A LOCHMABEN company has donated £27,933 to five local charities this Christmas.
Russell Roof Tiles’ Give4Good charity initiative is supporting D&G Canine Rescue Centre, Lockerbie Wildlife Trust, Veterans Garden, Sports Driving Unlimited, and Moffat Mountain Rescue.
These charities were all chosen by the firm’s 150 staff, and were each presented with a cheque for £5586.60 at an event hosted at the Halleaths site.
In total, the company has raised £80,690 in 2024, its highest amount ever in a single year, against its original target of £50,000.
As well as the local charities, this money is being shared with two international charities, Footprints Family and Odisha Football Club Kids in Poverty Fund, plus five charities local to Russell Roof Tiles site in Burton on Trent.
As part of Give4Good, in July three members of the wider Russell Roof Tiles family spent a week volunteering with the Footprints Family charity in Kenya, supporting the children that the organisation works to help. Debbie Allen, Gillian Moffat and Jacqui Summers from Lochmaben were among them and helped raised funds to buy a new minibus for the charity.
Managing director Andrew Hayward said: “I am delighted that we can share the Give4Good cash amongst some amazing local causes who do such excellent work in the community.
“It’s been another record-breaking year of fundraising for us and despite the cost-of-living crisis we’ve smashed our target. Our teams have done an amazing job, volunteering their time and efforts to help raise money.”
“It is an honour to handover the money raised to these exceptional charities and I’m proud to be able to support them so they can continue the vital work they do in our community.”
