Picture Caption: Delivering for Charity: Mansell's charity fundraising van with employees Dave Boden and Ian Mills

The Stourbridge-based Western region of construction company Mansell has come up with a "vantastic" way of raising cash for the firm's centenary charity fundraising efforts.

Mansell employees working on the Solihull Community Housing home improvement scheme have been selling off advertising space on their delivery van.

Mansell sub-contractors working on the scheme have bought up space, and raised a whopping £2,000 for the company's charities which include Mary Stevens Hospice, Macmillan Cancer Support and Cancer Support Dudley.

Mansell has also been selling space on charity sign boards on a number of its building sites across the region.

Regional managing director Steve Davies said, "This is a great way of raising much-needed cash for our charities, while at the same time promoting Mansell and our supply chain partners. As a result of our fundraising activities, Mansell raised £1 million nationwide during 2008, and there's a big total expected for 2009"

Mansell is involved in a major house improvement programme in Solihull. The company is carrying out the work on behalf of Solihull Community Housing. The contract is aimed at bringing more than 3,000 tenants' homes up to Decent Homes standard, including new central heating systems, kitchens, bathrooms and electrical wiring.