World Cup fever grips the country....
Plumbase donates England football table to Birmingham children’s hospital
As World Cup football fever is gripping the country, a local plumber’s merchant has donated a football table to Birmingham Children’s Hospital. Plumbase on the Plume Industrial Estate in Aston presented the table in the week leading up to England’s first match against the USA on 12 June.
Plumbase has donated the £300 football table to benefit children at the hospital in Steelhouse Lane. It is likely to be set up in the play department where play specialists, attached to the ward, carry out rehabilitation for children recovering from illness. It can also be used by the adolescents’ evening club. The table is decorated in England colours and has the FIFA England national crest of three lions.
Carl Roberts, manager at Aston Plumbase, said: “I know that most of our customers and staff are getting very excited about the World Cup and we are pleased to be able to involve children at the hospital as well.
“The hospital has been a Plumbase customer for quite some years and we have supplied sanitaryware, taps and other items to them. We are a local business that likes to contribute to the community where it trades and this is our way of saying thank you.”
Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides a comprehensive service to children, young people and their families. It is one of the country’s leading paediatric teaching centres with international research and development facilities.
Malcolm Faulkner, head of fundraising customer services for Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, said: “This is a very generous donation that I know will give hours of fun. It can be used by our play specialists to help children relax and interact as part of their rehabilitation. The teenagers will also enjoy using it in the evenings. With the World Cup just about to start, it couldn’t have been a more timely gift.”
Plumbase is a plumber’s merchant that supplies heating and plumbing engineers and members of the public. Plumbase has teamed up with one of its major manufacturers, Rothenberger Plumbing Tools, to supply the football table.