Steelworkers across the UK have raised thousand of pounds in aid of MacMillan Cancer support through a series of coffee mornings and fundraising activities
Employees and contractor colleagues across Tata Steel UK have been munching their way through sweet treats to raise funds for MacMillan Cancer Support by joining in the charity’s annual coffee morning.
Through the last week of September and into October, coffee mornings were hosted around the business from Catnic to Corby and from Llanwern to Lisburn – and everywhere in between – with sweet-toothed colleagues dishing up the cash in return for tasty treats.
The events were also an opportunity to catch up with friends over a cuppa or make new networks with colleagues from different departments.
"We can’t thank employees and contractors enough for their support and kind donations.”
The coffee fest kicked off on 25 September in Port Talbot (raising £385) and Shotton Building Systems (raising £244.40).
26 September saw events in Shotton Colors (raising £240), Distribution Lisburn (raising £160), Corby (raising £373.67), and Llanwern (raising £141).
Llanwern operations teamed up with kind-hearted contractor partners on 27 September to host a raffle alongside a coffee morning (raising a whopping £1,112).
And Catnic in Caerphilly rounded off proceedings with a raffle and a ‘bake off’ on 2 October (raising £420.33).
A spokesperson from MacMillan Cancer Support said: “It is always positive to hear companies such as Tata Steel continuing to get behind these coffee mornings. The funds raised go directly to the support of three million people in the UK living with cancer. We can’t thank employees and contractors enough for their support and kind donations.”
The total raised and donated by kind hearted employees and contracting colleagues for this year’s MacMillan Coffee Morning to £3076.40 (at time of writing).
About Tata Steel UK
- The Tata Steel Group has been named one of the most ethical companies in the world, and is among the top producing global steel companies with an annual crude steel capacity of 34 million tonnes.
- Tata Steel in the UK has the ambition to produce net-zero steel by 2045 at the latest, and to have reduced 30% of its CO2 emissions by 2030.
- In October 2024, Tata Steel ceased ironmaking at its Port Talbot site and temporarily paused steelmaking pending the construction of a 3.2Mtpa Electric Arc Furnace, due to be commissioned late in 2027 / early 2028. For that period, the business will import slab and hot rolled coil to support manufacturing and distribution operations at sites across Wales, England and Northern Ireland as well as Norway, Sweden, France, Germany and UAE. It also benefits from a network of sales offices around the world.
- Throughout 2024 Tata Steel UK has been undergoing a restructuring that will reduce the size of its workforce to around 5000 direct employees, supplying high-quality steel products to demanding markets, including construction and infrastructure, automotive, packaging and engineering.
- Tata Steel Group is one of the world's most geographically-diversified steel producers, with operations and a commercial presence across the world.
- The group recorded a consolidated turnover of around US$27.7 billion in the financial year ending March 31, 2024.