Community Support & Sponsorship
Updates on community events and both local and international sponsorship stories.
TR Fastenings On Track For Success with Superbikes Sponsorship
Fastenings firm becomes official sponsor of Superbikes Star Ryan Strafford
TR Fastenings (TR) has become an official sponsor for Ryan Strafford, a Superbikes racer who has enjoyed huge success on the track since beginning his racing career six years ago..
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TR’s Ian Carlton Takes on 380 Mile Cycling Challenge for Eastbourne Hospice
Ian Carlton, director of quality for Trifast Plc, is taking on the challenge of a lifetime next month when he will cycle 380 miles in just two days, from South Shields to Eastbourne.
Ian will be making the journey with his friend David, in memory of Sid, David’s father. Sid sadly passed away in June 2016 after a short battle with cancer.
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Latest News from Newick Cricket Club
TR Fastenings is delighted to be a Corporate Sponsor of Newick Cricket Club.
Newick Cricket Club is a vibrant village club, with over 200 members, ranging in age from 8 to 80.
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Latest News from Phil Edwards of Weald Electric Vehicle Technology
Upcoming events and updates from Phil and the EV1000 project.
Weald Electric Vehicle Tehcnology Project Update May 2017.
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TR Hungary sponsors premier league handball team
TR’s local team to contest one of the strongest championships in Europe
TR Hungary is proud to announce it has become a sponsor of the Dabas VSE handball club, home to one of the 12 teams which will play in the nation’s premier league during the 2017/18 season. The team is based just a short drive from TR’s distribution site in Leshegy on the southern outskirts of Budapest.
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TR Fastenings Lends Support to Women in Business Conference in East Sussex
Fastenings Firm Sponsoring the Wayfinder Woman ‘Inspiring Through Technology’ Event on 12th May 2017
Global fastenings firm TR Fastenings, (TR) based in Uckfield, is proud to announce its executive sponsorship of the WayfinderWoman conference, entitled ‘Inspiring Through Technology’, at the East Sussex National Golf Club in Uckfield, on Friday 12th May.
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TR Sponsoring Little Horsted Fun Run
Family-friendly event in aid of local primary school
TR Fastenings (TR) is pleased to announce it is sponsoring the Little Horsted Fun Run on Sunday 14th May. This family-friendly event, now in its eighth year, traditionally raises money for equipment at Little Horsted Primary School, a few miles south of TR’s Uckfield base.
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TR Team Smashes Fundraising Target For Hastings Half-Marathon
Runners raise more than £2,100 for local heart and lung hospital
A team of eight TR Fastenings (TR) employees, friends and family took on the challenge of the Hastings Half Marathon on Sunday 19th March, overcoming steep hills and strong headwinds in their determination to raise money for the Papworth Hospital Charity.
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Elvis was in the building at charity night attended by TR staff in County Durham
TR employees help to raise funds for Cancer Research and Macmillan Cancer Support
Staff from TR’s Newton Aycliffe base enjoyed a performance by the one and only Elvis (maybe) last month, when they attended a charity evening at Birtley Buffs Club in Chester-le-Street, County Durham.
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TR supports postman’s muddy exploits with charity donation
TR Fastenings is proud to be helping local postman Craig Davis to raise funds for the Chailey Heritage Foundation charity by sponsoring his upcoming ‘Mud Run’.
TR has pledged a £150 donation towards Craig’s fundraising efforts as he prepares to tackle the 10 kilometre (6.2-mile) course in Tunbridge Wells’ Eridge Park on Saturday 25th March.
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Latest News from Uckfield Grasshoppers JFC
TR Fastenings is a proud sponsor of Uckfield Grasshoppers JFC.
The club set up in 1981 by a group of local parents, since when it has grown into a club with over 250 registered members.
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TR Treks the Freedom Trail in the Pyrenees Mountains
Raising much-needed funds for hospice services.
Sean Cushen, BDM of TR Fastenings' Branded Products range, is striding out this September as part of a team of 18 who will be undertaking the famous Freedom Trail Challenge across the Pyrenees Mountains.
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Lancaster Fastener Co Ltd Provides Sponsorship For Junior Football Team
Lancaster Fastener Co Ltd Supports Junior Football Team in Morecambe
Lancaster Fastener Co Ltd, a sister company of global fastenings business TR Fastenings and part of the Trifast Group, is pleased to announce its sponsorship of a junior football team close to its headquarters in Morecambe, Lancashire.
