Through creativity, collaboration and a shared love of animals, we have truly enjoyed fundraising to help Teckels continue to provide rehabilitation and rehoming for vulnerable cats and dogs.
Our staff enjoy finding ways to give back to the community, and this year their charity efforts for Teckels Animal Sanctuaries came up with a new inspiring challenge. Father and son team, Justin and Jack coupled their enthusiasm for Teckels and their passion for cars making a perfect combination for entering the Rust Bucket Rally challenge. Their vehicle decorated with Teckels and Randall & Payne stickers, perfectly tackled a series of European roads, challenges and checkpoints to push driver, passenger and rust bucket to their limits. 2500 miles travelled through France, Monaco, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, and back to the UK. Colleagues rallied behind them, making donations, cheering them on at each stage, and sharing social media posts. The challenge raised a whopping £1000.
The ‘Bake Off’ returned and once again the friendly competition meant that staff dusted off their aprons and put their creativity coupled with baking skills to the test, producing show-stopping dog and cat themed cakes. Each bake was judged on presentation, theme, taste, and texture, with bonus points for the cake the judges wanted another slice of! After much deliberation from Cicely, Sally, Tim, and special guest dog Polly, the winning bake was Andy Sweet’s pistachio cake, with runner-up going to Fiona Hughes for her Biscoff puppy cupcakes! A huge well done to all bakers and a special thank you for the rest of the staff who could purchase the left-over cakes for afternoon tea.
One of my personal highlights has been visiting Teckels itself, but my overall favourite was when we were joined by Mark Owen from Punchline Gloucester to capture the work at the centre on video. Mark met the extremely passionate team and some of the cats and dogs currently in Teckels’ care, hearing stories of rescue, rehabilitation, and rehoming that reinforced exactly why the sanctuary’s work and support from businesses is so essential. Mark’s video showcased not only the incredible staff and animals at Teckels but also how much a business can do to help. The footage quickly became a favourite across social media, helping raise awareness far beyond Chargrove house.
The main image shows some of the team enjoying themselves at the Teckels Winter Ball in November 2025 after two years of raising both funds and awareness for Teckels.
We are also pleased to announce we have exceeded our £10,000 target and raised an impressive £10,166.
Contact Jo Kline for more information by emailing marketing@randall-payne.co.uk or call 01242 776000.