A Festive Thank You

Here at C&D we need to say sorry to all of our customers as this year there will be no M&Ms, wine, beer, or gifts of any kind as we thought you will probably get a lot of those things anyway, so instead and on your behalf, we have made donations to a London Homeless Charity, the IDE President nominated charity, a number of local small Justgiving requests, and to Bark Inn Kennels.

Thank you for being great customers from us, and thank you for being great people from the charities concerned.

Armac Demolition sweep the board at the C&D Consultancy fishing day

Friday, 30th June saw anglers from the demolition industry descend on Moorlands Farm Fishery at Hartlebury near Kidderminster for the first of two charity fishing days organised by C&D Consultancy.

The day started with a "demolition breakfast" that would have fed a gang of soft strippers on it's own, before the draw for pegs with the anglers well spaced around the lake for 5 hours of catching fish.

The weather was kind to us and everyone managed to catch something. At the end of the match the nets of fish were weighed and the Armac boys finished in 1st and 2nd places!


Results were:-

1. Ash Alison of Armac Demolition 62lbs 14oz
2. John Kerr of Armac Demolition 42lbs 3oz
3. Carl Falconer of Spillard Safety Systems 41lbs 12oz
4. Brent Gill of Logical Demolition 22lbs 10oz
5. Mike Wilkinson of C&D Consultancy 18lbs 3oz
6. Stuart Carter of C&D Consultancy 7lbs 10oz
7. John Woodward of C&D Consultancy 6lbs 14oz
8. Martin Hurley of R Collard Demolition 4lbs 7oz
9. Craig Wilkinson of C&D Consultancy Did Not weigh In

Brent Gill summed up the day when he lifted his second net out of the lake to weigh in what he thought was around 10lbs of fish only to find that there was a hole in the net and all the fish had escaped!

The day finished with pie and chips in the on site cafe before Craig Wilkinson presented the trophies and prizes to the winners. A charity collection at the end raised the great sum of £200 that was presented to Bark Inn Kennels the 5th July.




If you would like to attend the next fishing day it is on Friday, 4th August at Furnace Mill, Bewdley. It's FREE but you must contact John to book your place.

Is a "no cards Christmas" the way to go?

This year, as in the previous 10 years, C&D Consultancy will not be sending Christmas cards to customers and friends to wish them seasonal greetings, instead we will be making a charity donation equivalent to the cost of the cards and stamps to our charity of the year.

This year that donation has been made to Bark Inn Kennels after the kennel walk on Sunday.

I know many people love a house full of cards at this time of year, but we feel that the money we would have spent, this year £100, can be more useful to a charity hence our decision.

As more and more people use social media to send Christmas messages and share videos of themselves as dancing elves, perhaps you could do the same this year or next and help a charity close to your heart instead.

Final details of the September 21st Golf Day

C&D is sponsoring a Golf Day being held at the prestigious Astbury Hall on Wednesday, 21st September.

The itinerary for the day is as follows:

10am: Champagne Reception / Bacon Rolls / Tea and Coffee – Goody bag collection!

12 noon: Shotgun Start (Starting holes to be allocated)

4.30pm: Drinks in the bar and on the terrace

6.15pm: 2 course dinner of Beef followed by a trio of deserts.

7.15pm: Comedian – Jonny Cole

8pm: Prize giving – Teams First / Second / Third – Longest Drive – Nearest the Pin – Most Individual Points – Pink Ball Competition

8.15pm: Q and A with the former Wolves / Derby County legends on the day. (Steve Daley / Don Goodman / Mel Eves / Roger Davies / Roy Macfarland / Michael Johnson / Phil Parkes)

10pm: Carriages

FREE BEER will be given out on the course all day and the only fundraisers we will be doing will be Heads and Tails and a raffle, with NO main auction!

Please note there are only 11 buggies available on a first come first served basis at £25 each. Jason requests that everyone wear pink if they can and gift donations for the raffle prizes will be welcomed.

Details of pricing and how to sign up a team are given below (click the form to see it full size). For any queries, please contact Jason using jason@first4staff.net

Charity fundraising event on September 1st to raise funds for Breast Cancer Now & Bark Inn Kennels.

