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Coppards Removals supports and actively works promoting local Charities
Coppards Removals, a BAR member based in the South East of England has an involvement in numerous charities but actively work with the Freddie Farmer Foundation, a charity for kids with cerebral palsy and mobility issues. As part of this we participate in fundraising activities and our Managing Director, Richard Russ is an ambassador for the Charity for over 10 years promoting it and raising awareness when possible. Coppards has seen the benefits that the Freddie’s Farmer Foundation since its inception in 2011, helping scores of kids with mobility issues across the country.
Richard is also Chair of the Kent Wooden Spoon the Rugby Children’s Charity for the last 7 years, and has help raised nearly £1m for Kent based good causes such as providing funding towards a memorial garden and wildflower area with walkways for BEAMS, who support children with severe disabilities and autism, the have also help support the building of an interactive sensory room for children with severe learning difficulties and autism, this was opened in July 2023 in the Marjorie McClure Special Needs School. They provided funds for the RFU to help provide rugby training for special needs schools in Kent. The Wooden Spoon are very proud of the support they have provided for Addey and Stanhope School, Deptford in assisting to create ‘Wooden Spoon field of dreams’ and a multiuse games area. Richard is very keen on ensuring money raised in Kent, is spent on Kent projects and retained for the county.
Richard attended the 40th anniversary reception of the Wooden Spoon Charity at the House of Lords with the charities patron Princess Anne.
Over the last 10 years Richard has spearheaded the involvement of 32 partner rugby clubs including but not limited to Park House, Bromley, Aylesford Bulls, Westcombe Park and Dartford Valley as part of the fund raising efforts. This has helped raise the visibility of the charity within the county.
We continue to try and find ways to assist both charities as part of our day to day business.
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New Vehicle
Coppards has added a Renault Master Low Loader to our fleet of vehicles.
It is Euro 6 compliant and to be used as for smaller moves and packing jobs.
Coppards Move Unique Lifts of Sidcup
Coppards Removals completed a relocation of Unique Lifts in Sidcup over the course of 7th September. It was the relocation of circa 30 employees, including over 100 crates, metal shelving, computers and various other bits of furniture and equipment. The move was carried out within budget and exceeded expected timeframes.
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Coppards received the wonderful note attached from one of our customer who we moved East Sussex.
Thank you for taking the time to write.
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As well as sponsoring both the first and second team at Park House rugby club. Coppards Removals are proud to sponsor Park House Rugby Clubs minis section. They have their first minis festival next week.
Let's go Park House!
Congratulations
Coppards Removals would like to congratulate our sponsored local rugby club, Park House FC on their two teams unbeaten start to the season, continuing on from their undefeated season last year, including a victory over Westcombe Park, well done lads
Coppards Removals help with the redevelopment of St Georges Hospital archives room by packing, inventorying, removing and storing over 400 crates of art, artefacts and irreplaceable documentation for over 4 weeks before returning over a phased delivery.
Both contractor and client are very pleased with the service.
All works were carried out to time and budget.
Coppards Seeking Personnel
Coppards Removals are seeking experienced removal men/women for the following roles: HGV 2 and 3 drivers, packers and porters.
Please send CV’s to mail@coppardsremovals.co.uk or call our offices.
Coppards Sponsors a winner
Park House Rugby Club have won the Kent Metropolitan League 1 and their 2nd XV finished second in their league, Coppards are proud shirt sponsors for the club and we are thrilled by their magnificent performance by going both team the season particularly the 1st XV going undefeated in the league this season. They have a final upcoming fixture for the Kent Vase on the 1st May, we wish the best of luck Park House.
Coppards Help out local food bank
Coppards are proud to support Orpington food bank. Pictured below is Director Paul Russ loading up Andy Claire of Orpington Food banks car.
Coppards Removals supports the first and second XV at Park House Rugby Club
Coppards Removals are proud to sponsor of both the first and second XV at Park House Rugby Club, Park House currently sit undefeated at the top of Kent Metropolitan League 1 and the second team are leading Kent 4. Let’s go Park!!!
Coppards Removals proudly supports the Freddie Farmer Foundation
Coppards Removals over the course of the pandemic has invested heavily in the our fleet to meet ULEZ regulations, meet one of the newest vehicles in the fleet, Freddie, named after Freddie Farmer from the Freddie Farmer Foundation.
