GENEROUS CHARITABLE DONATION BY YORKSHIRE BRANCH OF HIGH PROFILE TRADE ASSOCIATION
16 May 2014 – The Yorkshire Region of national trade association the Building & Engineering Services Association (formerly HVCA) have again raised a significant sum for local charity Sailfree, operating from Otley Sailing Club.
Sailfree works under the national umbrella of Sailability, the charitable arm of the Royal Yachting Association (RYA). The aim of the charity is to provide sailing experiences to people with all types of disabilities. These sessions give disabled people the chance to enjoy the freedom and independence of being out on the water in specially adapted dinghies.
Each year Otley Sailing Club provides approximately 1,000 such sessions, run by volunteers, with all costs funded by donations.
B&ES Yorkshire comprises over 110 locally based companies all engaged in providing building engineering services to the construction sector. The fundraising took place earlier this year as part of their annual regional training awards and black tie charity event, which was held at the Cedar Court Hotel in Bradford. £2,000 was raised for Sailfree, with the cheque just presented to Otley Sailing Club Commodore Paul Karran.
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Since its formation in 1904, B&ES, the Building & Engineering Services Association (formerly the HVCA) has represented the interests of companies engaged in a wide range of building and engineering services disciplines.
B&ES helps its members to build successful businesses by being the leading trade association for integrated building and engineering services and renewable technologies. It is a unifying force that promotes and monitors excellence; provides quality advice, guidance, training and support; generates market-leading thinking; and shapes the commercial environment through active representation.
B&ES members are subject to regular, third-party inspection and assessment of their technical competence and commercial capability, carried out by an independent certification body at least every three years.
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