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TR Fastenings employee planning daring wing walk for disability charity
TR Employee, Tracy Wells is planning a wing walk for the Disability Charity Phab
Tracey Wells, Administration Manager and Products Assistant at Uckfield firm TR Fastenings, is taking on a huge personal challenge later this year by embarking on a courageous Wing Walk for charity Phab.
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Police Football Teams Set For Arresting Performance in TR Fastenings Kit
TR Fastenings Supports Metropolitan Police Football Worldcup
TR Fastenings (TR) is pleased to announce its sponsorship of a group of Metropolitan Police (Met) football teams who are competing at the World Police Indoor Soccer Tournament in October 2017.
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TR Colleague Embraces the Chill and Takes Part in the 2016 White Christmas Dip
Nick Rees, Business Development Manager at TR Fastenings Poole took part in the White Christmas Dip.
The White Christmas Dip is an annual charity fancy dress Christmas morning dip held on the beach next to Boscombe Pier in Bournemouth.
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TR Scotland Makes a Difference at Christmas for Children at Women's Aid Shelter
TR Scotland's Annmarie McArdle has completed a collection of chocolate selection boxes for children under the care of a local Women's Aid shelter for the third year running.
This year, an amazing 94 selection boxes were donated, improving on last year's total of 70 and 40 boxes collected in 2014.
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TR Fastenings Wear Christmas Jumpers for Charity
On Friday 16th December TR Fastenings took part in Christmas Jumper Day.
Everyone taking part donated £2 to wear their Christmas Jumpers to raise money for Save the Children and St Wilfrid's Hospice.
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Star Apprentice Wins TR Fastenings Award at Uckfield Showcase
TR Fastenings congratulates Jake Holmes on winning the TR-sponsored Young Employee/Apprentice of the Year category in the 2016 Uckfield Business Awards.
21 year old Jake, is serving an apprenticeship with CJ Thorne & Co, a third generation family-run firm of civil engineering contractors with 120 permanent staff.
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Manager at Sussex-Based Global Company Asks For Your Socks
Maddy is seeking sock-toys, Lego and financial donations - all to support a small Sussex-Based charity.
Friends of Mombasa Children (FOMC) is currently fundraising to buy mosquito nets to provide protection against malaria for children living in its school orphanage and nearby slums.
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TR Goes for the Ultra - 69 Miles in 24 Hours
Don Lamb, BDM at TR Aycliffe, will be undertaking an incredible cross-country ultramarathon on 18th June, running 69 miles in 24 hours.
Supported by TR Fastenings, Don is raising funds for Waverley Primary School.
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TR Fastenings Sponsors a Table at Cancer Research UK Summer Lunch
TR Fastenings is delighted to be supporting the Cancer Research UK Summer Lunch again this year.
Organised by the Crowborough Volunteer Committee this year's event will take place on Wednesday 10th June.
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The Need for Speed - TR Fastenings Sponsors Glasgow Tigers
TR is proud to annouce it is sponsoring the Glasgow Tigers - the West of Scotland's only professional speedway team and one of only a handful of motosport venues in Scotland.
Celebrating its 70th anniversary this year, the Glasgow Tigers race at the recently redeveloped Peugeot Ashfield Stadium and compete in British Speedway's Premier League.
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TR Takes on the Three Peaks Challenge
Five adventurous emplyees from TR Fastenings are gearing up to scale the UK's three highest mountains this July, in a bid to raise £2,000 for Cancer Research UK.
'The TRekkers', who work in the sales, purchasing and the quality department at the company's headquarters in Uckfield, East Sussex will attempt to climb Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowdon.
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Young Sussex Tennis Talent Receives Support from TR Fastenings
TR Fastenings is delighted to be sponsoring rising young tennis player, Amelia Devlin, from Heathfield in East Sussex.
Amelia started playing tennis when she was four and now aged ten competes regularly at both county and at regional level, has won numerous tournaments and dreams of one day winning Wimbledon.
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TR Fastenings Supports Uckfield Triathlete with Eyes on the Olympics!
TR is delighted to be sponsoring Jamie Bedwell, an aspiring 17-year-old triathlete from Uckfield who hopes to be selected for the Olympic Games in the next ten years.
Jamie decided at the age of 14 that he wanted to pursue a career as a triathlete and as a result of around 20 hours a week of training alongside studying for A Levels at Sussex Downs College in Eastbourne.
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2015
TR Scotland Wear Christmas Jumpers for Charity
On Friday 17th December the TR Office in Scotland wore Christmas Jumpers to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support, Save the Children and Make a Wish.
The team held a cake sale and a festive quiz with everyone donating money towards the selected Charities.