Freddie has been out on the road for about 6 months now and is capably driven by Tony.
Give Freddie and Tony and wave if you see them on your travels.
Coppards Removals proudly supports the Freddie Farmer Foundation, their mission is to provide unique and intensive physiotherapy to disabled children, helping them to reach their full potential.
Bromley Foodbank Move
Coppards Removals provided logistic assistance working with the Bromley food bank moving food, goods and materials between Bromley civic centre and various locations including Orpington Library.
We Entered A Golf Team For Red Trouser Golf Day
Coppards Removals entered a golf team into the Red Trouser Golf Day at Dale Hill Golf Club on the 4th October 2018. Red Trousers is a charity in its infancy, raising money for research into Bowel Cancer. The Event was hosted by John Taylor the former British and Irish Lion and Wales rugby great. With some superb weather to match our superb score of 110 the Coppards Removals team turned out winners. The day was a great success raising over £4,000 for the charity. To donate or find out more follow link below.
Coppards Helps with DIY SOS
Coppards are providing free removal, packing and storage services for the Newcombe Family (Mike, Chantal, Luca, Sonny and Arlo) in Chislehurst. Arlo has a medical condition which requires his lungs to be constantly supported and dependant on Oxygen 24/7. The BBC One series DIY SOS are completing a drastic refurbishment of their premises to assist with Arlo’s care. Coppards are proud to be part of the life changing transformation of their home.
Coppards Completes First Move to Ibiza
Coppards completed a move on behalf of an F1 supremo, carrying personal effects and antiques on a 5 day dedicated trip to Ibiza, sailing from Dover to Calais, driving to Barcelona and catching the 8 hour trip across to Ibiza.
Coppards Continues work at World Famous Prestigious Knightsbridge Store
Coppards have facilitated the relocation of an estate agency and interior design department on behalf of a world famous Knightsbridge department store. This is ongoing work with several minor supporting projects. We are continuing our work providing specialist removal services, IT relocation and disposals working outside of normal hours to eliminate disruption to trading.
Community Corner
We are very proud to be helping to raise money for the The Freddie Farmer Foundation which is such a worth while and fantastic charity. For clients whom we are moving we offer a service where they are able to donate any resalable unwanted furniture which we take to various local auction houses to sell, all of the funds raised for this goes to the charity and of course we transport and store all of the goods free of charge.
The Freddie Farmer Foundation was formed in 2011 to raise the funds needed to set up a specialized physiotherapy centre in south-east London for children and young people with cerebral palsy and serious mobility problems. The inspiration behind it all is 10 year old Freddie Farmer who was born at 28 weeks with cerebral palsy, weighing just 2lb 12oz.
Thanks to the overwhelming support of Freddie's family and friends, the charity has now been able to purchase a property in Bromley which has undergone renovation to create a floor-based exercise room and a specialist gym therapy room and associated rooms involving, crucially, a piece of equipment called ‘The Spider’, with elasticized ropes so that children can do their exercises upright. The new centre will open in 2015.
Please visit the website www.freddiefarmerfoundation.org.uk
Top Moving Tips - Packing
Each month we will ask our staff their top tips on all aspects of removals. This month we are concentrating on Packing.
1. Always leave yourself enough time to pack before your removal. Pack into boxes the goods you can do without and leave the basic equipment you use every day until last. It is important that when your removal team arrives you are ready for them to move your goods;
2. Label each box with the contents and the room you would like it delivered to in your new home. This way you can unpack the boxes in the correct order and rooms. Anything fragile should be marked clearly and pointed out to the movers before they start work;
3. Seal the bottom and top of each box thoroughly. It is important to fill each box to the very top, so they are solid. For fragile packing always pad the bottom of the box first (with tissue paper or a similar material), then use layers of the same material to keep your goods separate and safe from harm. You should also place heavier goods at the bottom of boxes followed by adding lighter items higher up in the box;
4. Of course the best way you can take care of the goods you need packed is to leave it to the professionals. This way the contents of the boxes are covered by insurance and packed properly. We can tailor make our service to you to pack all or just some of your goods, as you request,
5. Finally, please call us with any advice you require. We are always on hand to give you advice and to help in any way we can.
Thank you
Thank you to all of the clients that we have moved and will be moving soon.
The Coppards Removals office team