Category Archive: In the Community

1. Jumper day is everybody’s festive favourite

   Valli Opticians Group and our new acquisition A H Mertons Group all joined in the woolly revolution by thoroughly embracing this year’s Text Santa, Christmas Jumper Day to raise money and awareness for the charities Make-A-Wish UK, Save the Children and Macmillan Cancer Support. Celebrating Christmas Jumper Day was a fabulous way to encourage all […]

2. Valli is a shooting star

   Valli Opticians Group has been hailed as a star performer in a monthly competition run by Huddersfield Town Football Club and club partner Lucas Lee. Valli Opticians is the latest winner of the Shooting Star award in recognition of our acquisition of the seven-strong opticians group A H Mertons Limited. Each month Huddersfield Town Football […]

3. Valli Opticians at the Brass Factor

   The rain may have poured down over the weekend, but the Brass Factor in Holmfirth was still a great success. It was a full house in the Picturedrome as the crowd braved the weekend’s terrible weather to soak up (pardon the pun) the evening’s music. Each year Alex Bray’s brain child, the Brass Factor, brings […]

4. Eyes up for a full house.

   Some of our readers may already know that Valli Opticians have teamed up with the Brass Factor, one of the UK’s most anticipated brass band events. The Brass Factor promotes Yorkshire’s cultural heritage and champions the brass band movement. The Brass Factor has taken the humble brass band competition by storm and has given it […]

5. Thank you Mr Coombs

   Valli Rally participant Robert Coombs stunned our team in Honley on Friday morning when he came into the store with a cheque for £450 worth of sponsorship. Each year staff and clients from our Huddersfield branches take part in a 10-mile charity walk, usually for the Forget Me  Not Children’s hospice. This year however Valli Opticians hosted the  fund raising event on 19th September in […]

6. All eyes on the finish line

   Over the weekend of 19th / 20th September, Valli Opticians hosted a fund raising event in memory of our dear friend and colleague Kamal Aftab. The event raised much needed funds and hopefully awareness for two charities very close to our hearts, Bloodwise, (formerly  Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research), and the Forget Me Not Children’s hospice. Kamal was just 32 years old when he died, just two months after being diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia.  Kamal was a very long serving charity worker, and after […]

7. Valli Rally 2015 Sponsors

   Each year Valli Opticians organise a 10-mile charity walk called Valli Rally.  This year, thanks to our sponsors Ravenhall Risk, Dunelm Optical, John Polley Brand Communications, Rodenstock, Riasca and Thea Spectrum, our family friendly walk is being held in memory of Kamal Aftab our optometrist and dear friend who passed away in August from acute myeloid leukaemia.  Kamal was […]

8. Walk In Kamal’s Memory

   Work colleagues, family and friends of a popular Huddersfield community  worker who died of cancer last month are to pull on their walking boots  to help keep his memory alive and raise money for his chosen charity. Kamal Aftab, aged 32, of Almondbury died two months after being diagnosed  with acute myeloid leukaemia.  A big […]

9. All eyes on a marathon finish

   All the team will be watching when Dispensing Optician and E-Commerce Manager Sheryl Doe from Valli Opticians Group  takes part in this years Great North Run.  Sheryl is travelling up to Newcastle to raise  money for the Forget Me Not Children’s Hospice. The Hospice cares for families who have a child with a life shortening  condition, […]

10. Valli Rally 2015 Sponsored Walk

    Saturday 19th September 2015 Following on from the success of our 2013 Valli Rally, and Managing Director Moin Valli’s European adventure as part of the Forget Me Not 500 in 2014, Valli Opticians are at it again.  We are hoping to raise £3,500 for Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research and £3,500 for The Forget-Me-Not Children’s Hospice […]

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