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Remembering a TR Fastenings Colleague with Coffee & Affection
TR Aycliffe, recently held a Halloween-themed coffee morning with the proceeds going to Macmillan Cancer Support.
In memory of Linda Woodward, a former colleague and Accounts Co-ordinator at TR Fastenings.
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Mud, Mud, Glorious Mud - TR Staff Get Mucky for a Good Cause
TR was delighted to support nine feisty mums who recently took up the challenge of the Mud Monsters 5km Run Challenge.
Raising much-needed funds for Nutley Pre-School playgroup, the team which included Shane Bills, the Goods-In Team Leader at TR in Uckfield, have so far raised £700 for new soft play equipment and indoor furniture.
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TR Fastenings Hosts Macmillan Cancer Research Cake Sale
Employees located at TR's Head Office in Uckfield, East Sussex hosted a cake sale to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support.
A large selection of cakes were baked by members of staff and sold throughout the day.
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TR Fastenings Supports Charity Football Match in Aid of Chestnut Tree House
Steve Marner, a member of TR’s staff played in the G4S Celebrity Charity Football Match in aid of Chestnut Tree House children’s hospice on Sunday 27th September.
Steve was amongst a team that went up against celebrities from the world of sport and entertainment.
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Success for TR Fastenings at US Golf Event
TR Fastenings’ USA Automotive team has had a wonderful showing at the United Way Annual Golf Event in Plymouth, Michigan.
TR was honoured to be a part of the event as an Eagle sponsor, one of only a select few companies associated with the tournament.
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TR Support Contributes to Fund-Raising Success for Manor Primary School
Children from Manor Primary School in Uckfield have successfully managed to raise enough money both to pay for the education of a 13-year-old Ugandan boy and also build his family a new home.
To date, over £7,000 has been raised.
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TR Fastenings' Hosts Electric Car Grand Prix in Uckfield Festival
TR Fastenings will once again host the Annual Uckfield Grand Prix in its Bellbrook Estate car park.
The vast car park will be transformed into a racing track featuring 20 local schools in a fast paced competition with chequered flag, winning podiums, cups and prizes.
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TR Supports Ashdown Forest RDA Equine Therapy Centre for Children
TR Fastenings new sponsorship of Ashdown Forest RDA.
Founded in 2008, Ashdown Forest RDA offers a variety of horse-related activities for local disabled children from the age of 3 to 14 years old.
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TR Red Nose Day 2015 Bake Off
TR head office took part in a bake off to raise money for Red Nose Day.
A selection of cakes, sweet and savoury were backed and entered for a prize.
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Cyclists Saddle Up for Challenging Devon Bike Ride
TR Fastenings supports intrepid team in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support
A team of seven adventurous cyclists are taking on the 150 mile Devon Coast to Coast challenge from 6th to 9th May 2015
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Uckfield Art Trail 2015
Celebrating its 10th year anniversary, the Uckfield Art Trail returns to Uckfield Art Festival.
The exhabition will again be based in the Uckfield Civic Centre on the 17th and 18th of july.
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Mick Kirby Takes the ‘Dis’ Out of Disability with Clay Pigeon Shooting Success
TR Fastenings supports local sportsman who suffered paralysis after stroke.
Uckfield based TR Fastenings is pleased to be sponsoring champion shooter and disabled person Mark Kirby, in clay pigeon shooting competitions across the UK.
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2014
TR Proud to Support The Stroke Association
TR Fastenings will be supporting Craig Davis in the London Marathon.
TR Fastenings will be supporting Craig Davis, local employee at the Royal Mail on BellBrook Industrial Estate as he participates in the London Marathon for the Stroke Association.
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TR Scotland Supports Save The Children
TR Scotland takes part in christmas jumper day for Save The Children.
The team at Scotland had a sucessful day for the jumper fundraising day which took place on the 12th of dec.
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TR Supports Young Engineers At Uckfield Community Technical College
TR Fastenings Supports the development of a electric powered race car
TR Fastenings is proud to sponsor the development of a new electirc powered race car to be built by the students at Uckfield Community Technical College.
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Employee from TR Hungary swims across Lake Balaton
TR Hungary employee Csaba Kapuvári has taken part in the 2014 Lake Balaton cross swimming competition on Saturday 19 July 2014.
Lake Balaton is a freshwater lake in the Transdanubian region of Hungary and is the largest lake in Central Europe.
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Wear it Pink 2014 - Breast Cancer Campaign’s fundraising event
TR Scotland Wears it pink this Fri 24th Oct in support of Breast Cancer Campaign.
