{"id":6060,"date":"2012-12-18T16:11:31","date_gmt":"2012-12-18T15:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/?page_id=6060"},"modified":"2022-06-27T16:48:11","modified_gmt":"2022-06-27T15:48:11","slug":"our-sponsors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/?page_id=6060","title":{"rendered":"Friends Of 5th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Every so often, a company or organisation is able to offer us grants, materials, sponsorship or facilities, which not only help us to enrich the activities and programme we are able to provide our young members, but often help us to help ourselves with media items including&nbsp;banners and flyers etc. On this page it&#8217;s our aim to thank these benefactors for their support and to recognise the valuable contribution they have made.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/AKD.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-8661 \" style=\"border: 2px solid #ffffff;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/AKD.jpg\" alt=\"AKD\" width=\"124\" height=\"81\"><\/a>In June 2014, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.akdcontracts.co.uk\/\">AKD Contracts Ltd<\/a> generously donated and installed a steel staircase to access our climbing wall worth @ \u00a325,000. We&#8217;d been accessing the top of our wall via scaffold, which whilst safe, wasn&#8217;t&nbsp;ideal &amp; calls&nbsp;to suppliers&nbsp;for help always led nowhere, until one of our Exec members phoned AKD and MD Adam Clarke&nbsp;said that he could help us!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/jollyes-logo-2.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-8659 size-full\" style=\"border: 2px solid #ffffff;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/jollyes-logo-2.gif\" alt=\"jollyes-logo-2\" width=\"128\" height=\"71\"><\/a>In June 2014, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jollyes.co.uk\/\">Jolleys Petfood Superstore<\/a> donated prizes to raffle at our AGM to raise funds totalling \u00a344 for our New Hall. They even supplied cheerful staff members to sell the tickets too.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-7309\" style=\"margin: 1px; border: 0px currentColor; padding-right: 20px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/logo.jpg\" alt=\"logo\" width=\"137\" height=\"32\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">in September 2013, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dartford.gov.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dartford Borough Council <\/a>Grant \u00a310,000 to New hall Fund. See story <a href=\"http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/?p=7307\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\\\\www.miskinradio.co.uk\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-7303\" style=\"margin: 1px; border: 0px currentColor; padding-right: 20px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/MiskinRadio.jpg\" alt=\"MiskinRadio\" width=\"137\" height=\"21\"><\/a>Miskin Radio is the local on-line radio service along the Gateway and across North West Kent from Gravesham to Bexley. Dishing up the best entertainment from gigs to giggles, music, local information and a large portion of humour and personality thrown-in. Log-on, tune in and get involved on your local <a href=\"http:\/\/www.miskinradio.co.uk\">www.miskinradio.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-7292\" style=\"margin: 1px; border: 0px currentColor; padding-right: 20px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sainsburys.gif\" alt=\"Sainsburys\" width=\"134\" height=\"32\">In August 2013, we were nominated as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/?p=7289\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sainbury&#8217;s Crayford&#8217;s Local Charity of the Year<\/a>, with offers of supported fundraising <span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<\/span>initiatives and generous donations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelondontaxidriverschildrenscharity.co.uk\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-7124\" style=\"margin: 1px; border: 0px none currentcolor;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/LTFUC-Logo.png\" alt=\"LTFUC-Logo\" width=\"146\" height=\"126\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In July&nbsp;2013, we received a donation of \u00a31,080 from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelondontaxidriverschildrenscharity.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">London Taxi Driver&#8217;s Fund For Underprivileged Children<\/a> (LTFUC) to purchase 6 new tents for our Scouts to use at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/?page_id=6234\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">camp<\/a>. Read more <a href=\"http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/?p=7232\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">..<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.itmlimited.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7132\" style=\"margin: 1px; border: 0px none currentcolor; padding-right: 20px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/ITM-logo-white135.png\" alt=\"ITM-logo-white135\" width=\"135\" height=\"84\"><\/a>In July 2013, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.itm.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Independent Transition Management<\/a>, a market leading independent specialist provider of data, administration consulting and IT support services within the UK Financial Services industry, sponsored our Target Shooting Team&#8217;s new shirts, with a generous \u00a3200 donation.<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.travisperkinsplc.co.uk\/About-Us\/Group-Charity-Information\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 1px; border: 0px currentColor; padding-right: 20px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/TP2.jpg\" alt=\"Travis Perkins\" width=\"137\" height=\"159\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span>In July 2013,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.travisperkinsplc.co.uk\/About-Us\/Group-Charity-Information\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Travis Perkins<\/a> kindly donated &nbsp;\u00a380 towards our&nbsp;&nbsp;shooting team&#8217;s&nbsp;new shirts, which follows on from May 2009 where they donated timber for use on the scaffold at the rear of our climbing wall to make it safe for the children to continue use this adventurous&nbsp;activity.