Dinner raisers £32,000 for Rainy Day Trust
This year’s DIY Dinner, which took place at the Royal Garden Hotel, during Totally Tools and the DIY & Garden Show at Earls Court, raised an estimated £32,000 for the Rainy Day Trust, the trade charity of the Home Improvement Industry.
Dinner Organiser Ashley Leboff, thanked Brintex, the owners of Totally Tools and the DIY & Garden Show for their continuing support of the charity by handing over, what is traditionally known as the ‘exhibitors’ contact evening to raise funds for the Rainy Day Trust. He also thanked the many sponsors, company hosts and their guests for their unstinting generosity.
This year’s main dinner sponsor was Dulux Paints, who also offered two, round the world airline tickets as the star item in the evening’s auction. The highest bid went to Jim Cuddy of Irish Abrasives, a guest of Saint Gobain Abrasives.
Gold sponsors were; Crown Paints, Calor, Liberon and Ronseal.
Silver Sponsors were; Bostik, Johnstone’s Paints, Specialist Group and Decco, who were also the main sponsors of the auction and raffle.
Many exhibitors at the show donated the contents of their stand to the charity which helped boost the funds raised.