The team had a fantastic day for the ‘Wear it Pink’ fundraising day which took place 24th October.
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Team LonBar Blog - London to Barcelona 2014
Keep up to date with the teams progress on this amazing challenge!
Team Lonbar, a group of seven intrepid cyclists from Uckfield led by TR Fastenings’ Quality Director Ian Carlton, is preparing to undertake the gruelling challenge of a 1,000 mile bike ride to raise £7,000 for Chestnut Tree House, the only hospice for children and young adults in Sussex.
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TR Southern Fasteners Supports Local Charity in Mini Marathon
The Ladies Mini Marathon event took place in Cork City on Sunday 28th September.
The girls from TR Southern Fasteners all took part and were proud to sponsor the t-shirts for their chosen charity 'TheChemo Dept’ of Cork University Hospital.
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Fund-raising success for Manor schoolchildren, Uckfield
Uckfield Manor Primary School, raises enough money to build a house for a family in Uganda.
It has taken just four weeks for children at Manor Primary School, Uckfield, to raise enough money to build a house for a family in Uganda.
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TR Sponsors New 6 A Side Football Team
TR employees have put together a football team for a 6 a side football league that’s held at Freedom Leisure in Uckfield every weds night.
The TR Fastenings team get to play a 1 half hour game a week against other local teams.
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TR Southern Fasteners support the Irish Cancer Society
The staff of TR Southern Fasteners Mallow decided to get on board and take part in one of the fastest growing social media sensations to hit Ireland.
The girls took part in #Nomakeupselfies and the boys in #makeupselfies.
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Lancaster Fastener Team take part in the Sport Relief Mile
On 23rd March 2014, a team from Lancaster Fastener entered in to the spirit of this year’s Sport Relief Mile campaign.
Support from family, friends and fellow Lancaster colleagues contributed to the team raising £330 for the national appeal.
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TR employee, Kat Babb fundraising for Cancer Research UK
Kat Babb from TR's head office in Uckfield East Sussex, is taking part in Race for Life in Eastbourne in June 2014.
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TR Fastenings Supports ‘The Children’s Adventure Farm Trust’
TR Fastenings is delighted to announce that it has recently started supporting The Children’s Adventure Farm Trust.
The Trust provides a variety of programmes for terminally ill, disabled and disadvantaged children from all over the North West.
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2013
Paralympian Lee Frawley
TR Fastenings are proud sponsors of Lee Frawley, a talented Dressage rider on her way to the Paralympics.
Read more about Lee and her achievements so far, including eventing all over the world with her horse Pip and the build up to the big event later this year!
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Employee from TR raising money for pancreatic cancer
Hannah Creasey from TR headquarters BBP in Uckfield, is raising money for pancreatic cancer.
My Grandad was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and sadly lost his battle last year. Because of this I thought walking at Shine, London was a great challenge to raise money for such a worthy cause.
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TR sponsor an Elephant Pump in Zimbabwe
TR Fastenings has, by using AquAid's water coolers, helped save the lives of many children in Africa.
With every water cooler and bottle of water TR has obtained from AquAid a donation has been made on its behalf to The Africa Trust.
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TR North East Sponsor St Mary's Aces Football Club
TR's North East division is now sponsoring the Bishop Auckland St Mary's Junior's FC
The club was formed in 1986, and since then has developed into a club that has now unquestionably emerged as Bishop Auckland's premier football club for children and young adults.
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TR Raising Money for St Wilfred's Hospice and Manor Park School
On Sunday 30th June Lynsey Baldock, Hayley Miles, (Employees from TR head quarters Uckfield) will be doing a 7 mile sponsored walk down at Birling Gap to raise funds for St Wilfred’s Hospice and Manor Park School.
They will also be walking with staff members from Manor Park to celebrate and remember the life of Lynsey's Auntie Karen who sadly passed away in January.
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TR Supports The Alzheimer's Society
On Sunday 26th May 2013 Claire Coleman from TR Manchester, will be running the Great Manchester 10k Run in memory of her Nana (Eileen McCabe) who sadly passed away on December 4th 2012.
Eileen had battled with Alzheimer’s for nearly 18 years. For this reason Claire will be running to raise money for The Alzheimer’s Society.
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TR Raising Money for Lupus UK
Anjanita from the TR marketing department will be competing in her first triathlon event on 7th July 2013 at Ashburnham Place in Battle, East Sussex.
Anji will be doing the sprint distance - 750m swim - 20k bike - 5k run and raising money for Lupus UK.
