Roaring Dragons in action

Here are some images of our Roaring Dragons in action from sundays Dragon boat race. We all had a brilliant day and had consistently quick times throughout the heats, eventually getting into the semi finals and finishing up with a bronze medal in the end. The team would also like to thank everyone who donated when we held our week of fundraising and also for all the donations on our just giving site. We managed to win the award for most money raised overall on the day of the event which was a fantastic suprise! A big well done to everyone who was involved!

 

Skills Auction

Yesterday we held a skills auction for our Roaring Dragons where members of our staff pledged skills that they were willing to auction off to the highest bidder. We had a wide range of different things from Making tea for someone for a week, to the lone of a brand new  Maserati for the weekend. all of which added up to the grand total of £620.50!

Fundraising Wear a Hat or Wig day!

Here are a few of our best wigs and hats from todays fundraising for Rainbows Hospice and Derby Kids Camp. We had a fantastic turn out today with a multitude of brightly coloured wigs, viking hats, hats with beards attached and also Slash from Guns and Roses made an appearance.

Roaring Dragons Team Photo

Managed to get most of our team together today for a group photo in their Roaring Dragons kit! We have been training hard for the last few months with the Nottingham Anacondas which will hopefully pay off on Sundays competition! Come on Roaring Dragons!

Fundraising 28th of July to 1st of August

Next week we will be holding a week of different fundraising activities within the company to help our Roaring Dragons raise as much money as possible for Derby Kids Camp and Rainbows Hospice.

We will be having various different activities that everyone can join in with. including an outrageous tie day, a cake stall, a crazy hat or wig day, a skills auction and a fancy dress day!

Here are a few images of our employees from previous years of fundraising!

New Recruits!

The Roaring Dragons have two new recruits this week! Travis Rubesinghe and Alex Griffiths from our Design department. Our team are currently in the middle of organizing a week of fundraising within the offices just before the event and are already getting donations made to our Just Giving page. Pictures from our week of wacky fundraising events will be coming shortly!

Here is our first image of our entire crew for this year's Dragon Boat Challenge!  We have a mixed team this year and our crew is made up up from different departments including, Reception, Design, Drawing Office, Projects, Electrial and Quality.  Looking forward to having a photo of the crew in their new kit!

 Roaring Dragons 2014

Nottingham Anacondas first training session

We have had our first training session with the Nottingham Anacondas this week, taking part in one of their usual weekly sessions. Seven members of our team attended, hopefully the rest of the group will be attending next week. More updates on our team, training and fundraising coming shortly.

A little bit more about our chosen charities...

This year our two charities which we will be fundraising for both help children in very different ways.

The first is our Cullum charity of the year Derby Kids Camp which provides some of the most deserving children in Derbyshire with a chance to get away from home which they otherwise wouldn’t get. The camp is run 100% by volunteers who help these children have the opportunity of a holiday. They are nominated by Derby City primary and junior schools which choose the children that they feel will get the most benefit from an adventure holiday in the Derbyshire/Staffordshire countryside. This consists of a weeklong camping holiday filled with different fun activities to interest all. Derby Kids Camp also provides shorter specialised adventure holiday weekends for children with more specific specialised needs and young carers. These holidays are a fantastic way for these children to have a small escape from their everyday lives.

Our second Charity is Rainbows Hospice who take care of children with life-limiting or life threatening conditions, this includes specialist respite, palliative and end of life care. It is the East Midlands only hospice for children and young people and provides care and support for both them and their families.

All money that we raise will be split equally between these two charities which provide opportunities and a better quality of life for children in our local area. Please visit our JustGiving site to donate!

This year, Mechanical Design Engineer Sam Turner will be the captain of the Roaring Dragons.
The Dragon Boat Racing will take place once again at the Nottingham Riverside Festival on Sunday 3rd of August. We will be competing against over 50 other teams on the River Trent Victoria Embankment so come along and show us some support!

The team will be having weekly training sessions with the Nottingham Anacondas Dragon Boat Club to make sure that we have a good chance this year. Come on Roaring Dragons!

New Team for the Dragon Boat Race 2014

Cullum are entering the Dragon Boat Race once again this year to raise money for the Rainbows Hospice and Derby Kid's Camp. We wil be taking part in all sorts of fundraising activities in the run up to the event on Sunday 3rd August.

We will be introducing you to our new team for 2014, giving you updates on our training and giving you a running total on monies raised so far.