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The Charlton Upbeats is a bespoke programme delivered by the Charlton Athletic Community Trust for young people with Down’s Syndrome and some £20,000 was raised at the hugely successful Charlton Upbeats fundraising dinner held at The Valley on 14th October.

The evening featured special guest speaker former Formula 1 World Champion Damon Hill, plus appearances from former Charlton manager Alan Curbishley, Charlton legends Keith Peacock and Steve Gritt plus a handful of the Upbeats members and families also attended.

RCS Chairman, Terry Carrigan said: “Corporate Social Responsibility underpins everything we do as a business, not just in supporting charities and good causes like tonight’s excellent event but also in doing the right thing by our staff, partners, customers and communities. We fully recognise that our activities can have significant social impacts on business and society and we work to ensure that we optimise the positive effects and to minimise adverse impacts on the environment.

“We’ve been quietly supporting charities and good causes for many years and the Charlton Upbeats initiative by the Charlton Athletic Community Trust is an inspiring project that we are delighted to be associated with.

Trust CEO Jason Morgan said: “It was a fantastic evening and I would like to thank everyone for their magnificent support of such a worthwhile project.

“The money raised tonight has guaranteed the immediate future of the Upbeats project and all of the young people with Down’s Syndrome involved in the Upbeats and their parents are so grateful to everyone who supported the event.”

Terry Carrigan concluded: “On behalf of everyone at RCS I would like to take this opportunity to offer the Charlton Upbeats every success for the future.”

For more information about the Upbeats project please visit https://cact.org.uk/.

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Paul Newell is an NHS Analyst by day, but his passion outside of work is Powerlifting.

This is a strength sport consisting of three events: the bench press, the squat, the deadlift and this resembles the sport of Olympic weightlifting, as both disciplines involve lifting weights in three attempts.

Paul started training seriously in 1998 and within two years became the British under-23 Champion. He is the current British Powerlifting Champion (100kg weight class) and has twice been the runner up at the World Powerlifting Championships and is the two time British record holder in the squat lift.

Paul’s best lifts to date are: Squat – 400kg (63 stone), Bench Press – 215kg (34 stone) and Deadlift – 305kg (48 stone).

RCS have proudly supported Paul for seven years, which has helped him represent Great Britain all over the World, including USA, Austria, Germany and Belgium.

Our recent funding has enabled Paul to compete in the World Championships, being held in Mikkeli (Finland) in November and Paul is overjoyed by the support shown to him by all the staff at RCS. “The sport of powerlifting receives no official funding and without the sponsorship of Regular Cleaning Services there is absolutely no way I could have gone onto represent Great Britain at 7 World Championships,” said Paul.

“The support of Regular Cleaning Services is a vital part of my preparations and I’d like to thank them all for their continued support.”

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