The Sabre Apprentice Challenge: Birmingham: 17-Oct

Victoria Square, Birmingham rang with the sound of Ghanaian drums on Friday, 17th October as the 2008 School Bus Run got underway through a partnership between the Sabre Trust and Davis Langdon's Birmingham office. The staff at Davis Langdon had elected to use their annual staff day for a good cause: to raise £10,000 to purchase an overland vehicle and then fill it with much needed resources to drive to Ghana.

Visitors to Victoria Square were also able to enjoy a performance by Ghanaian band One Drum; traditional Ghanaian dancing and hair braiding, whilst later in the day Partners from the firm were confined to the stocks.

Members of staff spent the morning collecting donated items of toys, arts and crafts, books and sports equipment as part of an ‘Apprentice’ style challenge they were set over the last month in which they were asked to source enough items from local businesses, schools, churches and sports clubs to fill the vehicle.

Towards the end of the day all the donated items were packed and loaded into the vehicle which set off on their 6,000 mile journey to Ghana.

“The event was a huge success,” comments Birmingham office Partner Tim Austin. “We had a great turnout, with people enjoying the various activities and helping us in our goal to send these much needed resources to Africa.”