Charity News

As the new arrivals in Ringwood, we liked the idea of getting involved in the local business community so supporting the Ringwood Carnival seemed a good place to start.

Ringwood saw its very first Carnival in 1929! Carnivals followed in 1931 and 1934, when the Coldstream Guards marched through the town in full dress uniform.

The first Carnival after the war was in 1950 and has continued every year since. The Carnival now acts as a focus for the local community and charitable groups.

The Ringwood Carnival Society is a registered charity, established to co-ordinate, manage and develop a guaranteed festival of fun for the whole family. Through this, the society aim to raise much-needed funds, making donations to local charities and good causes.

Join in the fun and support Ringwood – from 12.00 pm on Saturday 17th September 2016.

We are thrilled that a ‘KFA Connect’ water pump has now been built in as a result of our support of AquAid!

We are aware that keeping our staff members hydrated will aid them to perform at their very best throughout the work day. As a result, we decided to invest in watercoolers from AquAid – and have done for a number of years now.

Our unique relationship with AquAid has also given our company the opportunity to help those less fortunate than ourselves, because with each purchase an automatic donation is made to the Africa Trust.

These funds are used to build ‘Elephant Pumps’ – a modified version of an age old Chinese rope pulley system. One such pump has now been installed in Zimbabwe, Africa on our behalf and it will be a much needed source of clean and fresh drinking water for many decades.

To date AquAid have built over 5,000 such Elephant Pumps across parts of Zimbabwe, Malawi and Liberia; and have donated £12 million to charity and helped bring a life-time supply of clean, fresh drinking water to more than 2 million people.

A 40-strong team of KFA Connect staff, friends and family have signed up to take part in Tough Mudder Half, London South at Holmbush Farm, West Sussex on Saturday, the 17th of September 2016.

When we selected our chosen charity for 2016 – Help for Heroes, we wanted to take part in charity fundraising events that involved us making a real effort, both individually and as a team.

We think that this event is a good match!

Tough Mudder Half is not a race, it’s a challenge. Designed to test teamwork and grit on a 5-mile course with obstacles such as ‘Flying Squirrel, ‘Walk the Plank’ and ‘Mud Mile’, it’s all the mud and half the distance of the full 10-mile Tough Mudder.

We even have some Mini Mudders taking part in the one-mile child-friendly version, allowing them to get just as muddy as the rest of us!

We dropped off a sack full of Christmas gifts that the team have donated to Cash for Kids today…

Cash for Kids is Bauer Radio’s network of local charities, which operate across 21 areas around the UK.

Their mission is to respond to the needs of children in our communities, and aspire to enable all children to live life to the full and achieve their individual potential.

By donating these gifts we hope that these children aged 0-18 who are disabled, disadvantaged or suffering from abuse or neglect will have a better Christmas.