Here at C&D we are always willing to support charitable causes and do so on a regular basis either behind the scenes or directly. For some time now we have supported our friend Jason Guy with his fundraising for Breast Cancer Now in memory of his wife Lucy and we are doing so again in September this year.

Traditionally, Jason has raised funds for his chosen charity with events and John & Jill have raised funds for their chosen charity Bark Inn Kennels in other ways. But now we are JOINING TOGETHER with a new style of event to, hopefully, broaden the appeal of the fundraisers and raise money for both of these worthy causes.

So what are we doing then?


We are hosting a recital by International Classical Pianist Philip Lange (a personal friend of John & Jill) who has agreed to come to The Mount Hotel in Wolverhampton on Thursday evening, September 1st and perform two 45 minute recitals of some of the world's best piano music.

The casually smart evening will commence with canapes & prosecco before we move into the recital area to listen to Philip Lange's first piano recital. In the interval a silent auction will be held, as well as "£10 in the drum" and "Heads & Tails" to hopefully raise further funds before Philip returns to the grand piano for his second recital followed by cheese and wine.

Tickets are available from C&D at £25.00 each and we would ask you to register your interest ASAP by emailing john.woodward@demolishdismantle.co.uk as tickets will sell out quickly.

Philip Lange's programme is below and you can get a preview of his work by visiting his website.

Philip's Programme:

• Arrival of the Queen of Sheba - HANDEL
• Nocturne in F major - BIZET
• Walk in the Black Forest - JANKOWSKI
• Ballade for Adeline - PAUL DE SENNEVILLE
• Forgotten Dreams - LEROY ANDERSON
• Rustle of Spring - SINDING
• Ave Maria - BACH/GOUNOD
• Rondo alla Turca - MOZART
• Barcarolle in F sharp minor - LIADOV
• Autumn - CHAMINADE
• Capriccio in B minor - HURLSTONE
• INTERVAL
• Wedding Day at Troldhaugen - GRIEG
• The Submerged Cathedral - DEBUSSY
• The Girl with the Flaxen Hair - DEBUSSY
• Fantasie-Impromptu in C sharp minor - CHOPIN
• Cavatina - STANLEY MYERS
• Dance of an Angel - PIAZZOLLA
• Malaguena - ERNESTO LECUONA
• Poem - FIBICH
• Impromptu in A flat major - SCHUBERT

Please support these great causes and book tickets now!

C&D sponsors First4Staff Golf Day 2016, reserve your place now!

Here's the details courtesy of Jason from First4Staff:

Open your diaries and dust your clubs off:

• The Date: Wednesday 21st September 2016
• The Venue: The Astbury Bridgnorth
• The Time: 12 noon shotgun

To date just under £100,000 has been raised for Breast Cancer Now since May 2013 and our Golf Days are an important part of our fundraising so we are expecting this to sell out quickly …please note we have been limited to 25 teams this year and allocation is on a first served basis so prompt reservation will be required!!

Please find attached the ‘Team Details Form’ for completion and we look forward to seeing you on Wednesday 21st September!!

You can still donate to our great cause at: www.justgiving.com/legacy4lucy2016 or for more information visit www.legacy4lucy.co.uk

Here's the Team Details sheet, please click it to view it full size:

Football Pontoon kicking off to raise money for two charities

We'd like to share with you the details of a great fundraising game being run by Graham Large which we hope our readers will be eager to get involved with, especially considering the prizes on offer as well as it being a good cause.

We'll leave it to Graham to explain the details below:

It's that time of year again, the football pontoon is back! And this year it is bigger and better!

As many of you will know, my good friend Neil Taylor is running the New York Marathon next month for two fantastic charities.

The first of which is Birmingham Children's Hospital, where Neil's eight-year-old daughter Kiahna has undergone five major heart operations. The second is Breast Cancer Now in memory of my friend Lucy Smith, wife of our close friend Jason Guy, who sadly passed away earlier this year, aged just 33, following her long battle with breast cancer.

