​Trafford Veterans enjoy donated products from Gerflor and Gradus

Trafford Veterans is a group of armed forces veterans, emergency service personnel and local volunteers, who all live in Trafford, Greater Manchester.

Their most recent initiative was to develop a mobile hub which could be used to travel into areas they have not worked in before and support hard to reach communities.

A chance meeting with Gerflor and Gradus ignited a desire for both companies to help by donating products that would help the mobile hub project to be completed. This included Gerflor’s world class Tarasafe Impression safety vinyl flooring and robust Gradus SureProtect Pure Wall Cladding. This iconic project demonstrates both Gerflor’s and Gradus’s commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).

The group was formed in 2015 after the two founding members, Royal Navy Veteran Claire Wright, and British Army Veteran Chris Squires, left the armed forces and faced a struggle with physical and mental injuries. Their vision for the mobile hub was to have an exhibition type vehicle, with a seating area and kitchenette so that people could easily drop in for advice, activities or just for some company, have a chat and a cup of tea and be with like-minded people.

On specification and the donation of products by Gerflor and Gradus Claire Squires (Wright), Co-Founder of the Trafford Veterans said: “A chance meeting with a member of staff from Gerflor and Gradus, whilst on a course sparked their interest in our mobile hub project. The flooring and splashback materials were kindly donated by Gerflor and Gradus, and as a thank you and in recognition of their charitable assistance we placed their logos on the back of the van.”

Hannah Parkinson, Marketing Product Manager, Gerflor and Gradus described it as a rewarding project to be involved with.

“The Trafford Veterans do an incredible job supporting the local veterans and it was an extremely easy decision to make in donating much-needed products for their mobile hub project,” she added. “We supplied our innovative Tarasafe Impression safety flooring and robust Gradus SureProtect Pure Wall Cladding for the van.”

Claire Squires said the mobile hub now looks “completely spectacular” and will be a fantastic asset to the Trafford Veterans for many years to come.

She said they would definitely specify Gerflor and Gradus products again and added: “The project can be seen in our YouTube clip called Veterans Hub Build on YouTube.com.

“A huge heartfelt thank you to Gerflor and Gradus for supporting our armed forces and emergency services mobile hub project.”

To find out more about Trafford Veterans and how you can get involved with their next project, contact Clare Squires at info@traffordveterans.org or visit https://www.traffordveterans.org.

Learn more about Gerflor flooring solutions, contact a specialist by calling 01625 428 922, or emailing contractuk@gerflor.com.

To learn more about Gradus solutions, call 01625 428 922, email imail@gradus.com, for information on barrier matting, wall protection, lighting, and flooring accessories.