Helping a local charity

Tuesday, March 31st, 2020 | News

During these difficult and unusual times, it's easy to forget that life needs to go on for everyone and that even while the majority of the country is in lock-down due to the Coronavirus - there are still many others who struggles are made worse by the current restrictions on movement and shopping. While we're […]

Supporting VacProj

Thursday, November 7th, 2019 | News

At VansGB we were pleased to be able to help the VacProj fundraiser run last March - the fundraiser is a valuable day for the project which enables the collection of donations to help the charity run. Earlier in the year we provided a minibus to the charity, and we were very grateful to receive […]

VansGB supports the Santa Dash for another year

Monday, February 11th, 2019 | Blog

At VansGB we like to support charities where we can, especially local ones. One event which we like to get involved in every year is the Saltford Santa-Dash, an annual event in which children and adults from the local community and farther afield dress up as Santa and take part in a one or five […]

Charity Raffle Winner

Tuesday, January 2nd, 2018 | Blog

If you popped into VansGB during the Christmas period you'll know that we were trying to raise money for the 'Make-a-Wish' Foundation. We were offering raffle tickets to all our van hire customers for the chance to win a giant teddy in time for Christmas. The draw was done just before we closed for Christmas […]

Santa Dash 2017

Wednesday, October 11th, 2017 | Blog

Last year we help support the Saltford Santa Dash which ended up raising over £10,000 for local charities. Although it seems a little early to start talking about Christmas, it'll soon be upon us and if you're thinking of taking part in this years Santa Dash - now is the time to apply and start […]

Santa Dash 2016 - supported by VansGB

Monday, March 13th, 2017 | News

March seems a strange time to be talking about Santa Claus, but back in December 2016 we supported the annual SaltFord Santa Dash charity event. VansGB donated a vehicle for the day to assist the organisers transport all the equipment! We're proud to announce that the 2016 Santa Dash raised over £10,000 for charity. Well […]

Help crowdfund treatment for Daryl

Thursday, June 16th, 2016 | Blog

Daryl is 13 years old from Somerset He lives with his Mum, Dad, 2 Sisters and his Brother. On the 6th April 2015 Daryl was diagnosed with Leukaemia - Atypical CML Monomonasomie 7 and GATA 2. Daryl is possibly the only child in the UK to have this very rare condition. On the 3rd July […]

Santa's Dash with a little help from VansGB

Wednesday, February 10th, 2016 | Blog| News

VansGB was pleased and proud to be able to support the 2015 Santa Dash around Keynsham and Saltford. December 6th 2015 saw the third Saltford Santa Dash come to fruition. The weather overnight was quite windy but then... at about 9.30am the sky turned bluish and the rain stayed away until everyone had finished. 275 […]

VansGB sponsoring and taking part in Dragon Boat Race

Wednesday, August 26th, 2015 | News

Vans GB are excited to be sponsoring a Dragon Boat Race for the 5th September 2015 at Bristol Docs Baltic Wharf Bristol in aid of Cancer Research UK Breast Cancer. The event has been organised by Julian House. Two members of the VansGB team are taking part, David and Harry Roberts will form part of […]

Our Charity of the year

Tuesday, January 20th, 2015 | News

Every year VansGB selects a local charity with who we work with to try and raise some money and awareness. This year we're working with the Bath Junior Gateway Club, a weekly youth club for disabled, disadvantaged and able bodied children from Bath and surrounding areas. The Bath Junior Gateway Club supports children who for […]