Tel: 0121 708 5000 HOME ABOUT NEWS CAREERS INDUCTIONS CHARITY NEWSLETTER HEALTH & SAFETY CORPORATE DRIVER FEEDBACK CONTACT US Thanks everyone for the money given as contributions for a dress down day on 29th March. Looks to be well over £200 gathered together from our five offices. The money will be donated to our JOGLE charity fund. Please feel free to help us this year on our John O’Groats to Land’s End challenge https://www.justgiving.com/teams/MVK2019 A big thanks to the SHE team at the Birmingham offices for raising a massive £215 by selling baked potatoes with fillings on 3rd April. The money will be donated to our JOGLE charity fund. Please feel free to help us this year on our John O’Groats to Land’s End challenge https://www.justgiving.com/teams/MVK2019 This year we are continuing a tradition of fundraising of which we are very proud. With challenging events including long distance walks, cycles, overnight mountain climbs added to smaller events too numerous to mention we have managed to raise over £300,000 for charities. Every year M.V.Kelly Ltd settle upon a set of charities close to the hearts of our workers and hope to make a great difference. Local children’s hospitals, hospices, cancer charities are amongst those who have benefitted. To do this we rely on the generosity and compassion of those who donate raffle & auction prizes, make contributions and give their time to the cause. Please feel free to help us this year on our John O’Groats to Land’s End challenge https://www.justgiving.com/teams/MVK2019 Thursday 21st March saw members of the purchase ledger, accounts, HR, H&S and Cust. Services departments bring in cakes for a charity sale. A Fantastic charity cake sale today - £2 a slice. All proceeds will go towards our JOGLE charities. Another of our blokes fighting for charity SHE Adviser Nathan Lloyd - 30th March 2019 - Doing something neither healthy or safe!! Please give generously. https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/nathan-lloyd6?utm_id=26 MVK JOGLE challenge starts in May. To donate https://www.justgiving.com/teams/MVK2019 Here is a quick snap of some of the Birmingham team wearing Christmas Jumpers for charity. This is becoming quite a tradition now with all of our regional offices joining in. Last weeks cake bake off raised £168.57 for our designated charities which can be seen here: https://www.justgiving.com/teams/MVK2019 Well done bakers & eaters! Well done to Mark Jones for representing MVK in the Barratt/ DWH North Mids charity cycle ride which was very successful. Other details to be revealed but here is a great picture. A big well done to all MV Kelly staff who completed the UVenture run to raise money for @CynthiaSHospice . Donations to : https://www.justgiving.com/teams/MVK2019 Looks like it was a lot of fun/ pain! A great photo from the MVK vs Redrow SM game. Needless to say MVK won 3-1!! Birmingham office pancake making collected £45.40 for charity. Well done Hollie & Amna. Tom's Challenge Tom Byard from the Fleet team will be running 5K everyday in November for this year’s chosen charities. "Any sponsorship for this is greatly appreciated and trust me, having retired from rugby almost 2 years ago and gained a few pounds, this isn’t an easy task. I will be sure record daily Strava’s as proof of runs, should there be any doubters amongst the ranks, I may even drag Mr Doug Curran along for a few." Please donate to the link below should you wish to: https://www.justgiving.com/team/MVKelly Cycle Completed! Over the weekend in some very tough and challenging weather conditions the Swan Valley South Midlands team successfully completed the 85km London To Brighton Bike ride. It was a great effort from the entire team involved in the journey and everyone played their part to ensure they completed the distance. Eventful from start to finish with punctures, navigation issues, rough terrain and non-stop rain/wind the team all mucked in and stuck together to arrive safely in Brighton around 16:30pm. So fart nearly £7K has been raised which you can add to by visiting: https://www.justgiving.com/team/MVKelly Charity Cycle This weekend (02/10/2021) staff from our South Midlands offices led by Adam Vallance will be completing the 56mile London - Brighton bike ride. To donate please visit https://justgiving.com/team/MVKelly and choose from