Members of the Midlands construction and property business community teed off for charity on Thursday 18th September at the annual CAPS charity golf day, organised by Blueprint Interiors and Gleeds.
£10,500 was raised at the event for Motor Neurone Disease Association, a charity which provides support to people living with and affected by Motor Neurone Disease (MND) in Britain.
The CAPS (Construction and Property Sector) golf day was held at Radcliffe on Trent Golf Club in Nottinghamshire and saw 22 teams playing in a Texas Scramble format.
Taking the winning spot was Nottingham-based engineering consultants HEXA, with other teams winning accolades around the course during play.
Funds were raised from team entries, an auction, a raffle, sponsorships, and pledges of support from players who contributed to the charity’s ‘wish list’ of donations.
Since CAPS began in 2017 it has raised over £100,000 for Midlands-based charities through its annual golf days and other fund-raising events.
John Tansur, commercial director at Blueprint Interiors, said: “The support we receive each year from the business community continues to astound us. We see such generosity and it’s fantastic to see so many come together each year to make a marked difference to incredibly important causes. Thank you to everyone who played, supported and donated, and to Radcliffe Golf Club for hosting us.”
Dave Ford, director at Gleeds, said: “We were blessed with the weather again this year and with people’s support. MND is a particularly cruel disease, and by bringing members of the region’s construction and property sector together to have fun and raise money to fund research and support, has been extremely rewarding.”
Simon Fotheringham, vice-chair of the Notts Branch of MNDA, said: “We can’t thank John from Blueprint Interiors and Dave from Gleeds enough for all of their hard work in putting the day on, and for choosing the Notts Branch of the MND Association as their charity for this year’s CAPS golf day.
“The amount raised from the amazing generosity of everyone involved on the day, as well as all of the sponsors will make a significant difference to local people living with MND, as well as their families and carers. Thank you everyone for your support.”
Sponsors on the day included Pygott & Crone, Hexa, Blueprint Interiors, Wilmott Dixon, Influence Landscape Planning & Design, Watermans, BSP Consulting, Urban Edge, YMD Boon, Car Crowd, Core Architects and 200 Degrees Coffee.
