Beatrix, one of Southampton’s celebrated Go! Rhinos sculptures, has a new home in Whiteley, Hampshire thanks to the generosity of the multi award-winning telecom reseller Peach Telecom. Raising over £120,000, thirty-seven of the beloved beasts went under the hammer recently at a charity fundraising auction in aid of Marwell Wildlife conservation projects, the Wessex Heartbeat High 5 Appeal and the Rose Road Association.
Almost 100 Go! Rhinos sculptures spent ten weeks on display across the parks and streets of Southampton city centre this summer in celebration of Marwell’s 40th anniversary, before being taken back to the zoo for its Rhinotastic event.
Commenting on the successful bid for the highly-colourful rhino sculpture, Peach Telecom Managing Director Darren Scott-Healey said: ‘the innovative Go! Rhinos project has been truly successful in many ways from showcasing the wealth of local artistic design talents to raising the profile of the conservation of rhinos. More importantly, money raised from the charity auction will make a tremendous difference to local causes deserving of our support as a successful and growing business operating in the area.’ Having spent 8 years in Africa and seeing rhinos in the wild, Scott-Healey has become a regular visitor to Marwell with his family and keen to support wildlife conservation and the local community.
‘Now an eye-catching point of interest in the company’s reception area, Beatrix proudly welcomes staff and visitors alike to Peach Telecom and is a lasting reminder of the worthy causes being helped by the company’, added Scott-Healey.
The money raised will go towards a new rhino exhibit at Marwell Zoo in 2015 and ongoing conservation work at home and abroad. Wessex Heartbeat High 5 Appeal aims to bring a special ward for 16 to 30-year-olds with heart problems to Southampton General Hospital and the Rose Road Association has been helping young disabled people and their families from across Hampshire and the surrounding counties since 1952.
With a growing reputation in the sector for providing SMEs with the right business solutions and the highest level of support, Peach is preferred supplier of a broad range of telephony equipment from small to very large telephone systems manufactured by global telecom giants NEC and Siemens. To offer a complete suite of communication products Peach also provide mobile phone solutions, data connections and competitive landline and call packages.