Charity

Support community football club in memory of Dave McDonnell. W.Howard is asking the timber industry to donate to a local community football club in memory of late-colleague Dave McDonnell. Dave was a huge supporter of Euxton Villa Football Club, based in Chorley, Lancashire, where his brother Mark is Club President. Euxton Villa was formed in […]

They did it! The intrepid W.Howard ‘The MDF Specialists’ team of Jack James Weaver, Robert Povah and Matthew Bellin joined the two-day Football 2 Amsterdam charity bike ride in aid of Prostate Cancer UK over the weekend, raising funds for an incredible cause. Some fantastic scenery, great banter, a broken chain and just one flat […]

W.Howard Group has pledged its ongoing support for a fantastic new Youth Zone in Warrington, Cheshire.  Warrington Youth Zone is currently under construction and due to open its doors in the next few months. The £6.9 million Youth Zone is being developed by OnSide – a national charity that has created a network of similar […]

26TH SEPTEMBER 2021, FROM 8AM W Howard Main Office, Glazebury to The Talbot Pub, Euxton Family, Friends, W.Howard work colleagues alongside Peter Howarth and Pat Burke from High Peak Planters are joining up and walking from W.Howard Head Office in Glazebury to The Talbot Pub in Euxton in memory of Dave. The aspiration is to […]

The W.Howard Group sales team is once again taking to their bikes to raise money for Prostate Cancer UK. Last year, W.Howard Group’s Rob Povah took part in the Football to Amsterdam charity bike ride in memory of his father, David, who lost his battle with Prostate Cancer in 2016. This year, Povah is joined […]

W.Howard Group supports DIY SOS in Bolton When BBC One’s DIY SOS: The Big Build came to Bolton to help a family in need, they turned to the W.Howard Group for help. For two weeks in September, the DIY SOS team worked tirelessly at the home of the Taylor-Mann family in Bolton, who needed help […]

Hair-growing challenge turns heads for charity. The team at W.Howard Group joined the global #Movember challenge in November to raise money for the fight against prostate cancer, depression and other male health issues. In all, 10 employees at the company pledged to hang up their razors and let their moustaches grow for a month, in […]

This year, so far, we have given out more than £2500 to a huge variety of different causes. They have included The Saplings School, a local School in Kill, Ireland which provides education for pupils with autism and complex needs. The School was nominated by Pat Pritchley from our Kildare site. The Saplings is an […]

£500 Community Grant Awarded to the Lancashire Mining Museum. This year one of our £500 community grants has been awarded to our friends at the Lancashire Mining Museum, also based at Astley Green. The museum houses Lancashire’s only surviving headgear and engine house, both of which now have scheduled monument and listed building status. Above […]