Fundraising is child's play for Luton TNT

21-Apr-2008

Record-breaking fundraisers from the UK's leading express delivery company TNT have been seeing first hand how their efforts to generate cash for children's charity Wooden Spoon are helping youngsters with severe social and behavioural difficulties.

TNT Express Services employees from the company's Luton Depot in Camford Way, Sundon Park, visited The Colnbrook School in Watford as part of a groundbreaking initiative being championed by TNT and the Wooden Spoon. They witnessed how the money the company generates is being used to enable school children with autism and significant learning difficulties to have a better schooling environment and improved facilities.

TNT Express Services is the biggest single contributor to the Wooden Spoon, raising well over £2 million in cash donations in the past ten years. In turn, the Wooden Spoon provides funding for children's projects across the UK to support youngsters who are disadvantaged physically, mentally or socially.

Fundraising is child's play for Luton TNT

<>Pleased to meet you: Wooden Spoon representative John Batters (left) and TNT Contract Manager Warren Price make friends with pupils from The Colnbrook School

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Spoon - with the help of TNT - contributed £30,000 towards the cost of an ambitious refurbishment project and a new sensory room.

Richard Hill, Head Teacher at The Colnbrook School said: "TNT and the Wooden Spoon have made a significant contribution to the well being of students here, for which we are very grateful."

Well over 1,700 TNT employees have so far participated in a series of visits to see how the funds they help generate are used to benefit tens of thousands of disabled and disadvantaged youngsters around the UK. Entitled 'Seeing is Believing' the programme is designed to help further motivate them and build even stronger ties between TNT and Wooden Spoon.

Dave Clarke, Depot General Manager at TNT Express at the Luton Depot said: "Meeting the staff and youngsters at The Colnbrook School and seeing how our fundraising efforts are making a difference was a tremendously humbling experience."

Wooden Spoon Chairman Roger Davies said: "'Seeing is Believing' is a fantastic initiative that motivates all those taking part, but of course the real winners are the children who rely on the endeavours and generosity of the TNT Express Services workforce."