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NLTG were established in 1969, so, we wanted to carry out 50 Acts of Kindness as part of the celebrations for our 50th Anniversary in 2019. Some are large gifts and some are small ‘helping-hands’. Here is a list of what we have achieved so far…
Michael Nutter, one of the companies Study Programme Tutors, designed a Christmas joke book containing 50 Dad jokes for 50 Years NLTG.
Michael sold the joke books to raise money for St Catherine’s Hospice, who provide specialised palliative and end-of-life care for people living with life-shortening conditions. He raised a total of £302, well done Michael!
NLTG sponsored 16 jackets for the under 10’s Darwen Rangers Football Team. The jackets have all the players initials on the front and the NLTG logo on the back.
NLTG paid £250.00 towards the jackets and the parents also contributed £80.00. All the jackets are fleeced inside to keep the kids warm when on the side line.
Marie Curie are a charity who help people cope after a terminal diagnosis and help them achieve the best quality of life for as long as possible.
Two of NLTG’s staff gave up their time to raise money for the cause at one of their father’s light switch on in Oswaldtwistle.
Haslingden Methodist Church held a Christmas fair on Saturday 7th December where there was a performance from the local dance school, multiple stalls and even a special appearance from Father Christmas. This was all in aid of raising extra funding for the church.
NLTG’s kitchen staff baked and decorated 12 Christmas cupcakes for one of our staff members to take and sell at the Christmas Fair.
Heads Together is a mental health initiative spearheaded by The Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, which combines a campaign to tackle stigma and change the conversation on mental health.
NLTG chose this organisation to sponsor at our annual Christmas Party and thanks to our staff we raised an outstanding £704.29!
The Shoe Box Appeal are a cause who collect and distribute shoe boxes made up of essential items for the homeless or less fortunate at Christmas time. NLTG spent £50 on items to make up a collection of shoe boxes to be donated to this cause.
After seeing a Facebook post from the Postnatal Ward at Burnley General asking for a kind donation of a Christmas tree to go in their ward… NLTG purchased them an 8ft tree, with baubles and a star. This was then presented to Manager Jayne Case and some of the midwives at ELHT Burnley Birth Suite.
Tropic produce freshly made, cruelty free and natural skin care and beauty products. Tropic work with United World Schools to help make their dream of every child having access to education a reality. Their “Teach the Unreached” initiative ensures every collective £50 spent funds a whole day of education for children in Cambodia, Myanmar or Nepal, who otherwise would not have access to education.
NLTG purchased £100 of Tropic products which funded two days of education for children living in some of the world’s most remote communities. We will then raffle of the products at our Staff Christmas Party to raise more money for our selected charity of the day.
A member of NLTG’s staff previously served as a Sergeant Major in the Army and is now a member of the Veteran’s Council in Lancashire. He recently had the idea of laying 50 remembrance poppies to commemorate Britain’s fallen soldiers in the hopes of bringing the community together.
NLTG staff and students, members of the local community and the local veterans gathered together at St. James Church in Accrington for a short service and to lay the 50 remembrance crosses.
Alder Grange School have recently put together a musical of ‘The Little Shop of Horrors’. Over 60 students were involved in all aspects of the production, from the lighting and technical setup, backstage, front of house, set design and in the cast.
NLTG were delighted to sponsor the musical and help offset the costs. Well done to all the students involved!
Two of Lancashire’s biggest furniture manufacturers, Plumbs and Tetrad went head-to-head to raise money for Preston Panthers Disability Sports Club. Preston Panthers Disability Sports Club is a non-profit/self funding organisation that helps disabled children and young people aged 5 – 25 years old.
In total the teams managed to hit their target of £750. Well done to you all!
An NLTG member of staff recently held a fundraising event for East Lancs Hospice who support patients with life-limiting condition and their families.
NLTG donated a ‘Big Night In’ hamper worth £100 to contribute the the raffle and in total, they raised over £4,000 on the evening!
