraiser for the year.
Each year H&H Group directors and staff of their operating companies choose a charity on which to focus their fundraising efforts. As they complete their first fundraising initiative of the year, ‘Dechox for March’ they announce that their chosen charities for 2018 are The Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution (RABI) and the British Heart Foundation.
‘Dechox for March’ was a British Heart Foundation nationwide challenge, to have a detox from chocolate. Throughout the month, members of Group Services including the Chief Executive Officer, Brian Richardson and staff from H&H Insurance Brokers challenged themselves to give up chocolate for the whole of March. So unsurprisingly, Easter Monday and the Easter bunny arriving on April the 1st was both timely and tasty for those completing the Dechox. Another major event will be the Great North Run.
On announcing details Brian Richardson H&H Group Chief Executive said: “This year we have chosen RABI and the British Heart Foundation because they are representative and supportive of the issues that have affected and continue to effect many of the people who work within the H&H Group and our companies.”
“Dechox was no easy challenge, as we like our treats in the Group office, so as you can imagine we were delighted that it ended in time for the arrival of our Easter Eggs.”
Coronary heart disease is the UK’s single biggest killer and The British Heart Foundation is the nation’s heart charity and the largest independent funder of cardiovascular research. Founded in 1961 by a group of medical professionals wanting to fund extra research into the causes, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of heart and circulatory disease. Today the BHF fund thousands of research projects around the UK that are fighting heart disease.
Operating in England and Wales, the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution (RABI) is farming’s oldest and largest welfare charity. They provide financial assistance to retired and working farmers, farmworkers and their families. They help people in financial hardship of all ages, including dependants and also support the sick and disabled. Funded by donations, money raised at events arranged by county committees, regional managers, businesses and community groups, every year RABI give out around £2m in grants to farming people.
In hearing that they had been nominated Regional Manager North West for RABI Georgina Lamb said: “We are very grateful to the H&H Group for selecting RABI as one of their 2018 charities and we see this as a two-pronged approach. As RABI is a completely confidential charity, being the H&H chosen charity for 2018 gives us the opportunity to fly the flag from both a beneficiary and a fundraising point of view. Importantly it will also help to highlight what we do to those people who may need the support of RABI either immediately or in the future.”
“There is a natural synergy, between the two organisations. We have worked with all their auction marts for many many years and I know many of the people who attend the events will have supported us previously.”
Throughout the remainder of the year, H&H staff will be participating in a variety of activities including running, walking and dressing up with the aim of raising as much money as possible. Some of the initiatives already planned include:
- Hadrian’s Wall Hike
- H&H Farmhouse Bake Off
- Total Warrior
- The Great North Run
- Quiz Night
- Wear your Wellies to Work Day
The H&H Group, based at Borderway Mart Carlisle, operates as a holding company with its seven successful operating companies encompassing Livestock and Machinery Auctioneers; Brokers and Valuers; Estate Agents; Auction Rooms; Commercial Printers; Chartered Surveyors; and Insurance Brokers. It has offices throughout the region, from Durham, Northumberland, Cumbria and the Scottish Borders.
Last year across the companies a total of £10,000 was raised, which was in support of Macmillan Cancer Support and Young Minds.