To help Neil's fundraising efforts, I'm organising a game of Football Pontoon. The rules of which are as follows:

• Each person puts £10 in the pot and they are randomly assigned one of the 92 teams in the Football League. Then, once all 92 teams have been sold, the competition will begin.
• The idea is for your nominated team to accumulate exactly 21 goals by the end of any particular sequence of league games. Only league goals will count towards your total.
• If more than one team reaches 21 goals on the same day, the team that scored their 21st goal earliest in their game will be awarded 1st prize.
• Whether there is a full fixture card or not, the teams who play league games will still have their goals added to their total; this is simply the luck of the draw. In the event of a game being postponed no score will be added to either team.
• Goals are tallied up at the end of each match and the totals adjusted accordingly. If by the end of any particular game, your team's goals total exceeds 21, then you will "go bust" and have to start again from zero.
• You are not restricted to one number, so you are welcome to increase your chance of winning by buying a second team!

We have three fantastic prizes on offer for the top three placed teams in the pontoon.

FIRST PRIZE - A pair of tickets in the International Suite for a future Wolves home game, courtesy of John Woodward from C&D Consultancy.

SECOND PRIZE - A pair of tickets in the First4Staff executive box for a future Wolves home game, courtesy of Jason Guy from First4Staff.

THIRD PRIZE - A signed montage of Wolves legends Steve Bull and John Richards.

So, if you are interested in purchasing a team and helping us raise vital funds for these charities, please drop me a line at grahamlargeuk@gmail.com.

Thank you for your support.

C&D's Golf Day 2015 was a huge success

Above you can see a picture captured on the C&D Consultancy Golf Day 2015 held back in late May. We've already talked about what a fantastic event it was, managing to raise over £6,000 for charity. But now we can share a picture of the people who made it happen on the day.

Thanks to the NFDC for this great write-up of the event and for the picture.

Breakthrough Breast Cancer Golf Day raises over £6,000

Jason Guy has been in touch following our successful Golf Day last month, and the news is extremely good. We raised over £6,000 for the charity. Here's the details:

Money collected:
Team Income: £8,100
Fines Bucket: £413
Raffle: £1,060
Chip Bucket: £420
Pink Ball: £500
Football Card: £180
Other: £2,301
Total = £12,974

Costs:
Astbury Hall: Golf / Food / Buggies / Additions: £4,880
Goodie Bags / Alcohol / Comedian / Prizes / Other: £1,939.15

Total: £6,819.15

Total Raised: £6,154.85

That means in just 2 years £47,000 has been raised, but Jason hasn't finished yet. He wants to reach £50,000 so has come up with the 50 for 50 for 50 idea.

Jason explains:

If 50 people donate £50 each .... we will hit £50,000!!! (OR EVEN 50P WILL DO!!!!) Cheeky I know, but it will take us to our target!!!

I have donated my £50 ... you can too (ANY AMOUNT – EVERY PENNY HELPS SAVE LIVES) at www.justgiving.com/lucyandjason. Everybody that donates will get a FREE GIFT in the post!!!

Golf Day gets coverage on BBC Radio Shropshire

Last week we attended the Breakthrough Breast Cancer Golf Day in Bridgnorth organised by Jason Guy of First 4 Staff. It went off without a hitch.

Legendary ‘All Blacks’ No.8 Zinzan Brooke in attendance along with a great turnout of former Wolves players including Mel Eves / Steve Daley / Phil Parkes / Gerry Taylor / Steve Bull / Robbie Dennison / John Richards / Barry Powell / Kenny Hibbitt / Willie Carr / Dale Rudge and Don Goodman.

So many well known names were sure to draw a crowd and some coverage, including on BBC Radio Shropshire. You can hear what they had to say by visiting the link below and jumping to the 2 hour 51 minute mark.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02p6yhc

The golf day also received a great write-up on Bdaily business news, which you can read here:

https://bdaily.co.uk/entrepreneurship/01-05-2015/brooke-and-bully-tee-off-to-support-charity

Our very own John Woodward concludes in the article:

“We do a lot of work with First 4 Staff and was delighted to co-sponsor this event with Jason and his team.

To play golf with sporting legends is one thing, but to be able to do so whilst raising money for such an important charity is fantastic. It just shows what the Black Country business community can achieve when it pulls together for a common cause.“

Final details of the Breakthrough Breast Cancer Golf Day

Jason Guy of First 4 Staff has shared the final details of the Breakthrough Breast Cancer Golf Day that is happening on April 30th. We've reproduced them here for you to read:

The teams are in ... 26 teams will be battling it out in our third annual Golf Day, this year very kindly sponsored by our good friends at C&D Consultancy. The day will see us break the £40,000 barrier for Breakthrough Breast Cancer in just 2 years so thank you for your fantastic continued support.

