Fifty teams joined Russell Roof Tiles for the latest edition of its Annual Big Quiz at Burton Albion’s Pirelli Stadium, raising £18,626.00 for local causes.

The teams, made up of customers, friends, family, staff, and suppliers from across the UK, and even the USA, gathred for an evening of very competitive quizzing as well as an auction, raffle, and bingo.

The quiz is part of Russell Roof Tiles' Give4Good initiative which has a target of raising £50,000 for good causes. A total of 10 local charity organisations were selected for this year, five local to the company's Lochmaben facility and five local to Burton on Trent, plus two international ones. The total amount raised by the innitiative this year will be announced next month.

The winning quiz team was led by Andy Iliff, Assistant Works Manager at the firm’s Burton tile plant, who, together with his family, was the outstanding winner; losing just three points across all seven rounds.

Andrew Hayward, Managing Director at Russell Roof Tiles, created and hosted the quiz with the assistance of Area Sales Manager Ross Hayward and Commercial Services Director Paul McLoughlin.

This is one of the last major fundraising events for the company in 2024, whose staff have taken part in numerous events and activities in the name of charity, including baking, sports, a Race Across Europe challenge, tough mudder, comedy and race nights and car boot sale. 

This month the company also completed its Superstars Challenge, where 10 pairs of volunteers – completed 10 different sporting challenges over the year, including football, pool, swimming, pentathlon, pickleball, bowls, tennis, golf, table tennis, and darts, raising another £2,000 for Give4Good.

Hayward said: “We are delighted to have again hosted such a successful event, coming together to enjoy a memorable evening as well as raising another record-breaking amount for our Burton and Lochmaben charities.

“This was our biggest and best Big Charity Quiz so far; we had just over 200 people attend and so we want to say a massive thank you, specifically to Burton Albion for their continued support.  It was once an incredible success that raised a huge amount of money to help charities within our communities and help make a real difference to people’s lives.”

The Russell Roof Tiles Give4Good recipients this year are:

Burton on Trent

  • Burton and District Mind – Helps to improve mental health across East Staffordshire, Lichfield District and Tamworth Borough.
  • Burton YMCA – Provides a supportive and safe environment for those who are homeless in East Staffordshire.
  • The Young Ones – Provides gift boxes for disadvantaged local children who may have nothing, or very little, to celebrate an important day in their life such as a birthday or Christmas.
  • Burton Soup Kitchen – Supports homeless and vulnerable people within the local community.
  • Staffordshire, Shropshire and Chesire Blood Bikes – An urgent volunteer service that provides transportation of blood products, for free, to NHS hospitals across Shropshire, Staffordshire and Cheshire.

Lochmaben

  • D&G Canine Rescue Centre – Dedicated to rescuing and rehoming dogs.
  • Lockerbie Wildlife Trust – Runs an annual programme of talks, visits and workshops relating to wildlife and conservation for members, schools and other interested parties.
  • Veterans Garden Dumfries – Providing a safe place for serving local Veterans and their families to meet for a brew and catch up and mutual support we're needed.
  • Sports Driving Unlimited – Run by a small group of volunteers who are keen for people with an impairment to enjoy the fun, excitement, and health benefits of taking part in sports carriage driving.
  • Moffat Mountain Rescue – Provides search and rescue services to the communities and visitors within the local area.

The company is supporting two international organisations in 2024 – Odisha FC for a third year, and for the first time Footprints Family.