ConveyerTek pushes ahead for charity

A LOCAL manufacturing company is hoping to raise more than £5,000 for the charity GOAL by undertaking a 3-day bed push from Belfast to Dublin.

ConveyorTek, which is based in Ballinderry, will begin the challenge at Belfast City Hall at 7am on Friday September 30 and is hoping to finish at Dublin airport two days later.

The twenty-four plus strong team are planning to spend 14 hours on the road on Friday, 16 hours on Saturday and 10 hours on Sunday to ensure they reach their destination by the end of the weekend. Stopping in several towns and cities along the way, including Lisburn, where they hope to arrive between 11am and 12pm, Hillsborough, Banbridge, Newry, Dundalk and Drogheda, the team is hoping for support throughout their journey to help them reach their target.

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Phil Trimble of ConveyorTek said, “We have an employee connection with GOAL and are very impressed with the work the charity carries out, so it is a natural choice for us. We decided to take up the bed push to give everyone in the company the chance to get involved regardless of fitness level. We are calling on the public to support us along the route – both financially and also by cheering us on. Although we are focused on achieving our £5,000 total, we also want to have a bit of fun along the way so that the whole company can enjoy the experience.”

GOAL is an international humanitarian agency dedicated to alleviating the suffering of the poorest of the poor in the developing world.

Lisa O’Shea from GOAL said, “I would like to thank ConveyorTek for supporting us and we wish the team the best of luck with their challenge. GOAL can use the money raised to help support our response to the crisis in the Horn of Africa, where we are providing aid to refugees streaming across the borders in their thousands from Somalia into Ethiopia and Kenya.”

Lisburn councillor Paul Stewart said, “As political representatives for Lisburn, both Edwin Poots and I are very glad to help a local company with such a worthwhile challenge. We will be helping the ConveyorTek team push the bed when it arrives in the city in a bid to generate some interest and help towards raising £5,000 for GOAL.”

You can follow the bed’s progress on Twitter at #goingforGOAL or donate now by visiting the Just Giving site at www.justgiving.com/conveyortekbedpush or Phil Trimble on +44 (0)28 92 652666

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