one of our four deserved charities. A great warm up for the massive MVK 2022 Four Peaks challenge. Good effort all and enjoy the recovery session afterwards! New Charity Webpage! Due to the Virgin Money site closing down in late November 2021 our Four Peaks challenge fundraising will now be held on Just Giving. Please visit https://www.justgiving.com/team/MVKelly and select one of the four ‘team members’ at the bottom which relate to our chosen charities. We had made a healthy start to our fundraising thanks to Adam Woodward & Emma Harris's efforts with nearly £1,700 donated so far. Expectations are high as new events leading up to the Four Peaks Challenge are due to be announced soon. Charity Webpage The charity webpage for our Four Peaks Challenge 2022 is now up and running. https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fundraiser-display/showROFundraiserPage?userUrl=MVKellyLtd&pageUrl=1 All money raised will be split between: Crohn's & Colitis UK MIND ROSY (Respite care charity) Birmingham Children's Hospital In addition to the main event in May 2022 we will be having lots of fun events both in & out of the offices Jam Sale Emma Harris has kindly brought these homemade pots of jam into our Shirley office to raise money for Crohn's & Colitis UK. Carefully picked from bushes in her garden, made into jam (however that is done? Google it!) and jarred up they are proving very popular! Aggregate Industries A very pleasant Tweet from Aggregate Industries today. @AggregateUK We're delighted to have donated materials to @MVKellyltd's project with @BetelHQ. Betel is an inspiring charity which helps people through struggles with addiction and homelessness. Their work in helping people rebuild their lives is more important now than ever before. Four Peaks Walk & Cycle The 2022 charity event is planned to include seven stages. Stages 1,3,5 & 7 will be walks on the highest peaks in the United Kingdom - Ben Nevis, Sowdon, Scafell Pike and Slieve Donard. 2,4 & 6 will be cycle stages between the mountains. Much is yet to organize but we will hope to complete this in May 2022 and continue to raise significant amounts for charities close to the heart of MVK. 2022 Charity Event Due to the effects and restrictions imposed during the Covid pandemic we were unable to host our company-wide charity event which we have come to be very proud of over the years. Hoping that restrictions will be lifted by 2022 we have begun to organize a cycling and walking event which can involve as many employees as possible. Synergy Hire We are delighted to have taken delivery of 2 hired excavators from Synergy Hire to support 2 fantastic charities. Both have a very unique livery and look absolutely great, and 30% of all hire revenue goes straight to the charities. Keep an eye out for them as they move around our sites (you will not miss them!) Salvation Army In December we have raffled off a 65''TV at £5 per ticket. The results of this have raised £660 for the Salvation Army. Their work is essential all year round but particularly noticeable at Christmas. Christmas Jumper Day Lots of joining in in our Shirley offices also but it was too cold to go outside for a photo and not safe to gather inside. Here are some of our IT department and receptionists. Snaps of lots of other on Twitter. Christmas Jumper Day A great turnout for Christmas Jumper Day at our Swan Valley (Northampton) offices. All money raised went to Save The Children UK Northampton Hope Centre Pictured here are Ben Hymus & Charlie Collins ready to make a donation to the food bank at Northampton Hope Centre. A great effort from everyone at our Swan Valley offices Trussell Trust Our Oxford & West offices have decided to donate money directly to the Trussell Trust. This will enable them to purchase the particular items needed in their area. Good to see all offices joining in to help. Trussell Trust Thanks to every one in our Shirley, Coalville & Stafford offices for collecting and delivering much needed provisions for their local Trussell Trust foodbanks. The Trussell Trust provide an invaluable service especially during these times where many people are not able to earn money. Pictured here is the Coalville office contribution. Betel - Nottingam Project M.V.Kelly are working for the charity Betel UK with a project to build sheltered accommodation