CAFT provide a variety of free programmes for terminally ill, disabled and disadvantaged children. They have previously supported an NLTG member of staff and her family by giving them the opportunity to enjoy a holiday at the farm together and so, she wanted to give something back. NLTG’s Recruitment team decided to bake a variety of cakes to sell at our recent team briefing to raise money for CAFT. We also had another ‘non-uniform’ day and a raffle on the day.
In total, the team raised a whopping £450.20 on the day which NLTG rounded up to £500.
As usual, NLTG held a Macmillan Coffee morning raising £152.32. This year, to help raise more funds, 9 NLTG staff members cycled 50km for 50 years around the Preston Guild Wheel. They raised £167.50 giving a grand total of £319.82 to be donated to Macmillan Cancer Support.
The granddaughter of one of our members of staff has been diagnosed with cancer and so he and 5 other members of staff decided to raise some money for Macmillan Cancer Support. The mile long swim took place at Capenwray Quarry and they raised a total of £1607.
Well done team!
After previously supporting Hunters Cheer, NLTG decided to sponsor them for this season. The £500 sponsorship enabled them to purchase new hoodies for the team.
Nightsafe is a Blackburn based charity which provides support to young people who are homeless or vulnerably housed. The current building was bursting at the seams so DIY SOS took on the project of transforming an old church hall into a much needed larger emergency accommodation centre for Nightsafe.
NLTG’s Centre of Vocational Excellence made and donated an indoor table and an outdoor table with two benches to be used in the new accommodation.
Bolton County FC aims to promote football for children, from the age of 6 right through to open age football.
NLTG have previously supported the club and have this year decided to sponsor the kits for the U17 Rockets and Bullets teams.
Tender Nursing Care is a local charity which since 1979 has provided overnight care and support for people with life-limiting conditions in their own homes.
NLTG designed and printed business cards for them to hand out at events in order to help raise awareness and gain more support.
NLTG delivered a Food Safety course free of charge to Charlotte at Carers link which is an independent registered charity whose aim is to support unpaid carers across the boroughs of East Lancashire.
St John’s Baxenden Primary School held a school gala to raise funds for the school.
We donated 50 cupcakes and scones to be sold at the event helping the school to raise a total of £1571.90 towards school funds.
Vicky Bailey is one of NLTG’s Catering and Hospitality Tutors. Vicky and her sister, Gemma, have been growing their hair to donate approximately 30cm to The Little Princess Trust who provide real hair wigs free of charge to children and young people that have sadly lost their own hair due to cancer treatment and other illnesses.
Alongside this and to help pay for the cost of actually making the wigs, Vicky and Gemma signed themselves up for The Race for Life in June running 5km in 37 minutes.
NLTG sponsored them £25 helping them raise a grand total of £388! Well done ladies!
Pierce have been NLTG’s accountants for many years and they approached us asking for us to sponsor them on their fundraiser for East Lancashire Hospice.
The team of 13 staff and friends conquered the national three peaks on Saturday June 1st. They reached the top of Wales’ Snowdon, Scafell Pike in Cumbria and Scotland’s Ben Nevis within 26 hours! NLTG sponsored the team £25 helping them raise a total of over £3000!
Hunters cheer received a mobile phone courtesy of NLTG to allow them to easily contact one another regarding details to any upcoming events, this also allowed them to successfully run social media pages to advertise their group.
NLTG have donated mobile phones and laptops to aid the teaching and learning of the students of a Nursery School in The Gambia.
Darwen Rangers Junior FC recently held their end of season presentation evening which was well deserved after all of the hard work from the players all season. The club also held a fun day where all the teams at Darwen Rangers participated in a football tournament. All of the proceeds from both events will go back into the club to help lay new pitches and pay towards new football kits.
NLTG donated a £50 One4All voucher as a raffle prize which one of the parents, Louise delightfully won. Congratulations Louise!
NLTG staff members, Damian Crawshaw, Penni Thomson, Damian Ward, Stephen Hetherington, Jamie Riley and Sasha Johnston, along with family and friends, recently cycled 100k from Manchester to Blackpool in aid of Cancer Research UK.
NLTG sponsored the group £250 and are happy to have contributed to their overall total of nearly £4000!
Well done to you all!
