Band of Builders, a charitable organisation that helps tradespeople in their hour of need, has marked the end of 2018 by raising a stunning £20,000 at its charity auction. The annual event is the culmination of 12 months of work by BoB, which helps members of the UK construction industry through practical projects and support….
A group of 12 volunteers raced against the clock to complete the National 3 Peaks Challenge to raise vital funds for tradespeople in need. The group scaled the three highest peaks of Scotland (Ben Nevis, 1345m), England (Scafell Pike, 978m) and Wales (Snowdon,1085m), walking a total of 23 miles and ascending 3,064 metres, in just…
Band of Builders is proud to be the official supplier for workwear for construction students at Lincoln College as part of relationship with the college and the next generation of tradesmen and women. After sending samples to the college, we carried out a series of fitting days for students to try on their gear before…
By now you’ll have seen that we finished Jamie’s project. Over the course of eight days, over 40 people transformed the kitchen and garden at Jamie and partner Sarah’s home in Cradley, near Malvern, to make it more accessible for Jamie. Behind each project is an army of people who help make it possible, from…
A kind-hearted group of tradesmen and women have given a fellow builder suffering from Motor Neurone Disease a “new chapter” by renovating his home and garden so he can spend precious time with his family. Electrician and general builder Jamie Thompson was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease in October 2014, aged 45, and given just…
We want to say a huge thank you to the Pearson Family from Hoddesdon for choosing Band of Builders as the beneficiary of their annual garden party. Sip for Sam was started in honour of Keri Pearson’s nephew Sam as he underwent a battle against leukaemia. In the past, Sip for Sam has raised funds…
We’d like to say a huge thank you to everyone who attended and supported our Good Willow Gathering a few weeks ago with Team Verrico. More than 200 people came to the weekend of camping, activities and fun at Willow Fields in Haxey at the end of July. There was live music, games including miniature…
Kind tradesmen and women from across the country are uniting to help transform the home and garden of a builder suffering from Motor Neurone Disease. Jamie Thompson was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease in October 2014, aged 45, and told he had just three years to live. The 49-year-old, an electrician and general builder from…
A toddler born with an incurable skin condition is the latest person to get help from the Band of Builders, a group of volunteer tradespeople who help those in need across the UK. Pippa Atkinson was born with 90% of the skin on her hands and feet missing and spet the first 23 days of…
More than 60 builders spent a week battling against sub-zero temperatures to transform the home of a sick little girl. Members of the Band of Builders travelled from across the country to spend eight days working round the clock to revamp the Hertfordshire home of toddler Sadie Jenkins and her family. Sadie, who’s two, spent…