for 48 people requiring a community based recovery from addiction. The job includes groundworks plus a new foul water treatment plant and associated soakaway. Betel UK is an independent Christian charity for men, women and families affected by the hardships that lead to social exclusion, especially homelessness, drug and alcohol abuse and long-term unemployment. Paul and Karen Whelan are supporting this charity throughout the build. Many M.V. Kelly suppliers have thankfully assisted Paul and Karen to allow their funding to travel further through the build process. Protective Face Mask Donation We are pleased to say we have donated nearly 150 protective face masks to Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust. The stock has gone straight to front line community teams particularly district nurses, palliative & care homes in Sandwell. They will be used when treating some of the most vulnerable patients but also worn by staff at high risk (& often forgotten) in the community. Nice to be able to do something, no matter how small in these difficult times. Christmas Jumper Day 2019 Best photo of the year! Christmas Jumper Day 2019 Our Christmas Jumper day continues to be very popular. Here is a picture of everyone from the Birmingham offices who could get away from their desks for a photo. Staff were asked to make donations to Save the Children to help their national campaign MNDA In October we were visited by Roger Leek representing the Motor Neurone Disease Association. Here he is accepting a cheque for over £12,000 from Tianna Thomas (HR). Roger explained to us the work he and his fellow volunteers do to help people in the Birmingham and Solihull area as well as the great work done on a national level with research and development. ROSY Oxfordshire Pictured here are Charlie Collins and Connor Payne form our Kidlington, Oxfordshire office presenting a cheque of over £10,000 to George Hedges. George represents ROSY, a charity set up to help and provide respite care for the families of children with severe disability, chronic or terminal illness. We are delighted to be able to help ROSY in this way and wish them luck in the future. Prostate Cancer UK Here is Technical Manager Nigel Harris presenting a cheque for over £11,000 to Peter Woodward from Prostate Cancer UK . We have worked with Peter for many years, he is always available for helpful fundraising advice. Cynthia Spencer Hospice This picture shows quantitative surveyors Jacob Wadsworth and Ben Hymus presenting a cheque of over £10,000 to representatives of Cynthia Spencer Hospice in Northampton. They provide invaluable, caring work. We are proud to be able to support them in 2019. MacMillan Cancer Support Here is a picture of M.V.Kelly Head of IT Richard Lennon donating a cheque for over £14,000 to Sara & Jayna from MacMillan Cancer Support. Their share of our magnificent 2019 JOGLE challenge fundraising. Always prepared to offer advice and help to our fundraisers and a pleasure to work with. Swan Valley Cake Here is the cake baked by Carrie in our Fleet Department in Swan Valley, Northampton 2019 Bake Off Another great effort from some very talented people! Cakes were baked in all regional offices and the best entered into a 'Grand Final'. Pictured here are some of the entries from our Birmingham office. Conscious that we have already raised a vast amount for charity this year staff were invited to make donations to our Just Giving site if they wished. Better & better We will never get tired of announcing how proud we are of this years fundraising. The Just Giving page is still open for a short while and we have now smashed our targets as seen in the picture. All of our designated charities have benefited to the tune of over £10k. MacMillan Nursing MIND Cynthia Spencer Hospice ROSY Prostate Cancer UK MNDA Thanks again Quiz Night Summary A fantastic quiz night at The Wilson Arms in Knowle has raised £4,100 for our annual charity drive. A massive thank you to all those who donated prizes for the raffle & auction and all those who bid in the auction itself. Importantly our thanks also go to the Wilson Arms who hosted the evening and provided an excellent buffet. A fantastic friendly pub great for a carvery and a decent pint! Unsurprisingly the quiz was won by Nigel Harris's team 'Scumbag College' who donated the cash prize straight back to our charities. 