Peel House Medial Practice recently held a Tea and Cake Morning in aid of Motor Neurone Disease in support of a colleague who has recently had a diagnosis after 11 years of devoting her nursing career to caring for patients and colleagues.
NLTG printed the posters for the medical practice so that they could spread the word, as well as visiting on the morning with a donation of cakes to sell.
NLTG recently held their very own HIITSTEP class hosted by the companies Starts Engagement Officer, Sasha Johnson along with Sally Randall and Crystal Kirkputt. 30 members of staff took part in the intense but fun class and each made a donation for the charity.
In total, the team raised £200 for Milly’s Smiles Charity, who very kindly came along to support the class on the day.
At NLTG’s recent team BBQ, we had a ‘non-uniform’ day. Staff were asked to pay £2 to wear their own clothes and in return were given a raffle ticket to be in the a chance of winning a prize. Donation buckets were also stationed around the BBQ for extra donations.
In total, the team raised a whopping £309.53 on the day which NLTG rounded up to £350.
We decided to donate this to a fantastic dance school called DanceSyndrome, who focus on including everyone, regardless of ability.
NLTG recently held their first team BBQ, where Kevin McFarlane, the companies Health & Safety Appraising Officer, stepped up to the mic by ‘Busking4Charity’. Kevin performed a few songs for the whole team, whilst playing the guitar, giving staff members the chance to throw a donation into Kevin’s guitar case.
Kevin raised an astounding £102.20! NLTG rounded this up to £200 and the money was donated to Prostate Cancer UK.
Rossendale Valley Junior FC recently held a End of Season Presentation and Fun Day to help raise money to cover winter training costs and continue providing football for over 300 players.
NLTG donated a £50 One4All voucher as a raffle prize which through selling raffle tickets, helped the club raise £155, contributing to a total amount of £1633 on the day.
Carl Morris, NLTG’s JCP Provision Manager, took part in the Liverpool Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon! Carl was running for the Motor Neurone Disease Association and raised over £1000 for the charity.
NLTG sponsored him £50 and are glad to of helped him reach his target!
NLTG Glass Apprenticeship Manager, Damian Ward, ran the London Marathon with a friend for the charity Brain Research UK. NLTG sponsored them £50 which contributed to the grand total raised of over £4000!
Well done to you both on a massive achievement and the amount of money raised!
The Baxenden Allotments and Garden Society (B.A.G.S) are holding their 66th Annual Society Show in September 2019. We were approached by one of the organisers and asked to sponsor the show schedule and have printed 250 of the 16 page booklets.
Every 20 minutes, someone in the UK is told they have a blood cancer like leukaemia, lymphoma or myeloma. A blood stem cell donation from a matching donor could save the lives of many people with a blood cancer or blood disorder.
Some NLTG staff have registered to be on the UK Aligned Stem Cell Registry having sent off swab samples to become a stem cell donor for blood cancer.
Visit DKMS for more information and to find out how to become a blood stem cell donor.
St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School in Wigan approached us and asked if we could re-upholster a chair in the school office. Our CoVE learners were happy to help. Jane and Sharon from the school thanked us and said this has improved the office so much.
NLTG Managing Director Gareth Lindsay visited Belthorn Academy Primary School at the end of SATs week to present the year 6’s with a cupcake each which said ‘You survived SATs week… Well done year 6! From everyone at NLTG.’
Well done Year 6’s for finishing your SATs, you deserve a treat!
Samaritans is a unique charity with almost 17,000 trained listening volunteers who are dedicated to reducing feelings of isolation and disconnection.
NLTG have donated £80 to Samaritans to support their Pay for a Day Scheme. This donation helps to keep their Blackburn office open giving them the opportunity to continue the 24/7 service to local people who may need their support.
3 year old Bess, daughter of NLTG’s Louise Bullock, bravely took part in Oli’s Charity Walk at Knowlsley Safari Park. Oli’s Safari Walk has become a wildly popular event. Not only is it a great family day out but also registration and sponsorship’s help make a remarkable difference to young patients at Alder Hey Children’s Charity.
