Young people show they have bottle at Suffolk Youth Games
Nobody will be thirsty this Sunday when over 1,000 young people and many more spectators attend the 11th Suffolk Youth Games, which take place in Bury St Edmunds at Abbeycroft Leisure Centre. Suffolk company Challs International has donated over 2,000 special bottles of mineral water for athletes and spectators which it hopes everyone will drink and then use their empty containers to save spare change for Oxfam during National Plughole Week.
The Redrow Suffolk Youth Games, organised by Suffolk Sport (the county sports partnership) is the largest festival of youth sport in the county and sees teams from the seven local authorities competing in nine different sports. Both able bodied and disabled young people aged 9 – 13 take part.
Louise Perry, Buster Brand Manager, Challs International, says: “We wish all the competitors a fantastic day on Sunday and hope that after the games people will help us with our Bottle for Change fund raising which will help make a big difference to people in poor countries who don’t have access to clean, safe water.”
A bottle filled with 1p coins (approx £4) is enough for Oxfam to provide life saving water filtration buckets for two families. Bottle for Change is part of National Plughole Week (10-17 July) which raises awareness and funds to address the lack of sanitation in developing countries.
If you would like to participate in the Bottle for Change appeal, simply request your FREE ‘Bottle for Change’ mineral water, from National Plughole Week co-ordinator Amy Bullard, on 01473 326403 or email amy.bullard@projectpr.biz
National Plughole Week was established in 2007 and last year raised nearly £10,500 for Oxfam. It is hoped this figure will be quadrupled for 2010. As part of its fundraising Challs International donates 5p for every one of its Buster brand of plughole care products it sells during the National Plughole Week campaign.
For more information about National Plughole Week, visit www.nationalplugholeweek.com or www.twitter.com/PlugholeWeek
For more information about Suffolk Youth Games see www.suffolksport.com
Vicki Askew (Sports Development Manager, Suffolk Sport), Aruna Seriki (Suffolk Sport) and Louise Perry (Buster Brand Manager, Challs International) get ready for Suffolk Youth Games on 11th July.
For further press information, please contact:
Penny Arbuthnot or Amy Bullard, Project PR
Tel: 01473 326401