6-a-side Competition Over £1,500 raised with this brilliantly organised 6-a-side tournament on Friday 19th July. Sides from all departments and offices were represented but ultimately the trophy went to David Wilson Homes SM. Lots of fun, varying abilities / ages and a well deserved BBQ to follow. We are now desperately close to achieving our charity target! https://www.justgiving.com/teams/MVK2019 JOGLE completed! An amazing achievement and a massive logistical challenge. Our most ambitious charity event to date. 1013 miles cycled and walked in nine stages over 19 days. A big thank you to all those MVK staff and friends who took part. Many pain barriers smashed in the process! Thanks to our generous sponsors and those who have donated we have so far raised over £60k. If you have pledged some money or would like to contribute to our deserved charities please visit https://www.justgiving.com/teams/MVK2019 This could not have been done without those behind the scenes organising flights, vans, hotels etc. You know who you are! JOGLE Stage 9 Day 1 - St Ives to Trewwlland, Penzance (10.5 miles) Day 2 - Trewwlland, Penzance to Lands End (10 miles) This stage is being undertaken by members of our customer care, purchase ledger & accounts teams This is the final stage of this monumental effort. JOGLE Stage 8 Day 1 - Weston Super Mare to Barnstable (76 miles) Day 2 - Barnstable to Padstow (81 miles) Day 3 - Padstow to St Ives (50 miles) This stage is being undertaken by members of the commercial teams based in our Bromsgrove offices. They are pictured here after recieving the baton from their Bromsgrove colleagues at the Grand Pier in Weston Super Mare JOGLE Stage 7 Day 1 - Abbotts Bromley to Cheltenham (81 miles) Day 2 - Cheltenham to Weston Super Mare (79 miles) This stage is being undertaken by members of the commercial teams based in our Bromsgrove offices. They are pictured here with their loaded up van ready to depart from Birmingham 2019 Pub Quiz Our incredibly popular charity pub quiz will take place at the usual venue, the Wilson Arms in Knowle on Weds 18th September. Teams of no more than 6 people can enter by emailing george.baldwin@mvkelly.co.uk for a fee of £10. A raffle and charity auction will take place with top quality prizes to be won. The Wilson Arms are always incredibly generous by hosting the evening and putting on food. Well worth a visit for a carvery as well! https://www.tobycarvery.co.uk/restaurants/midlands/knowlesolihull# Charity BBQ A big thanks to everyone who attended the garden party this year. We are especially grateful to all suppliers and clients who donated prizes for our raffle & auction. Roughly £12,000 was raised and will add to the cumulative JOGLE total. Many donated items will be auctioned at our next charity event. JOGLE Stages 4,5 & 6 Stages 4,5 & 6 Day 1 - Edinburgh - Gretna Green (89 miles) Day 2 - Gretna - Hawes (78 miles) Day 3 - Hawes - Manchester (82 miles) Day 4 - Manchester - Abbotts Bromley (64 miles) 313 miles in total including some really back breaking climbs. Top effort. JOGLE Stage Three Stage Three - Dalwhinnie to Edinburgh. Day 1 - Dalwhinnie to Perth (58 miles) Day 2 - Perth to Edinburgh Tough stuff! JOGLE Stage Two Stage two consisted of three days of walking. Day two was particularly tough on the feet meaning many struggled with blisters and aches & pains. Thanks to all involved. Looking forward to Stage three!! JOGLE Stage One Our JOGLE challenge is now well under way. Pictured are Connor Payne, Charlie Collins, Stefan Ellis & Sandy Forbes at the start of stage one with our sponsors banner. This stage consisted of 84 miles and was very gruelling! Indian Starters On Friday 25th April we were treated to a selection of Indian starters for lunch at the Tyseley, B'ham offices. Linda put on a great spread of samosa, bhajis, kebabs etc along with her homemade raita dip. £150 raised for the JOGLE fund. Carbon Offset We are aware that our JOGLE challenge, albiet a walking & cycling one, will involve a lot of driving and flying to get those involved to their start points. With this in mind MVK will be offsetting our carbon footprint with some tree planting. Details to follow! https://www.justgiving.com/teams/MVK2019 JOGLE Sponsors Cycling jerseys for each separate leg have also been sponsored (as