LGV / HGV driving forums raise vital cash for Help For Heroes

Each year there is a massive charity fund raiser and social evening in the West Midlands, to which users of the TruckNet UK forums flock.

This year, the event was held in Cannock, Staffordshire, and was sponsored by RBI and supported by BigLorryBlog, Scania, Isuzu and Iveco.

Help For Heroes is a charity that provides support and aid for our wounded service personnel and their families. The charity was opened in 2007 and has received £47,000 a year on average since then. The TruckNet UK event raised over £1,130 for Help For Heroes, and it raised £300 of that on a single item sold: a box set of DAF model HGV / LGVs. The item was donated by BigLorryBlog, and turned out to be a winner! A Scania travel rug was also sold for auction, raising money for their charity of choice, Help For Heroes.

The evening wasn’t just about money though, it is also a mixture of serious – and not so serious – conversations about the industry, networking and cementing friendships made on the job. The event is highly anticipated by all members, and those who attended said they had a “cracking night”.