TTBS Christmas message

28 November 2018


On behalf of the Society’s Trustees, the Board of Management and most importantly, our many UK beneficiaries, I would like to thank you for all the support you have given the Society throughout the year.

By the end of 2018, we will have distributed a record £155,000 of regular allowances and other benefits to assist the retired and sick from the timber industry and also some younger beneficiaries, who have fallen ill, have become disabled or who have lost partners and are still caring for children.

This reflects the increases to regular allowances that we have made and also the Society’s success in finding new beneficiaries to replace those sadly died during the year.

Our beneficiaries are helped in many ways with a combination of various grants and allowances, including quarterly payments, TV licences, telephone allowances, payments in the spring and at Christmas, a winter fuel allowance and luxury Christmas hampers. We also make one-off grants for domestic appliances and disability equipment as well as the occasional respite break, debt relief and help with funeral expenses.

We continue to seek new beneficiaries through company HR departments, to drill down throughout their organisations, to ensure employees know where they can get help from in the future.

Critically, the Society continues networking with the timber industry to ensure that we are in the forefront for charity support from companies and their employees.

In particular, we would mention the W Howard Group which, in its 60th year of trading, has sponsored the 2018 Christmas hampers for our beneficiaries; TTJ; the London Hardwood Club; the Timber Trade Federation, the regional Timber Trade Associations; the Trussed Rafter Association; the Structural Timber Association and their member companies; Radar Communications; the NPPD Dinner; and the Plywood Luncheon Club, which have given us financial support and the opportunity to speak directly to the senior industry representatives at their respective events. Finally, may I take this opportunity to wish you and your families and all your business colleagues, a very happy festive period and a healthy and successful 2019.

TTBS General Manager & National President