We have once again a great turnout of former Wolves players including:

Mel Eves / Steve Daley / Phil Parkes / Gerry Taylor / Steve Bull / Robbie Dennison / John Richards / Barry Powell / Kenny Hibbitt / Willie Carr / Dale Rudge and Don Goodman

We also have the legendary ‘All Blacks’ No.8 Zinzan Brooke in attendance to make the day even more special!!!

The format of the day will be as follows:

Astbury Hall, Chelmarsh, Bridgnorth, Thursday 30th April 2015

• 10am: Champagne Reception and Bacon Rolls
• 11.30am: Shotgun Start
• 4pm: Drinks on the Terrace
• 5pm: Two Course Carvery Meal: Roast Rosemary Beef, roast potatoes, gravy made from cooking stock, spring vegetables and condiments, Desert: Sticky Toffee Pudding with Toffee Sauce
• 6pm: Presentation (1st / 2nd / 3rd team places) Individual Points / Longest Drive / Nearest The Pin. Fines Bucket / Raffle.
• 7pm: Q and A with former Wolves players compered by Steve Daley
• 8pm: Comedian Tony Wallace

Please ensure that you wear PINK on the day to show support for the fantastic charity, very close to my heart which is Breakthrough Breast Cancer!!

32 competitive demolition industry golfers take on the Belfry

On June 24th, 32 golfers from 14 different NFDC member companies, came together at the Belfry golf course in Warwickshire to compete for the Inter-Regional Trophy.

It has been over two years since the Inter-Regional Golf Day was last run, and I think everyone is glad to see it make a comeback, and C&D Consultancy was also very happy to be a sponsor. The winners ended up being Number 8 Construction, who counted Trevor Mills (Managing Director), Pete Hart, Gordon McKendry and the All Blacks Number 8 player Zinzan Brooke as team members.

As well as being a great day out, the evening meal following the golf raised £6,855 for charity. We hope it becomes a regular calendar event from now on!

Source: NFDC

Charity Golf Day raises £4,526.30

The First4Staff Charity Golf Classic has been a huge success and news that it raised £4,526.30 is welcomed.

Here's the breakdown of the donations and costs:

Team sales and sponsorship: £7890
Heads and Tails: £725
Pink Ball game: £480
Photographs (commission): £55
Football Card: £400
Bucket chip game: £395
Raffle: £1080
Water Hazard (18th hole): £327.50
Fines bucket / other: £201.30
Auction: £170

Total: £3833.80
Grand total incoming: £11,723.80

Outgoings (less):

Astbury Hall: Golf/Food/Buggies £5124

Other costs: Goodie Bags / Trophies / Alcohol £2073.50
(a full detailed breakdown can be supplied on request)

Total Raised for charity: £4526.30

So far this year they've raised £8,312, with their £10,000 target in sight. The donations have been split as follows:

Golf Day: £4526.30
JustGiving: £1690
Charity football game/other: £1525.70
Direct cheque donations: £570

If you would like to donate, please do so either directly or through JustGiving.

IDE thanks its members for helping Baby Lifeline charity

Current IDE President Steve Jack FIDE chose Baby Lifeline as the President's Charity for his time in office and he was delighted to present them with a cheque for money raised at the AGM Luncheon in November.

Full details can be found via this link.

C&D customer Coalway are trekking up Snowdon

Samantha Hawkins, office manager at Coalway Building Services Limited, is taking a group of colleagues up the side of Snowdon. The reason? Raising money for charity.

On November 2nd Samantha's group will be attempting to climb the highest mountain in Wales (3,560 feet) in order to raise money for a young relative of a colleague who has been left seriously ill following a routine surgery. The climb attempt is being called the Colaway Charity Snowdon Trekkers, and they are looking for people to sponsor them.

