New anniversary fund-raising challenge for Shaftec

30 April 2025  

Automotive remanufacturer Shaftec has launched a new community fund-raising challenge to mark its 30 years in business.

Last year, the Birmingham-based firm set an ambitious target, to raise at least £6,600 for Zoe’s Place Baby Hospice in Coventry. Shaftec not only met that goal, but surpassed it to raise more than £11,000.

Now, the company’s ’30 for 30′ challenge seeks to boost fund-raising to £30,000.

Zoe’s Place provides essential assistance to infants and toddlers facing intricate health conditions or disabilities from birth until the age of five.

Operating in Coventry, Liverpool and Middlesbrough, the children’s hospices are dedicated to offering respite, palliative, and end-of-life care.

Meanwhile, Shaftec has already started its activities for 2025. Three colleagues undertook a challenge to walk 10,000 steps every day during February, roughly equivalent to walking five miles a day.

Other challenges that the team plan on undertaking include a tandem skydive and a Starley Sportive cycling event.

The funds raised will directly benefit Zoe’s Place.

Shaftec marketing manager Adrian Kitchen said: “It has been an extraordinary year of fundraising for Zoe’s Place Baby Hospice. However, we want to take this even further than we ever thought possible, as we aim to reach a monumental £30,000 to commemorate our 30th anniversary as a company.” 

Pictured: Shaftec hands over its £11,343 donation to the Zoe’s Place team