&nbsp; Full story <a href=\"http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/?p=589\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dialacab.co.uk\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7033 alignleft\" style=\"margin: 1px; border: 0px currentColor; padding-right: 20px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/DaclogoInv-300x174.jpg\" alt=\"DaclogoInv\" width=\"132\" height=\"57\"><\/a>I<span style=\"color: #000000;\">n July 2013,<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dialacab.co.uk\/\">Dial-a-Cab<\/a>,<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Central London&#8217;s largest&nbsp;licenced taxi company donated \u00a3100 towards our target shooting team&#8217;s shirts to wear at NSRA Bisley in October.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesixbells.info\/index.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-7044\" style=\"margin: 1px; border: 0px currentColor; padding-right: 60px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/6bells2.png\" alt=\"6bells2\" width=\"87\" height=\"52\"><\/a>In July 2013, publicans Gillian and Mark Randall of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesixbells.info\/\">Six Bells<\/a> Inn &amp; Restaurant were the first on board with a sponsorship of&nbsp;\u00a350 towards our target shooting team&#8217;s new shirts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">..<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dac-callsign.com\/\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-7042\" style=\"margin: 1px; border: 0px currentColor; padding-right: 20px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Callsign-300x110.png\" alt=\"Callsign\" width=\"135\" height=\"34\"><\/span><\/a>In July 2013, <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dac-callsign.com\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">&#8216;Call Sign&#8217;<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;<\/span>magazine, the Licenced taxi trade&#8217;s premier&nbsp;publication, kindly donated&nbsp;\u00a350 towards our&nbsp;&nbsp;shooting team&#8217;s&nbsp;new shirts, read&nbsp;the&nbsp;article published&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dac-callsign.com\/13\/Aug13\/CallSignAug2013.pdf\">here<\/a>&nbsp;on&nbsp; page 30.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelsbridalfabrics.co.uk\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6897 alignleft\" style=\"margin: 1px 2px; border: 0px currentColor; padding-right: 20px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/michaels-300x179.jpg\" alt=\"michaels\" width=\"129\" height=\"70\"><\/a>In May 2013, the staff and owners at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelsbridalfabrics.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael\u2019s Bridal Fabrics <\/a>generously&nbsp;donated&nbsp;\u00a31,300.00 towards our New Hall Fund. Full story <a href=\"http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/?p=6895\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/e-clubhouse.org\/sites\/dartforduk\/index.php\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-7102\" style=\"margin: 1px; border: 0px currentColor; padding-right: 20px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/lions-300x284.jpg\" alt=\"LCI emblem_2C_287+7406\" width=\"135\" height=\"115\"><\/a>In January 2013, we received a donation of \u00a3500 from the <a href=\"http:\/\/e-clubhouse.org\/sites\/dartforduk\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dartford Lions<\/a> towards our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/?page_id=6271\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">target shooting<\/a> equipment, which helped us purchase two new rifles.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I<a href=\"http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/lloyds.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 1px; border: 0px currentColor; padding-right: 20px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/lloyds.png\" alt=\"lloyds\" width=\"130\" height=\"45\"><\/a>n October 2012, We received a \u00a35,000 grant from the Lloyds Community Fund. Read full post <a href=\"http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/?p=5712\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">..<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sgn.co.uk\/News-and-Media\/Press-releases\/2012-Jan---Mar\/Scouts-Honour-as-SGN-spruce-up-local-scout-venue\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5143 alignleft\" style=\"margin: 1px; border: 0px currentColor; padding-right: 20px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/SGN.gif\" alt=\"SGN\" width=\"130\" height=\"51\"><\/a>In March 2012, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sgn.co.uk\/News-and-Media\/Press-releases\/2012-Jan---Mar\/Scouts-Honour-as-SGN-spruce-up-local-scout-venue\/\">SGN<\/a> staff relayed around 40 tonnes of&nbsp;reclaimed tarmac on the driveway entrance to&nbsp;the 5th Dartford Scouts hall. Full story <a href=\"http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/?s=sgn\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.barclaysprint.co.uk\/home.php\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-7022\" style=\"margin: 1px; border: 0px currentColor; padding-right: 20px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/barclays.png\" alt=\"barclays\" width=\"129\" height=\"37\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.barclaysprint.co.uk\/home.php\">Barclays Print<\/a> continue to supply media, reporting and print services to the 5th, which we use for promoting activities and recruitment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every so often, a company or organisation is able to offer us grants, materials, sponsorship or facilities, which not only help us to enrich the activities and programme we are able to provide our young members, but often help us &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/?page_id=6060\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":6023,"menu_order":12,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6060","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6060"}],"version-history":[{"count":116,"href":"http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6060\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17176,"href":"http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6060\/revisions\/17176"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}