Safe Local Trades is very proud to be supporting Age UK, a charity that provides such a valuable and much-needed service in our communities. What prompted the business idea for safelocaltrades.com was watching programmes such as BBC's Rogue Traders, where the unscrupulous typically prey on the elderly and vulnerable; it was therefore a natural choice that our chosen charity to work with would be our local Age UK Peterborough. Scenarios highlighted in these programmes are very real and dozens of people in the UK are still falling victim on a daily basis. We work in partnership with Age UK Peterborough and they recommend our members to anyone who requires a tradesman, safe in the knowledge that they will get a quality and trustworthy service. As part of our ongoing support, we have members, volunteers and other related Safe Local Trades business partners who participate each year in the Great Eastern Run to raise money on behalf of Age UK Peterborough and each year we are dedicated to making it bigger and better than the last.

Great Eastern Run 2009
(£523.68 raised)

Pictured here from left to right is Eileen Le Voi (MD of Safe Local Trades), David McNamee (homeheat), Alastair Peat (Alfresco Landscaping), Steven Cranfield (Cranfield Home Improvements), Trevor Scales (TCS Building Services), David Bache (Age UK)

Great Eastern Run 2010
(£2,571.23 raised)

Some of our runners - pictured from right to left is Adam Smith (Boleyn Electrics), Eileen Le Voi (MD of Safe Local Trades), Wendy Robinson & Adam Bellamy (TradeFrame), Alastair Peat (Alfresco Landscaping), David Bache (CEO Age UK Peterborough), Carol Cook (Age UK Peterborough). Other members who ran but are not pictured here are Steven Cranfield (Cranfield Home Improvements) and Simon Atack, Kate Dyer and Matthew Elliott (Anvil Electrics). We would like to thank all the other runners, sponsors and Age UK Staff who helped us to raise this amount.

FUNDRAISING 2011
(£3,900 raised)

This year (2011) we had two fund-raising events - a Tandem Skydive at Sibson Airfield on Sunday 2nd October and the Great Eastern Fun Run on 9th October. Part of the team included an 82 year old granddad, Brian Jennings from Yaxley, who signed up for the charity tandem skydive and raised over £500 in the process. Click here to read more.

Some of the fundraisers pictured with Eileen Le Voi, Owner of Safe Local Trades ( who is presenting cheque to David Bache, CEO of Age UK Peterborough are: from left to right Deb Page (Age UK), Steve Bedford (Drylining Systems), Emma Lane (AGF Building Services), Alastair Peat (Alfresco Landscaping), Brian Jennings (82 year old skydiver!). Other members who took part and helped to raise money Steven Stuart (SPS Leaflet & Magazine Distribution), Andrew Neal (Neal's Building Services) and Vicky Judd (Smile Tile)

Details of the 2012 fundraising will be available in a few months. If you would like to be part of our team or have any fundraising suggestions, please email eileen@safelocaltrades.com