L IGH T E R S I D E Grace supports charity causes Australian mover Grace has concluded a two-year tree planting initiative based on its shipping container usage. Trees for Containers was launched in 2021 in partnership with Greenfleet, and saw the company fund the planting and maintenance of a native tree species for every international import container it used during 2021 and 2022. The scheme funded the planting of more than 2,500 trees at Dangerbridge in Queensland, a revegetation and grazing project near Brisbane, which expands wildlife habitats for nearby Cooloola National Park and enhances the habitat and food sources for the endangered koala population. To end the project, Renee Darby and Nancy Oberholzer from Graces Brisbane international and corporate services team met Greenfleets Alex Paddock for a guided tour of the 90-hectare site (pictured left). Grace staff also took part in the annual Sydney City2Surf fun run in aid of another of the companys pet causes the Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF), a charity that aims to enhance literacy among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. The company team of Chareece Reid, Corie Reid, Sjim Albers, Tiana Uhila, and Rukia Shambe Ali (pictured above) completed the 14-kilometre course from the city centre to Bondi Beach in an impressive two hours and 30 minutes. Masons moving Morph Towering John Mason International teamed up with UK childrens television icon Morph to raise funds for Whizz-Kidz, a charity for young wheelchair users. The company sponsored Morphs Epic Art The John Mason Internationalsponsored Pearly King Morph statue at Tower Bridge Adventure the UKs first step-free art trail between 19 June to 20 August 2023, which featured 60 super-sized sculptures of Morph located around central London. Each sculpture was designed by well-known and emerging artists, and placed closed to some of the capitals leading landmarks, making up a family-friendly art trail for visitors to follow. John Mason sponsored The Pearly King Morph (pictured), a creation of artist Sandra Russell situated near Tower Bridge. John Masons Simon Hood said: This was an epic step-free arts trail with diversity and inclusion at its heart and will provide an opportunity for the public to learn more about how together, we can remove barriers and create a more inclusive society. The Morph sculptures will be auctioned off to raise funds and awareness for the Whizz-Kidz charity. success FIDI Focus Editor Dominic Weaver cycled from London to Paris with his son Lenny and a group of four friends and their dads in aid of charity Cyclists Fighting Cancer, supporting young people with a cancer diagnosis. The group took on the ride to celebrate the end of the boys GCSE exams. The boys and dads, including FIDI Focus Editor Dominic Weaver, second left, make it to Paris 68 FF311 Sept-Nov 23 pp68-69 Lighter side.indd 68 11/09/2023 15:50