Celebrating Carlisle College learners

On Thursday 21^st June, we were honoured to attend the Carlisle College Awards 2018. The event was held at the college and was celebration of hard work and achievements of all the further education learners. After a delicious meal, which was made by the talented catering students, the certificates were awarded by, Grant Glendinning, principal of Carlisle College.

Once again, we were proud to be involved with the awards event and were a keen sponsor of the Maths Prize. Our managing director, Graham Jenkins, went along to the event to hand out the prize.

Student, Megan Abba was the recipient of the prize as […]

Fun run fundraising beats last year’s total!

Our team of runners who took part in this year’s Eden Valley Hospice’s Colour Run raised a whopping £594 for the Carlisle charity; beating last year’s fundraising total.

Natalie Bingham, corporate relationship co-ordinator at the hospice popped along to our office on Wednesday 13^th June to complete the handover of funds and she had this to say:  “We were delighted that Pioneer decided to sponsor our Colour Run for the second year in a row. It was great to work alongside the team again and the fact that they smashed last year’s fundraising total is a real credit to the whole team there. They […]

Sponsoring the Cumberland Show as it celebrates its 180th year

Once again we are proud to be sponsoring the locally-renowned Cumberland Show as it celebrates its 180^th year this summer. Graham Jenkins, our managing director, is also president this year which is a great honour!

This year the annual event is held on Saturday 16^th June at Brisco, near Carlisle and will see the Cumbrian community gather together to celebrate agriculture and rural life.

As ever, there will be a range of livestock classes including beef, dairy and sheep; heavy and light horses, donkey, show jumping, and horse driving competitions; poultry classes; dog show; and vintage vehicle classes.

The […]

Our Colour Run team is limbering up!

It’s now only days away until our team of athletes heads for Carlisle Racecourse to take part in this year’s Colour Run and they’re limbering up ready to go!.

Raising vital funds for Eden Valley Hospice and children’s charity Jigsaw, the team is looking forward to taking part in the 5k fun run. With a splash of colour and a heapful of bubbles, the runners will be taking part in the event held on Sunday 13th May.

Last year we raised over £500 for the local charity and this year we’re hoping to smash it!

Any donations will be greatly received and we […]

Proud to be a Carlisle Youth Zone sponsor

For several years we have been proud to be involved with Carlisle Youth Zone and as a sponsor we are always delighted to hand over vital funds to help the charity. Our sales manager, Gemma Hodgson, went along on Wednesday 28th March to present a cheque for £2,000 to Lynsey Buckle, Development Manager at the youth zone.

Pictured below are Lynsey (left) and Gemma (right).

Carlisle Youth Zone is based in the heart of the city, however, children from across north east Cumbria regularly attend. With over 1,200 children and young people attending clubs and leisure activities each week, the charity […]

Sponsoring a colourful fundraising occasion for Eden Valley Hospice

Once again, we are thrilled to announce that we are sponsoring a colourful fundraising event; Eden Valley Hospice and Jigsaw’s Colour Run.

The fun run takes part on Sunday 13th May at Carlisle Racecourse and is attended by hundreds of runners, families and even dogs! The run sees participants covered in paint and foam bubbles to turn this event into a spectacular rainbow of colour.

Last year, the Colour Run raised over £60,000 for the hospice which looks after those suffering with life-limiting illnesses. Our much-missed colleague, Brian Queen, was well looked after by hospice staff, so this local charity has […]

Proud sponsor of Cumbria Life Food & Drinks Awards 2018

This year we are a proud to be one of the sponsors of the Cumbria Life Food and Drink Awards.

The awards are being held at Kendal College on Thursday 22nd March and celebrate the county’s best restaurants, chefs, pubs, cafes, food business and producers. The awards are in their seventh year and will be hosted by journalist, broadcaster and food critic Jay Rayner.

We are sponsoring the Best Newcomer category. The finalists in the category are Penny Blue in Carlisle, Mathilde’s in Grasmere and Pentonbridge Inn, nr Longtown.

We wish all the finalists the best of luck and we’ll […]