seen by QS/ part time models here) Progress of our challenge can be monitored on Twitter - @Mvkellyltd Please feel free to help us this year on our John O’Groats to Land’s End challenge https://www.justgiving.com/teams/MVK2019 JOGLE Begins Here is the JOGLE sponsors banner! A massive thanks to all companies who have helped us. Please feel free to help us this year on our John O’Groats to Land’s End challenge https://www.justgiving.com/teams/MVK2019 Mexican Lunch Tuesday 9th April was Mexican day at our Birmingham office. The customer care & accounts departments cooked up chilli and accompaniments for a small fee. £120 raised. Brilliant work. The money will be donated to our JOGLE charity fund. Please feel free to help us this year on our John O’Groats to Land’s End challenge https://www.justgiving.com/teams/MVK2019 Dress Down Friday Thanks everyone for the money given as contributions for a dress down day on 29th March. Looks to be well over £200 gathered together from our five offices. The money will be donated to our JOGLE charity fund. Please feel free to help us this year on our John O’Groats to Land’s End challenge https://www.justgiving.com/teams/MVK2019 Jacket Potatoes A big thanks to the SHE team at the Birmingham offices for raising a massive £215 by selling baked potatoes with fillings on 3rd April. The money will be donated to our JOGLE charity fund. Please feel free to help us this year on our John O’Groats to Land’s End challenge https://www.justgiving.com/teams/MVK2019 MVK CHARITY This year we are continuing a tradition of fundraising of which we are very proud. With challenging events including long distance walks, cycles, overnight mountain climbs added to smaller events too numerous to mention we have managed to raise over £300,000 for charities. Every year M.V.Kelly Ltd settle upon a set of charities close to the hearts of our workers and hope to make a great difference. Local children’s hospitals, hospices, cancer charities are amongst those who have benefitted. To do this we rely on the generosity and compassion of those who donate raffle & auction prizes, make contributions and give their time to the cause. Please feel free to help us this year on our John O’Groats to Land’s End challenge https://www.justgiving.com/teams/MVK2019 CHARITY CAKE SALE Thursday 21st March saw members of the purchase ledger, accounts, HR, H&S and Cust. Services departments bring in cakes for a charity sale. A Fantastic charity cake sale today - £2 a slice. All proceeds will go towards our JOGLE charities. CHARITY BOXING Another of our blokes fighting for charity SHE Adviser Nathan Lloyd - 30th March 2019 - Doing something neither healthy or safe!! Please give generously. https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/nathan-lloyd6?utm_id=26 MVK JOGLE MVK JOGLE challenge starts in May. To donate https://www.justgiving.com/teams/MVK2019 CHRISTMAS JUMPER DAY Here is a quick snap of some of the Birmingham team wearing Christmas Jumpers for charity. This is becoming quite a tradition now with all of our regional offices joining in. BAKE OFF Last weeks cake bake off raised £168.57 for our designated charities which can be seen here: https://www.justgiving.com/teams/MVK2019 Well done bakers & eaters! Charity Cycle Ride Well done to Mark Jones for representing MVK in the Barratt/ DWH North Mids charity cycle ride which was very successful. Other details to be revealed but here is a great picture. Cynthia Spencer UVenture Run A big well done to all MV Kelly staff who completed the UVenture run to raise money for @CynthiaSHospice . Donations to : https://www.justgiving.com/teams/MVK2019 Looks like it was a lot of fun/ pain! CHARITY FOOTBALL A great photo from the MVK vs Redrow SM game. Needless to say MVK won 3-1!! PANCAKES Birmingham office pancake making collected £45.40 for charity. Well done Hollie & Amna. USEFUL DOCUMENTS QUICK LINKS About Us Careers Contact Us Modern Slavery Privacy Policy Cookie Policy Policies Health & Safety Policy Statement COVID-19 Secure © 2021 M.V. Kelly Ltd BACK TO TOP Accept Decline All Cookie Settings We use cookies and similar technologies to enable services and functionality on our site and to understand your interaction with our service. By clicking on accept, you agree to our use of such technologies for marketing and analytics.See Privacy Policy