by Paula Bennett | May 17, 2022 | News
With the FPUA’s annual charity golf day on Friday 27th May at the Felixstowe Ferry Golf Club, organisers and participants are looking forward to a great 18 holes and raising much-needed funds for local causes.
Jason Flower, chair of the FPUA, says: “Our golf day is always one of the best charity events in the regional calendar, and we’re very grateful to this year’s sponsors, which include 3PL as headline sponsor along with generous support from GMA Transport and Warehousing, Pentalver, Gotelee Solicitors, LPS and Vartan Consultancy.
With twenty teams signed up, the FPUA is keen to improve last year’s fundraising efforts. Jason continues: “Last September, we raised over £7,000 for good causes, and this year we are keen to improve on this total.
“Our thanks go to our sponsors and the Felixstowe Ferry Golf Club for its support, Porttalk for publicising our endeavours and all those companies and individuals that have generously paid to play.
If you are interested in getting involved, individual hole sponsorships are still available – to find out more please email Kevin Lawrenson at kevin.lawrenson@3pl.co.uk
by Paula Bennett | Oct 6, 2021 | News
The Felixstowe Port Users’ Association’s (FPUA) flagship event of the year – its annual charity golf day – brought together twenty teams from the logistics and local business community on 22nd September and raised over £7,000 for local good causes and charities.
Jason Flower, chairman of the FPUA, says: “After the last eighteen months and the cancellation of last year’s event due to the pandemic, there was a huge appetite from all our players to get back out on the golf course and to support those that provide help and assistance to others right here in Felixstowe.
“A huge thank you to our main sponsor, Gotelee Solicitors LLP, for its support and commitment to the day, GMA Warehousing and Transport and Vartan Compliance Consultancy for their event sponsorship, along with those companies that kindly sponsored a tee.”
Beneficiaries of funds raised at the FPUA golf day are:
• Felixstowe Academy (Prom)
• Ipswich Diabetic Clinic
• Langer Primary Academy
• FACTS
• Felixstowe Sea Cadets
• Activlives
• Level 2
• Felixstowe Football Club – Juniors
• Felixstowe Rugby Club – Juniors
With the event hosted at the Felixstowe Golf Club, Jason Flower continues: “Basking in September sunshine, great golf was played by everyone involved. Congratulations to the Maritime Transport team for winning the tournament and to Goldstar and Magnus Group
for picking up second and third. And a very big thank you to all our players for getting involved and keeping this fundraising event part of the Felixstowe annual calendar, to Mark Binge for pulling it all together and to Felixstowe Ferry Golf Club for hosting us.”
by Paula Bennett | Sep 6, 2021 | News
Felixstowe Port Users’ Association (FPUA) is delighted to announce Gotelee Solicitors LLP as its headline sponsor of the Felixstowe Port Users’ Association (FPUA) upcoming Charity Golf Day.
Held at the award-winning Felixstowe Ferry Golf Club on 22 September, the golf day competition is one of the most important dates in FPUA’s calendar. It is the organisations biggest fundraising event in any given year.
Gotelee Managing Partner Andrew West comments: “We are proud to be part of the FPUA golf day as their main sponsor. We have been fortunate as an organisation to have manoeuvred through the pandemic successfully while continuing to grow and expand our team and client base. As a business, we feel it is important to give back to our community and support local causes. We are proud to be part of this fundraising event and look forward to meeting everyone taking part on the day.”
Jason Flower, Chairman of Felixstowe Port Users’ Association, says: “We’re thrilled Gotelee Solicitors LLP have extended their relationship with the FPUA by sponsoring our golf day. It’s a hugely anticipated event in our social calendar and we’d encourage anyone with interest in supporting our fundraising efforts to get involved.”
Vital funds raised will be donated to local charities, including Langer Primary Academy, Felixstowe School and the Diabetic Clinic based at Ipswich Hospital.
