The Business Exchange Bath & Somerset Issue 11: Spring 2019 | Page 33

POSITIVE BUSINESS The Try Games - the sports event for everybody Bath’s 1st Office commits to Corporate Social Responsibility Is your business interested in supporting an amazing Bath sporting event? The Try Games - the sports event for everybody. On Sunday 23rd June 2019, the Bath community is being encouraged to come together and take part in The Try Games – an exclusive fundraising event for Three Ways School, held at Odd Down Sports Centre. Three Ways School is a special needs academy in Bath offering a unique, stimulating environment for pupils with learning difficulties and disabilities aged 3-19. The purpose of The Try Games is threefold: Andrew Jones, Sales Director at 1st Office Equipment, tells us about his company’s commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in 2019. 1) To provide a variety of fun and inclusive sporting activities for everyone in the community of Bath, regardless of their ability; 2) To encourage able bodied and disabled children and adults to take part in activities they haven’t tried before; 3) To raise funds for Three Ways School to enable pupils to access sporting clubs and activities, have new experiences and gain skills. The Try Games 2018 was a huge success and enjoyed by over 500 participants. Three Way’s is hoping to double participation in 2019 and needs your support to make this possible. The 2019 Try Games is proud to be partnering with some of Bath’s finest including, Gympanzees, Super Pirates, Team Bath, Bath Rugby Foundation, Bath City FC Foundation, Nova Sport and Coaching and Adaptive Martial Arts. On the day there will be at least 20 different activities on offer; including wheelchair basketball, circus skills, football, martial arts, sensory zone, dance, fun runs and more. The 23rd June is also International Olympic Day and the Try Games will enable people to join with others around the world to celebrate sport and the Olympic ethos; “To practise sport without discrimination of any kind and in the Olympic spirit, which requires mutual understanding with a spirit of friendship, solidarity and fair play”. Can you help Three Ways School make The Try Games 2019 a success? Are you able to make a donation, be a sponsor, contribute a raffle prize or give your time to be part of this wonderful inclusive community event? Last year we had coverage from BBC Points West, Bath and Wiltshire Parent, The Bath Chronicle, Council Connect and our own social media campaign. Please email [email protected] to discuss tailored sponsorship packages. For more info: www.trygames.co.uk www.facebook.com/trygamesbath It’s been a great start to the year for 1st Office Equipment. One of our many resolutions this year is to get more involved within our local community and where better place to start than by attending and supporting the inaugural South West Charities Conference (SWCC). It was an inspiring day and a fantastic networking opportunity for South West based charities. Our contribution to the event was to raffle a brand new Lexmark Desktop printer which was won by local charity ‘Off The Record’ which was set up in 1994 and aims to promote emotional health and well-being in young people. In this time of uncertainty, it’s important that businesses engage with their local community and what better way to do that by assisting charities where we can. We sincerely hope that events like the SWCC which champion the Third Sector and bring organisations together will continue in Bath - 1st Office will certainly be there to lend our support in any way we can. I am proud to announce that 1st Office is also working with Bath-based charity, VOICES. Founded in 2014 by women who have experience of domestic abuse, VOICES supports victims and survivors to recover and thrive. Not only do they work to raise awareness of the nature and impact of domestic abuse and of the needs of survivors and their families but also provide community based recovery programmes and one-to-one advice and counselling.1st Office has offered assistance by providing them with a printer that VOICES Ursula Lindenberg and Andrew Jones, 1st Office Equipment can meet the day to day needs of the growing charity. VOICES welcomes enquiries from people concerned about their own relationship or about the welfare of others in their family, workplace or community. Ursula Lindenberg from the charity is delighted with the new addition to the office and has said that the new printer will have a positive impact in their offices by improving productivity and, with the new functions the printer provides, it will allow them to be more creative. And this is just the start! We’re feeling very positive about 2019 and making more connections with our neighbours in the Bath community, both businesses and local community schemes alike. For more info: www.1st-officeequipment.co.uk www.offtherecord-banes.co.uk www.voicescharity.org Natural therapy collection launched in support of Dorothy House Lifestyle brand Ubiety has launched its first collection of luxurious, natural, ethical skincare and wellbeing products online at findUbiety.com in support of Dorothy House Hospice Care. The company was set up to provide the charity with a new income stream and shares its passion for holistic wellbeing. Ubiety sources its products from local companies including Wells-based Arcania Apothecary Ltd and Bath’s Limelight. Supple Studio, also from Bath, has created the product branding and all profits from Ubiety go directly to Dorothy House. Dorothy House Hospice Care expects its number of patients to double by 2025 and Ubiety will form an important part of its funding over the coming years. The brand’s initial collection of six products uses natural ingredients and includes a hand wash, hand lotion, body salve, lip balm, facial mist and scented candle. The new skincare and wellbeing range is designed to appeal to customers of all ages looking for quality products from an ethical and socially responsible company. Ubiety prides itself on providing a fully sustainable product range that uses only vegan and environmentally-friendly ingredients whilst placing emphasis on making people feel better through using and gifting the products and through funding charitable community care. Marianne Cantelo, Ubiety Co-Founder at Dorothy House in Winsley said, “With Arcania’s generous offer to develop a range of products for us there was an opportunity to reflect the Hospice’s emphasis on holistic care and wellbeing in a luxurious new brand that generates income for the charity.” Richard Howard, Founder of Arcania Apothecary in Wells added, “It’s easy to create an authentic luxury brand when Dorothy House’s heritage is so genuine. By bringing Ubiety to the market place we are doing something good as there is something worthwhile behind it.” Cathy Biggs, Founder of Limelight, a home fragrance manufacturer based near Bath added, “We are thrilled to be part of the Ubiety team and so pleased that all the profits raised will go directly to this wonderful local charity which helps so many. The blend of essential oils in the candle we’ve made for Ubiety is divine, gently soothing and relaxing, just like walking in a woodland.” For more info: www.findubiety.com THE BUSINESS EXCHANGE 2019 33