NLTG sponsored Bess £50 and she raised a total of £402. Well done Bess!
Jason’s Wheels hosted a very successful Community Fundraising Ball to raise money to help children with additional needs ride a bike regardless of ability. After previously donating to the charity, NLTG were delighted to help by providing the programmes for the ball.
NLTG staff who attended the ball said that it was a fantastic evening and great to see so much money being raised for such an inspirational charity.
NLTG were asked produce 70 deck chairs which have been donated to the community. Historically for #AmazingAccrington events, straw bales have been used as seating which has been an ongoing cost. The solution was to create seating which could be reused for multiple events.
Gareth Lindsay, NLTG Managing Director, said, “It’s our pleasure to get involved with #AmazingAccrington and support the events. This was a great idea put forward by Murray, and I’m sure they will make a great addition throughout the year.”
NLTG have sponsored the Hyndburn Netball League for 2019. The league have struggled with rising costs of the use of sports halls and umpiring and NLTG’s support will help keep this cost as low as possible. The £500 sponsorship will help provide over 300 ladies with the opportunity to stay fit, healthy and socialise with current and new team members.
ELHT&Me is the official charity for East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust. They encourage staff and the public to raise funds and make donations in order to improve the health and wellbeing of the local population. NLTG donated a range of Easter eggs to Blackburn Hospital Children’s Ward with the hopes of making the young patients Easter that little bit better.
After the success of the previous collection by our Recruitment Team we decided to open up another food back collection to the whole team. We had collection boxes at our Team Briefing in March and also around the offices for people to continue to donate. We have now donated a further 5 boxes of food and toiletries to St James Food Bank.
Baxenden Golf Club are a local golf club who were in need of some office furniture. Wendy Walkden, NLTG’s Housekeeping Team Leader, is involved with the golf club and thought NLTG could support them with their need. We were happy to help and therefore have donated two desks, a filing cabinet and also a defibrillator to the club.
Throughout the month of February, NLTG’s Apprenticeship Recruitment team collected and purchased food/toiletries to donate to a local food bank. On 4th March, the Recruitment team visited Lisa Hilton at St James Church to donate 8 boxes of items. St James food bank is a non-funded charity which relies purely on donations from the public. Lisa was extremely grateful for all donations and stated that currently, within the Accrington borough, there are no registered homeless people due to the hard work and kindness of the local people.
On behalf of North Lancs Training Group, Simon Clarke presents the Head Teacher of Bon Accord School in Tobago a laptop for the benefit of pupils.
Simon comments, “I can honestly say that the visit to the school was the highlight of my whole week in Tobago. The children were all smartly dressed and welcomed us with beaming smiles and fist pumps. The teaching and learning environments were challenging to say the least. The only technology in the classrooms that I saw during the visit was a very old television so the provision of a laptop will inevitably benefit the school and its pupils.”
NLTG have donated 20 folders to St John with St Augustine C of E Primary School children for them to use in class and for their homework. The folders have been well received with the children putting them to use right away.
Jason’s Wheels is a family run charity who dedicate their time to raising funds for local families who may need help towards accessing the set of wheels which their son or daughter may require. NLTG have donated a £50 One4All voucher as a raffle prize for Jason’s Wheels Fundraising Ball.
We look forward to supporting this fantastic cause again in the future.
When stopping for fuel on company business, one of our Apprenticeship Managers also purchased a hot drink for a homeless person.
Derian House Children’s Hospice provides specialist care and respite to children and young people with life-limiting or life-shortening conditions. NLTG purchased 8 tickets for children who receive this invaluable support to visit a local Circus!
We hope they enjoy the show!
Last year, instead of staff buying each other Christmas cards, we decided to put a bigger Christmas card on reception for everyone to sign. Staff could then leave a personal message to all the team and also make a donation to a good cause. The total raised was £30.83 which we recently donated to Pendleside Hospice.
Pictured is NLTG’s Managing Director, Gareth Lindsay handing over a donation of 10 A Good Day gift boxes filled with a variety of products designed to help people with Dementia with daily life.
Gareth said “We are delighted to support such a fantastic cause at Christmas”.
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