We are very pleased to share that Emma Edwards, Administration and Compliance Manager at our Birmingham site and Hannah Hosler, Business Development Manager from our Manchester site have been selected as team captains for an upcoming group competition.
In September, our parent company W&R Barnett celebrates its 130th anniversary and has once again invited all group businesses to Dragon Boat race on the River Lagan. Three boats are filled with Logson Group employees, and the third boat is captained by Ben Turton, Design and Estimating Manager from Challenge Packaging.
Other B&P colleagues who are joining Emma and Hannah are Cary Spicer from our Bristol site, Terri Lewis from our Merseyside site, Anthony Burton from our Oxford site and our Regional Managing Director for the South, Peter Gosling.
Each team captain has chosen a charity who they want to race for and with whom they have a personal connection.
Emma’s crew will be racing to raise money for Let Us Play, a Wolverhampton charity that provides craft, sport and play for children with Special Needs and Disabilities (SEND).
Hannah’s crew will be taking to the water to raise money for Cure Leukaemia which funds research nurses at UK blood cancer centres, giving patients access to treatments through clinical trials.
Ben‘s crew will be paddling for Finley’s Touch which supports children with cancer across Surrey, Sussex, Kent and Hampshire.
Each boat will have its fundraising matched as a minimum but if they progress through the competition, the amount increases at eachs stage. The winner will have their fundraising matched five times their total.
The last event took place in 2021 to celebrate the businesses 125th anniversary when our 3 teams raised over £25,000. One of the treams reached the semi-final too which meant further matching from W&R Barnett Group, and the total donated to Logson’s chosen charities was £112,000.
To support the teams and donate simply visit their Just Giving Page where you can donate to the charity of your choice - https://www.justgiving.com/team/logson-boatracecharity?utm_medium=TE&utm_source=CL