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TR Raising Money for the British Heart Foundation
On Sunday 16th June, TR employee Sam Pert, from TR headquarters in Uckfield, will be taking part in this years London to Brighton Bike Ride.
Sam will be raising money for the British Heart Foundation.
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Oliver Owen - Ninja Kart Racer
TR is proud supporter of 7 year old Ninja Kart racer Oliver Owen. Oliver races Ninja Karts in the 6-12 year olds group, driving with SLS Ninja Karts, in the UK.
Ollie started Ninja Kart racing in December 2011 when he was only 6 years old and has just completed his first full seasons with Spedeworth Motorsports and Rolling Thunder Show.
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TR Raising Money for the MacMillan Cancer Trust
On the 2nd June, John Nar from TR Waterside Park will be taking part in the 13 mile Walk For Kids Charty event.
This will be in memory of his brother Sonny Nar who passed away on the 18th August 2006 at a young age of only 16 years old.
TR Scotland Supports Yorkhill Children's Foundation
On Saturday 8th June, Jim McGeachan and Bruce Hamilton from TR Scotland, and a friend of theirs Stephen Wright, will be climbing Ben Nevis to raise money for Yorkhill Children's Foundation.
They will be raising funds to help ensure the Yorkhill Children's Hospital has the money to continue the great work it does for all the children and babies at the hospital.
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Muddy TR Mayhem!
A group of TR staff from our North East location are competing in Muddy Mayhem for Help for Heroes to raise money to support the great work this charity does to help our armed forces.
The challenge is a 10K run - On the 24th March our TR Fastenings team will be running 10km and experiencing the pure hurt and hell of crawling through mud and flames along the way.
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Red Nose Day 2013 - TR Quiz
The TR head office has taken part in a general knowledge quiz to raise funds for Red Nose Day 2013.
The quiz consisted of general knowledge questons, picture rounds and anagrams.
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2012
Movember - TR Gets Involved
It is the month of Movember and men, known as Mo Bros, all over the world are grooming, trimming and waxing themselves some fine moustaches in support of men’s health.
By growing moustaches for the month of November they are actively promoting and encouraging the often ignored discussion of men’s health issues, whilst raising vital finds through sponsorships.
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TR attends Charity Gala Night in support of the Freinds of Mombasa Children
Eight TR staff members from our head office in Uckfield, East Sussex attended the Gala in support of the Friends of Mombasa Children charity.
The Evening included an auction, a raffle and dinner and dancing all to raise money for the charity.
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TR Norway employee helps raise £70,000 for charity!
Jan-Erik Storsve has taken part in a half marathon in Oslo
Jan Erik is part of a charity pool along with 300 other people raising £70,000 for the Cancer Foundation in Norway!
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Peaks For Paul
Between July 26th and August 1st 10 daring go getters will travel across the country to climb the 3 highest peaks in the UK.
To raise money for Forest Holme Hospice in memory of Paul Bulgarelli. Paul passed away in 2011 after a short battle with cancer and was wonderfully cared for by the staff at Forest Holme.
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Emily Starbuck Race For Life
TR Employee took part in race for life and completed in 42 mins and 50 secs!
Thank you so much for sponsoring me for the Race for Life that I did on Sunday. I completed it in 42mins and 50 seconds which is much better than I expected and it was both an emotional and uplifting day.
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Jade's 24 hour running challenge
Jade Overy who works in TR's Finance department, will be taking part in a challenge to run as far as possible in 24 hours to raise money for the British Heart Foundation.
The event starts on the 19th May at 1pm and Jade will be running as many laps of a 6.55 mile loop as possible in 24 hours.
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TR Supports Rebecca Brown - Sky Diving for Wildlife Rescue Ambulance Service
TR is proud to support Rebecca in this amazing challenge.
Trevor Weeks (founder of WRAS) works a tremendous amount of hours to be able to save these animals and with a small centre, small team and limited funds he really does deserve all the support we can give him.
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Dave Hinton - TR employee, running the Brighton Marathon
Dave Hinton, who works in our IT department at TR Fastenings will this year again be running the Brighton Marathon.
This year’s Brighton Marathon is on Sunday 15th April, Dave is going to be running again for the NSPCC.
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TR Support Oak Tree Farm Rural Project
Oak Tree Farm, a charity organisation set up to provide a rural working environment for people with learning disabilities.
Oak Tree Farm provides a rural working environment where people with learning disabilities gain the skills, independence and confidence to take them towards an active role in society have recently constructed a new Tea Room.
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