Russell Roof Tiles Big Quiz Produces Big Win for Charity

A RECORD-BREAKING £18,626.00 was raised at this year’s Russell Roof Tiles Annual Big Quiz.

50 teams made up of customers, friends, family, staff, and suppliers from across the UK, and even the USA, joined the firm for an evening of competitive quizzing as well as an auction, raffle, and bingo at Burton Albion’s Pirelli Stadium.

The quiz is part of a year of fundraising by the roof tile manufacturer for its Give4Good initiative. A total of 10 charity organisations were selected for this year: five local to its Lochmaben facility and five local to Burton on Trent, plus two international ones. The total amount raised will be announced next month.

Big Quiz Winners

The winning quiz team was led by Andy Iliff, Assistant Works Manager at the firm’s Burton tile plant. Andy and his family won the quiz, having only lost three points across all seven rounds.

Manging Director Andrew Hayward created and hosted the quiz with Area Sales Manager Ross Hayward and Commercial Services Director Paul McLoughlin.

The quiz was one of the last fundraising events for the company in 2024. Over the course of the year, Russell Roof Tiles’ staff have participated in a number of events and activities in the name of charity, including: baking, sports, a Race Across Europe challenge, tough mudder, comedy and race nights and a car boot sale.

This month the company also completed its Superstars Challenge, where 10 pairs of volunteers completed 10 different sports across the year including: football, pool, swimming, pentathlon, pickleball, bowls, tennis, golf, table tennis, and darts, raising another £2,000 for Give4Good.

Big Win for Charity

Andrew Hayward said: “We are delighted to have again hosted such a successful event, coming together to enjoy a memorable evening as well as raising another record-breaking amount for our Burton and Lochmaben charities.

“This was our biggest and best Big Charity Quiz so far. We had just over 200 people attend and so we want to say a massive thank you, specifically to Burton Albion for their continued support. It was once an incredible success that raised a huge amount of money to help charities within our communities and help make a real difference to people’s lives.”

The Russell Roof Tiles Give4Good recipients this year are:

Burton on Trent

• Burton and District Mind
• Burton YMCA
• The Young Ones
• Burton Soup Kitchen
• Staffordshire, Shropshire and Chesire Blood Bikes

Lochmaben

• D&G Canine Rescue Centre
• Lockerbie Wildlife Trust
• Veterans Garden Dumfries
• Sports Driving Unlimited
• Moffat Mountain Rescue

The company is also supporting two international organisations in 2024: Odisha FC for a third year and for the first time, Footprints Family.

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