A joint donation between Curo and Travis Perkins ensured a Bath-based charity could purchase a new van after theirs was stolen.
Emily North, Chloe Dalton and Jess Exton from BAPP, Caroline Haworth from Curo and Samantha Thomas and Lee Palmer from Travis Perkins | Photo © Curo
Odd Down-based Bath Area Play Project runs free play sessions for children across Bath and North East Somerset, and relies on its van to transport the equipment to and from the different venues.
Their van was stolen back in September, and the insurance payment didn’t cover the cost of a replacement used vehicle.
Thanks to a joint Curo and Travis Perkins Managed Services funding pot, which is available for local community projects and ideas, a donation of £5,000 was made to cover the shortfall.
The charity once again has a van, complete with brightly coloured branding.
Caroline Haworth, Director of BAPP, said: “We are very grateful for this donation. It’s meant we can get a van that we can rely on, and that we can get it branded which we hope might be a deterrent to thieves.
“Having a van is vital to our work as we use it to transport our equipment to our sessions so that we can provide different resources than the children might get in school or home – such as our very popular spin painting bike.
“The opportunities we can provide help children to develop some skills that they don’t necessarily get from formal education.”
Samantha Thomas, Supply Chain and Fleet Contract Business Partner at Curo, said: “We know that many of our customers and their children benefit from Bath Area Play Project’s important work, so we’re really pleased that we can support them with this donation.”
Nicola Clayton, Social Housing Director at Travis Perkins Managed Services said: “Travis Perkins Managed Services’ Legacy Fund means that we are able to help make significant contributions to local communities.
“Our partnership with Curo means we’ve been able to supply the Bath Area Play Project with a brand new van, and this project exemplifies our shared commitment to social value.
“It will make a big difference to the play area and help provide them with more resources. We’re so proud that we could help.”