To donate a raffle prize, sponsor a tee, or make a donation; please get in touch with mark.binge@gma-warehousing.co.uk
by Paula Bennett | Mar 28, 2021 | News
Goldstar Transport supports Litter-Free Felixstowe (an active community interest company with nearly 1,000 members) and is hoping you will join forces with them in support of its National Litter Free Roads and Laybys UK initiative.
Steve Jones, general manager at Goldstar says: “Few people will have failed to notice the dramatic rise in litter alongside our major roads and the laybys all over the country. Not only is it horrible to see but it impacts wildlife and the overall environment.
“We’ve decided to support Litter-Free Felixstowe but if we came together as an industry to support the initiative, we could bring it to the attention of a national audience. Lobby the relevant authorities and unite all major road users in tackling and hopefully ultimately eliminating the problem.
“We’re appealing to our fellow hauliers and the wider community to adopt the scheme and take a pro-active approach amongst their workforce and suppliers. Signage and stickers are being produced for our fleet and depots to reinforce the campaign’s principles. We plan to endorse the litter-free roads and laybys pledge and will be updating drivers’ handbooks and all future inductions. There’s also going to be a dedicated Facebook page to give members and the public a means of highlighting litter blackspots.”
Litter-Free Roads and Laybys are proactively launching the campaign on 22nd April – Earth Day and will include all those who sign up to the campaign in the release.
Steve adds: “It would be great to announce other hauliers and suppliers have come on board with their support when we officially launch. And it’s important to say there are no fees involved to join the scheme; the only costs will come if any stakeholders choose to use any of the signage elements to promote their involvement.”
If you would like to know more about how to get involved, please contact Steve Jones at Goldstar Transport on steve.jones@goldstartransport.co.uk
by Paula Bennett | Mar 28, 2021 | News
Felixstowe Port Users’ Association has been busy over the last few months developing its new website.
More than ever before, websites act as a ‘shop window’ for an organisation or company and with this in mind, Jason Flower, chairman of the FPUA, says: “A refresh was well overdue as our original website was designed back in 2014. Not only has the role of an online presence changed since then, but as a membership organisation, so have we.”
As a pro-active, independent body for companies who conduct business activity in or through the Port of Felixstowe, Jason believes: “It’s vital that we reflect modern port life and the role our members play in keeping Britain moving.”
The new website encourages its 100+ membership to send in their news and to use the site as an extension of their own to communicate with the port community at large.
Jason adds: “Our aim is for our new website to become the first port of call for anyone looking to gain an understanding of what is happening locally and from a members’ perspective to be a collaborative voice on behalf of Felixstowe’s port community.”
by fpua | Nov 13, 2020 | News
Felixstowe and Haven Ports Seafarers’ Service
The Felixstowe and Haven Ports Seafarers’ Centre is a registered stand alone charity that exists to give seafarers a place to call home, rest and contact family. The Centre welcomes Port Workers and the wider Community and is open from 1000 hrs to 2200 hrs every day of the year managing sites at Harwich and Ipswich Port.
The Centre also serves as a base for two chaplains who are appointed by the participating societies Apostleship of the Sea and The Mission to seafarers.
The Centre runs a mini bus shuttle within the Port of Felixstowe to transfer the seafarers from their ships to the centre and return. Other services includes a foreign currency service with US Dollars and Euros at very competitive rates plus a conference room for hire from Monday to Sunday between 1000 hrs to 2200 hrs – payment by donation – as well as tea and coffee making facilities.
These services are available to the general public – you are always welcome to visit the Centre to see at first hand the work they do.
For further information please contact Anita Mazur, Centre Manager on 01394 673599 or via e-mail to manager@fhpss.org.
Our dedicated staff and chaplains look forward to meeting you.
Felixstowe & Haven Ports Seafarer Service – Registered Charity 272077 – www.fhpss.org
Due to the constraints placed upon staff and crew during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Seafarers Centre has had to amend its working arrangements.
As from Monday 6th July the Centre will be opening restricted hours – 1000 hrs to 1800 hrs daily.
Crew transfers to/from ships to Centre will resume, but restricted to one ship at a time.
Social distancing guidelines will be followed at all times.
