A leading residential and commercial refurbishment contractor is celebrating its fifth business in style after raising more than £2000 for a Kingswinford charity.
Black Country Construction Services (BCCS), which was formed by Matt Hollis and Gavin Thomas, hosted its first ever golf day at Gaudet Luce in Droitwich on Friday, with 13 companies and over 50 individuals from industry swapping their tools for golf clubs and holes in one.
Guests took part in individual and team competitions, ‘nearest the pin’ and ‘longest drive’, as well as enjoying an all-star raffle to win several major prizes.
Over £2000 was raised on the day for Beth’s Sunflowers, a charity set-up in memory of Beth Childs who sadly lost her life to Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia just two months away from her 21st birthday.
Since 2019, mum Andrea and Dad Rob have been raising awareness of the cruel disease by generating funds for Blood Cancer UK, A Gift to Lift and Cure Leukaemia through the sale of thousands of sunflower seeds every year.
“We wanted to do something positive that marked our first five years in business and a chance conversation with Andrea in The Park Tavern gave us the idea to put on a charity event. Gavin and I both love golf, so it was an easy decision from there,” explained Matt, who has been in construction for more than 25 years.
“It was the perfect opportunity to get our clients and trusted supply chain together to enjoy time away from site, although the competition was as fierce as ever with WATES’ Christian Bird winning the main prize and £300 to spend in Gaudet Luce Golf Shop and Adam Cook, Richard Chatfield and Darren Cook taking the team prize.”
He continued: “Importantly, we raised over £2000 for Beth’s Sunflowers, taking the charity’s total fundraising to more than £200,000 since it was started. That is really going to make a difference to lots of people suffering with cancer.
“A big thank you to lots of companies for their generosity and the raffle prizes, including the Boden Group, Crafted Contemporary Kitchens, Crown Paint, Furniture for the Home, Jewson, Johnstone’s Paint, Travis Perkins and Gaudet Luce’s Oliver Lewis for organising the day and donating a ‘four ball’.
Black Country Construction Services is one of the West Midlands’ leading construction contractors, specialising in residential and commercial projects across the region.
The Brierley Hill-based company, which is BM Trada, CHAS and Constructionline accredited, delivers high quality craftmanship in renovations, fire protection, carpentry, decorating and property maintenance.
Attention to detail and completing projects on time and to budget has seen the firm grow significantly, increasing its workforce to 50 people and sealing long-term contracts with Equans, Fortem and Wates to provide services to Birmingham City Council and Tamworth Borough Council.
Founder Gavin Thomas concluded: “Despite the challenges of Covid-19 and supply chain disruption, it has been a fantastic five years in business and we’re now planning on growing even further through our relationships with local authorities and commercial clients.”
BCCS Golf Day (L): (l-r) Gavin Thomas and Matt Hollis (both Black Country Construction Services)
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