Polypipe continues tradition with charity support

With the festive season just around the corner, naturally people start to wind down and look forward spending Christmas with loved ones. For Polypipe, Christmas is a time for reflecting on a year of giving back to the local community.

Since 2013, Polypipe Civils has chosen the local Loughborough based charity, Rainbows Hospice for Children and Young People, as one of its dedicated company charities. Throughout the years, Polypipe has stuck by Rainbows and have helped them raise vital funds to continue supporting terminally ill children and their families. Through a series of both internal and external company fundraising events, Polypipe have been able to raise over £30,000 over the last four years.

Since it opened its doors in 1994, Rainbows has provided palliative care and support for children, young people and their families facing life limiting conditions. The continued support of local companies such as Polypipe have helped Rainbows to expand the hospice facilities to support even more families through difficult times.  

On 14^th December, Polypipe made their annual visit to Rainbows to present the children with a generous hamper of arts and crafts.

Over the years, Polypipe have put their best foot forward and taken part in cycling challenges to Paris, across Ireland and a 367-mile cycle ride in Belgium. Polypipe staff have also enjoyed a number of internal office activities including charity days, cake sales and dress down Fridays. In fitting with the time of year, Polypipe has dusted off their loudest Christmas jumpers for a ‘best dressed’ competition and hosted an internal Christmas bake off competition.

Kate Golding, Head of Organisational Giving at Rainbows said, “We are very grateful for Polypipe’s efforts over the years. The charitable work of companies like Polypipe allow us to make a huge difference to the children we support and their families.”

Emma Nicholls, Marketing Manager at Polypipe, said: “Christmas at Polypipe is a chance for us to reflect, we are glad we can give something back to charities who go above and beyond to help those in the local and wider community. We look forward to continuing our support in 2017.”

Polypipe’s charity work in extend elsewhere with their continued support to raise money and awareness for Prostate Cancer UK. Taking part in the annual Keyline Rally, raising a total of £3,929.71.

Dressed as characters from the cartoon classic Wacky Races, senior management at Polypipe took to the road in a Mini Cooper S, fully customized as the ‘mean machine’. Journeying 1,500km across the English Channel to the French Riveria, the team conquered famous routes including ‘Route Napoleon’ in the Southern Alps.