Helping to beat heartbreak with the British Heart Foundation

Helping to beat heartbreak with the British Heart Foundation
The Pavers Foundation has donated £25,000 to the British Heart Foundation (BHF) on behalf of Graham Paver, Trustee of the Pavers Shoes' charity initiative. This donation will help to fund life-saving research into heart and circulatory diseases. The BHF fund over £100 million into research every year with a pledge to find future prevention, treatments…
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York Against Cancer, a local charity with a mighty heart

York Against Cancer, a local charity with a mighty heart
The Pavers Foundation has donated £10,000 to York Against Cancer, on behalf of Graham Paver, Trustee of the Pavers Shoes’ charity initiative. York against Cancer is an independent charity that provides support and help to local people affected by cancer. They fund life-saving research and educate and inform to raise awareness of cancer. Over the…
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The Avalon Group Receives Donation to Fund New Project

The Avalon Group Receives Donation to Fund New Project
The Pavers Foundation has donated £11,000 to award-winning charity, The Avalon Group. Natalia Kelly, Assistant Accountant at Pavers Head Office in York, applied for the grant to support the charity that her partner works for. The Avalon Group support adults in the local area who are living with learning or physical disabilities, dementia or are…
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White Cross Court Rehabilitation Hospital receives £7,500

White Cross Court Rehabilitation Hospital receives £7,500
White Cross Court Rehabilitation Hospital are thrilled to have received a fantastic donation of £7,500 from The Pavers Foundation to help support their patients.   The White Cross Court Rehabilitation Hospital provides Rehabilitation services as part of York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust's general healthcare provision. The donation from The Foundation will help to fund…
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Links2pink putting heart into the community

Links2pink putting heart into the community
Links2Pink is a community focused charity based in Antrim, Northern Ireland established in 2012. Links2pink run local events to raise funds which support families throughout the Borough who are struggling due to illness or are in difficult circumstances, as such the events help bring the community together which in-turn promotes the health and well-being of…
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Peeps a new charity, supporting families affected by HIE

Peeps a new charity, supporting families affected by HIE
In January 2019, the Pavers Foundation donated a life-changing grant of £2,000 to Peeps, initiated by our Pavers colleague, Vicky Starkey. Vicky is passionate in supporting the charity Peeps, who provide invaluable support to children and their families affected by Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE); similar to her nephew Henry and sister Katie.   What is HIE?…
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A day in the life of a Macmillan Children’s Cancer Nurse

In December 2018, we announced that Macmillan Cancer Support were selected by Pavers employees as one of the two chosen charities of the year for the Pavers Foundation. As such, a staggering £62,500 has been donated to support its work. We were overjoyed to hear that this donation has the possibility to fund a local…
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The Diamond Blackfan Anaemia Charity Receives Life-saving Grant

The Diamond Blackfan Anaemia Charity Receives Life-saving Grant
The Pavers Foundation is overjoyed to have donated an astonishing £10,000 to The Diamond Blackfan Anaemia Charity (DBA UK).   Diamond Blackfan Anaemia is a rare, life threatening condition where a person's bone marrow fails to produce red blood cells. Affecting over 125 people in the UK and 700 worldwide, this condition is usually treated…
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Our Chosen Charity, Macmillan Cancer Support

In December we announced that Pavers employees had helped to bring a successful start to The Pavers Foundation by voting for Macmillan Cancer Support as our first ever chosen charity.   Every six months we nominate four charities to be put to a popular vote amongst our colleagues at Pavers Shoes, Jones Bootmaker and Herring Shoes, the…
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Funding Win for Montpelier Villa Women’s Football Club

Funding Win for Montpelier Villa Women’s Football Club
The Pavers Foundation has donated £500 to Brighton based, Montpelier Villa Women’s Football Club (MVWFC) through its employee grant application initiative. Karen Smith, employee at the Pavers store in Brighton and member of the football team, applied for the grant to support the club and their aspiring women’s coach who selflessly dedicates her time to…
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