Here's a summary of the relative, who's name is Elle Mae Davidson, and the situation she is currently facing:

Elle Mae Davidson is the most quiet, reserved, beautiful and intelligent young lady who only turned 17 in January this year. Having achieved 12 A*s at GCSE and A/S level, Elle Mae was until January studying for her A levels in Standard and Advanced Maths, Russian, Art and General studies with the projection of more breathtaking grades as she progressed towards her dream of studying at Oxbridge.

Unfortunately on the 12th January, she suffered an initial brain haemorrhage which was closely followed by a second a few days later. After experiencing a numberoof difficulties within the hospital system generally, Elle Mae was eventually transferred to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, where she was diagnosed as having a rare and previously undiagnosed, congenital malformation in her brain known as an AVM (www.avmsupport.org.uk/what_is_an_avm.php).

Elle Mae has subsequently endured hours of life threatening surgery and remains very ill. Thanks to the skills and dedication of her medical team, best wishes and prayers of family and friends, she is alive.

If you would like to sponsor the Snowdon trek then please get in touch with Samantha directly either by phone (01902) 583 720, or email at sam@coalway.co.uk

C&D training division launches it's own T shirt

Our sister site Demolition Training have an article today about their new line in "Keep Calm" T shirts available for all persons trained by C&D in 2013.

Why not follow this link to read all about the shirts and how you could own one in the snazzy blue colour below.

C&D Golf Day booked for 2014

Anyone who has attended a C&D training course will know that John emphasises the need for forward planning and he has demonstrated that today by booking the C&D Golf Day for 2014.

Following this year's event on 2nd October at Wergs Golf Club Wolverhampton, John has decided to go out in the country next year and the 2014 event will be in Shropshire.

This year's event is free to C&D customers, as will be the 2014 event, but John wants to use the 2014 event as a charity fund raiser so watch this site for details of that.

The 2014 C&D Golf Day will be held on Wednesday 4th June at Astbury Hall, Astbury, Bridgnorth and full details of the course can be found at http://www.astburyhall.co.uk/. This fantastic course will host a Euro Pro tour event just 5 days after the C&D day so the course will be in magnificent condition.

Astbury Hall is owned by KK Downing a founder member of Judas Priest who became a mad keen golfer during world tours with the band. Some of you may remember the video below where KK is at his best.


Places are strictly limited so reserve yours now by emailing John at john.woodward@demolishdismantle.co.uk

Last chance to join the North East Regional Golf Day

The North East Regional is looking for support for the upcoming Regional Charity Golf Day on the 5th July at the prestigious Devere Slaley Hall Hotel & Golf Club.

Team Entry is £400 with each company being represented by a four man team of golfers. Each company will be represented by a four man team of golfers. The competition will be a four ball singles Stableford with members playing with their chosen guests. Handicap allowance will be full club handicap, with a maximum allowance of 18.

The order of the day will be to arrive at the Hotel’s Golf Club House from 11am for a light lunch and play will commence at 12.00 noon. This will be followed by an evening meal and the presentation of prizes.

You will be notified of your team start time prior to the event. For further information please contact Gillian Rae on: 07765 233671 or Email: info@topgearevents.co.uk

Retired Greyhound Trust wants your used stamps

Used Stamp Appeal
Keep them coming!

Thank you to everyone for your used stamps from your letters, please keep them coming to the Retired Greyhound Trust.

It only takes a minute to tear the stamps off, pop them in an envelope and send them to the RGT Head Office:

Retired Greyhound Trust
2nd Floor
Park House
1-4 Park Terrace
Worcester Park
Surrey
KT4 7JZ

Another great way to support Claire House

Regular readers of this site will know that when John was president of the IDE his Presidential charity was Claire House and IDE members raised enough money at IDE events nationwide to sponsor a full day of the hospice and that day will be Saturday 2nd March 2013.

As Steve Jack is now President of the IDE all IDE fundraising will go to his charity Baby Lifeline, but John has decided that he wants to try to do as much as he can to continue to help Claire House so that is what we will try to do.

The first chance to help them comes in a way that gets John's support, but not his personal efforts as it is a marathon across North Wales, something that was beyond John 20 years ago let alone now!

However, energetic demolition people everywhere can get involved and enter so to use a well known football chant - "Come and have a go if you think you're hard enough". Details of how to take part are as below (click the image to see it full size):