In addition to the services EATTA provides to its membership, it conducts a charity collection every year at its Annual Dinner held at Kings College, Cambridge in September and since 2025 has organised a Charity Golf Day in aid of the TTBS: Our running total raised is £52,017 thanks to our members and guests.

Recent Collections have raised:

2026 – Maggie’s Cambridge is EATTA’s 2026 chosen charity at our 32nd Annual Dinner on 23 September 2026

2026 – EATTA Golf Day for TTBS (£4,955)

2025 – Project 21 (£3,815)

2025 – EATTA Golf Day for TTBS (£4,420)

2024 – Jimmy’s Cambridge (£3,800)

2024 – Timber Trades Benevolent Society (TTBS) (£310)

2023 – Cambridge City Foodbank (£3,220)

2022 – Headway (£3,360)

2021 – Cogwheel Counselling (£2,500)

2018 – Hearing Dogs in East Anglia (£3075)

2019 – Dementia & Alzheimer’s Charity East Anglia ( £3450)

2017 – Stephen Hawking Foundation (£3260)

2016 – East Anglia Prostate Cancer Appeal (£3460)

2015 – EAAA (East Anglian Air Ambulance) (£3,010)

2014 – EACH (East Anglian Children’s Hospice) (£2,415)

2013 – Royal National Lifeboat Association (RNLI) (£2175)

2012 – Essex Wildlife Trust (£500)

2012 – Chavasse House Colchester (Re-hab for help the heroes) (£1802)

2011 –  Help for Heroes (£1360)

2010 – Alzheimer’s Society  (£565)

2010 – Timber Trade Benevolent Society (TTBS)  (£565)

2027 – Members are invited to submit recommendations to the Secretary of potential recipients. These must comply with a simple criteria: They must be registered in East Anglia, or have operations based or linked to our region and must of course be a registered charity or note worthy cause linked to our Industry. The Association would welcome and consider any other similar projects promoting the use of timber and allied products.

EATTA TTBS APPEAL

We would like to ask all Members who have knowledge of anyone in our region who has worked in our Industry for over 10 years, regardless of age or level who maybe in need of some of the benefits / services that the TTBS can offer.