Tag Archives: Charity

Epsom drivers donate to charity

Drivers from Quality Line, the bus division of Epsom Coaches Group have donated £1,500 to SSAFA’s Norton House in Headley, a home dedicated to helping injured service personal and their families.

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Cap in hand

First drivers wear a hat in Leeds for brain tumour charity First in Leeds is asking staff and passengers to Wear a Hat to help Brain Tumour Research (BTRS) raise awareness across Yorkshire about the prevalence of brain tumours and the need for vital research. First bus drivers in Leeds are setting an example by [...]

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Santa Bus for air ambulance

Bus passengers taking the 701 Judds service between Peterborough and Whittlesey were pleasantly surprised to see Father Christmas behind the wheel of the regular Northern Counties-bodied Dennis Dart. The inside of the bus was decorated with a tree, tinsel and lights to carry the Christmas spirit through the Fens.

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First donations pass £4.5m mark

FirstGroup revealed it has donated £10,000 this Christmas to its national charity partner, Save the Children. This brings its total inkind support and cash donations to just over £4.5m since the partnership began in 2007. Rather than sending traditional cards this year, First has posted a Christmas message on its website, including a reference to [...]

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Long walk for Motor Neurone Charities

Stagecoach North East bus driver Steve Todd is set to walk over 100 miles to raise funds for two motor neurone disease charities. The 45-year-old former soldier from Middlesbrough, who works at the Stagecoach Stockton depot, is taking part in the walk in aid of children’s charity Zoe’s Place, a charity offering specialist respite and [...]

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Peter Huntley goes ahead

Peter Huntley is to leave his position as managing director of Go North East at the end of the year, after nearly six years in the post. Peter, who will be leaving the North East and going to the North Pole on an expedition for charity, says he leaves the group in “great shape”, explaining: [...]

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Stagecoach staff run for Demelza Hospice

33 bus drivers and support staff from Stagecoach depots across Kent and East Sussex joined hundreds of runners at Maidstone’s Tote Park to raise money for the Demelza Children’s Hospice. The team members ran either the 10k track or the shorter 5k course. The runners travelled from their depots on board the specially liveried Demelza [...]

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Jumbulance Trust orders new Van Hool

The Jumbulance Trust, a registered charity dedicated to providing holidays and trips for seriously disabled and sick people, has recently placed an order with Van Hool for a new ‘Jumbulance.’ The purpose-built vehicle is based on Van Hool’s T915 Acron design and is broadly similar to the Trust’s existing Van Hool T917 Acron, only two [...]

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Coast to coast success for Volvo Executive Team

£11,000 raised in aid of a Teenage Cancer Trust appeal Last weekend saw the Volvo Bus Executive Group successfully complete a gruelling 137 mile, coast to coast challenge between Whitehaven and Tynemouth in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust’s Warwickshire Appeal. So far the challenge has raised an amazing £11,000 with further donations expected to help [...]

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Stagecoach Sheffield drivers strip for charity

Funds to be raised from calendar sale in aid local children’s hospital Brave bus staff at Stagecoach in Sheffield are baring all in a charity calendar. 21 drivers – 19 men and two women – from Holbrook depot are shedding their inhibitions, and their uniforms, for the Children’s Hospital Charity. Driver Chris Brownhill came up [...]

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    Best of Britain and Ireland (BoBi), Birmingham, 14th-15th March 2012

    Date: 14th-15th March 2012

    Location: NEC, Birmingham

    Contact: www.bestofbritainandirelandevent.co.uk

    Volvo Bus social evening in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust’s Warwickshire Appeal, Warwick, 15th March 2012

    Date: 15th March 2012

    Location: Century Court House, Warwick

    Contact: Call Pam Matthews 01926 414 553 or e-mail pam.matthews@volvo.com

    Leyland National 40th Anniversary, Warwick, 18th March 2012

    Date: 18th March 2012

    Location: Organised by the Leyland National Group, Nationals on static display and working in service.The British Commercial Vehicle Museum in Leyland.

    Contact: www.leylandnationalgroup.co.uk