More funds for Buckingham Canal

A VERY successful Cosgrove Canal Festival & Craft Fair together with donations is boosting the funds of the Buckingham Canal Society.

One donation by one of its festival volunteers was actually matched by her employers, the global logistics and transport company, Deutsche Post DHL, Alyssa Lim tells us.

Raised £300

Liz Turvey is the Head of Insurance Programmes for the UK and Ireland with Deutsche Post DHL, and also finds the time to volunteer for BCS. This year, as in previous years, she organised a home-made cake stall as part of the annual festival, raising £300 towards funds for the continued restoration of the Buckingham Canal that the Society is undertaking between Cosgrove and Buckingham. Picture of Liz's cakes by Ian Matson.

However, it didn't end there. It was revealed toward the end of October that Liz had also been successful in her Match It! application to the DHL UK Foundation, which allowed her £300 already raised to be doubled.

Charitable organisation

The Foundation is a charitable organisation encouraging fundraising and volunteering by all DHL employees in their local communities and offers a variety of charity programmes, encouraging them to get involved in those communities within which they live and work, in an effort to make a positive difference. Its Match It! programme encourages this even further by matching the money initially raised by the DHL employees, and then donating it directly to their chosen charities.

Buckingham Canal Society organises work parties every other Thursday and the second Sunday of each month and are always friendly and welcoming.