The UK’s leading independent timber and construction supplier, Donaldson Group, has announced a 12-month partnership with British Heart Foundation following a vote by colleagues across the entire business.
As part of Donaldson Group’s newly created Charity Committee, colleagues voted on a shortlist of six charities for the partnership. More than just fundraising for a worthy cause, the partnership with British Heart Foundation will also benefit colleagues with a programme of internal training, including CPR training, and registering defibrillators with ambulance services across England and Scotland.
Sites across Donaldson Group have a strong history of charitable support and fundraising activities this year will focus on two main events taking place in February for ‘Go Red for Heart Month’ and in September to mark World Heart Day.
British Heart Foundation supports people living with heart and circulatory diseases and funds lifesaving research across the UK. Partnerships with businesses like Donaldson Group fund that research, and importantly, raise awareness about disease prevention.
The funds raised by the Donaldson Group will help the BHF fund cutting-edge research that saves lives and keeps families together.
Mike Donaldson, Executive Chair of Donaldson Group, said: “We set up a Charity Committee last year to help us all focus our charitable giving and support causes that are important to Donaldson Group colleagues, families, and communities.
We are thrilled that British Heart Foundation was selected by colleagues as this year’s partner. Heart and circulatory diseases have touched many of us within the Group, and we hope that the training, awareness raising, and fundraising we will accomplish together will support many more happy outcomes for people and families across the country.”
Mark Murphy, 55, Chief Risk Officer at Donaldson Group, suffered a heart attack in May 2023 and now has a coronary stent fitted and takes statins to reduce the risks of further heart attacks.
Mark has made sure all Donaldson Group sites have defibrillators and he’ll also be taking part in CPR training sessions.
“If anything happens, we have more of a chance to save people,” says Mark. “Saving the life of someone is not just helping them, but also the rest of their family and I am delighted Donaldson Group will be supporting the British Heart Foundation in the months ahead.”
David McColgan, Head of British Heart Foundation Scotland, said: “Exciting partnerships like this one with Donaldson Group are vital to our research and our goals to save and improve lives.
“We are so proud that in the six decades we have been working to tackle heart and circulatory diseases, we have moved from an outcome where seven in 10 people died from a heart attack, to now seven in 10 people survive. We look forward to working with colleagues across the Donaldson Group to raise lifesaving funds.”
Currently led by the sixth generation of Donaldson, the 163-year-old Donaldson Group comprises a total of 16 specialist timber and building product businesses and brands, operating throughout the UK from 47 locations employing over 1600 people.
The businesses that make up the Group trade and operate independently, sharing best practice, innovation, purchasing synergies, and market analysis.
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