23rd July 2010

THEY say charity starts at home but for Warwickshire Northamptonshire Air Ambulance (WNAA), charity has started at a home-builder thanks to a very generous donation from David Wilson South Midlands.

Staff working at the head offices of the Northampton-based housebuilder have raised £1,000 for the WNAA and a presentation was recently held where managing director, David Bell, was on hand to present the giant cheque to the company’s chosen charity.

He comments “From various fundraising activities held throughout our financial year of 2009/2010, we have managed to raise an impressive £1,000 for our charity of choice, the Warwickshire Northamptonshire Air Ambulance.

“The WNAA is an extremely worthwhile charity that carries out life saving journeys all over our region and we feel it is a much deserving recipient of the money that we have raised. 

“As a company, we have a history of supporting local organisations and I’d like to thank all the staff for their generosity throughout the year and I look forward to undertaking more fundraising activities during the year ahead.”

The WNAA was chosen following a staff vote and the £1,000 was raised from various fundraising activities that included weekly dress down Fridays whereby every member of staff who chose to take part had to donate £1.

Tracy Grunwell, Fundraising Manager for the WNAA said, "It's fantastic to see David Wilson Homes getting involved and helping to raise such a lot of money for this incredibly worthy cause. The air ambulance is a vital service in this area and we rely solely on voluntary contributions, this is why we need as much support as possible to help us keep the Air Ambulance flying. The support that we receive makes a huge difference, not just to us but to the lives of the people we save.”

David Wilson is currently building a number of new homes developments throughout Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Milton Keynes.

To find out more please call the sales hotline on 0844 811 4477, available daily form 8am to 9pm. Alternatively log onto the website at www.dwh.co.uk

David Wilson South Midlands was given a five star rating in this year’s HBF Customer Satisfaction Survey, in which consumers are asked if they are satisfied with the quality of their new home and whether they would recommend their builder to a friend.

For added peace of mind, buyers can also benefit from David Wilson’s new five year guarantee on fixtures and fittings in their new home at the time of purchase.  Items covered at no extra cost to the buyer will include appliances such as washing machines and refrigerators, kitchen units, wardrobes, the central heating system, fires, doors, windows, drainage, the hot and cold plumbing system and even the driveway.


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NOTES TO EDITORS

1. For further information about David Wilson South Midlands please contact Bethan James or Hannah Elwell, Unsworth Sugden, on 01162 471777 or bethanj@unsworthsugden.co.uk or hannah@unsworthsugden.co.uk
2. David Wilson Homes is part of Barratt Group, which is expected to build 11,500 homes in the current financial year, making it the biggest housebuilder by volume in Britain.
3. Barratt Group was named Housebuilder of the Year at the Daily Telegraph British Homes Awards 2010.
4. Barratt Group was the only major housebuilder to be given a maximum five star rating – its highest ever score – in 2010’s HBF Customer Satisfaction Survey.
5. In 2010 site managers working for Barratt Group won the highest number of NHBC Pride in the Job Quality Awards for a record sixth consecutive year.
6. Barratt Group is the only housebuilder to guarantee the fixtures and fittings in place at the time of purchase of its new homes for five years.
7. Barratt Group is also one of Britain's foremost sustainable housebuilders. It has now started on site at the Hanham Hall development near Bristol which will be the first Code for Sustainable Homes Level 6 community in the UK when it is completed in 2011.
8. Images of a selection of developments are available to the media at http://www.barrattdevelopments.co.uk/media/photographs/davidwilsonhomes/