Camden Group is renowned for producing a range of high performance products, so guess how pleased the business was to find that six of its employees had become high performing‘ Super Heroes’, reigning in more than £ 1,500 for charity. Five of the company’ s Antrim-based employees, Ciaran McCallister, John Robb, David O’ Connor, Greg Loughran and Lee Shanley all pulled on their running shoes to run the 26-mile

Belfast marathon for suicide awareness charity Focus( Focusing on Community and Understanding Suicide). The charity based in Antrim and supported by Antrim Youth Counselling and Information Centre, is made up of a group of young people aged 15 – 25 who have experienced issues surrounding suicide and the impact it has on their lives. The marathon saw over 17,500 runners hit the streets of Belfast and the lads completed the gruelling

marathon in an impressive three hours and 33 minutes. Meanwhile, and a little over 700 miles away in the French capital, Kevin Kenny, Area Sales Manager of Camden’ s Liverpool Trade Centre, set about pounding the streets of Paris with 6,934 other UK nationals and 57,000 total runners to raise monies for his chosen charity, Cancer Research UK. Not satisfied with just one marathon, Kevin then flew back to the UK to run the London Marathon for the

same charity. Kevin said:“ Customers and colleagues showed fantastic generosity and support during our training and whilst running the marathons.“ Personally, I wasn’ t feeling too well at the time of the Paris marathon and didn’ t hit my target plan, but I was delighted with a time of three hours 40 minutes in London.” The directors and staff of Camden are extremely proud of the efforts made by their Super Hero team.

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Elliot Parfitt has cycled 100 miles in the name of a charity very close to his heart.

The 23-year-old is the son of Sally and Mike Parfitt, who run Shepton Mallet’ s Crusader Windows, a long-standing fabricator and installer of high quality VEKA window systems. Elliot, who works at the company on Charlton Road, took part in the Prudential RideLondon event at the end of July which saw professional and amateur cyclists participate in a 100-mile challenge on specially closed roads around London and Surrey. Having lived with a genetic condition called Tuberous Sclerosis Complex( TSC) from birth, Elliot was riding to raise funds and awareness for the Tuberous Sclerosis Association, an organisation that has provided invaluable support for him and his family. Elliot said:“ TSC can affect different people in different ways and can cause growths on the brain, heart, eyes, kidneys, lungs and on the skin. For me, it started with severe fits as a baby, which thankfully haven’ t returned since treatment at seven months old.

Due to TSC, I have mild learning difficulties, I am autistic, I have angiofibromas on my face and growths in my brain and kidneys( including a particularly large one in my left kidney called an angiomyolipoma) and a retinal astrocytoma in one of my eyes.“ TSC has affected me in a number of ways but I don’ t let it rule my life. I wanted to complete the 100 miles and raise money and support for the Tuberous Sclerosis Association to thank them for being there for me and my family.” Elliot’ s Mum Sally added:“ The association is an incredibly valuable resource for people living with TSC. The charity supports a fantastic, specialist clinic at the Royal United Hospital, Bath, with amazing doctors, and also funds research into what can be a devastating condition, while providing

advisors to offer much-needed support. Elliot’ s Dad Mike and I are so proud of him.” If you’ d like to support the Tuberous Sclerosis Association, you can find out more and donate at justgiving. com / fundraising / sally-parfitt Crusader Windows has recently made the change over to VEKA’ s new M70 PVCu system, due to its contemporary good looks and even greater energy efficiency. Mike Parfitt said:“ We’ ve always appreciated the quality of VE- KA’ s systems and the customer service the company offers. Their engineers made sure the M70 retooling was smooth and straightforward and we were soon up and running producing the new system.”

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Glazerite sponsored golf pro Ryan Evans has celebrated his first major by finishing 58th overall at the recent Open Championship at Royal Troon.

It was a fantastic result for the 29-year-old Northamptonshire player, who had no previous experience of playing on the famous Ayrshire links venue, and who only turned pro in 2014 after giving up his previous job of working in a call centre selling Avon Cosmetics. Glazerite has been a main sponsor of Ryan, who made his professional debut at the 2014 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, for the last couple of years, helping him rise from the amateur ranks to his current world ranking of 538. Speaking in an interview for BBC Sport ahead of the 145th Open, Ryan said that he had become used to all the‘ Ding dong, Avon ladies’ jokes, and that he now had the chance‘ to write my own history.’ John Hewitt, group chairman at The Glazerite UK Group Limited, said:“ I first got to know Ryan at Wellingborough Golf Club when

he was making a name for himself as an amateur, so it’ s been fantastic to watch him progress to his first major at Royal Troon – especially as he’ s an ambassador for Glazerite.“ Many of our customers are keen golfers, so we’ re able to secure tickets for all the events he takes part in, plus we host a number of golf days throughout the year which have become fantastic social and networking events for our customers.”

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