THE EXAMINER may be on the move – but some of our furniture is moving even further!

The newspaper is shortly to move to new office premises in Bradley - but we'll also have an office in the town centre just off St George's Square. 

But computer desks, chairs and cupboards from our Queen Street South offices have been donated to the Huddersfield-based Christian African Relief Trust (CART).

Some of the office furniture is already on its way to schools in Africa where it will be put to good use by children and teaching staff.

CART trustee Gordon Dawson said: “Four of the desks are already on their way to Benin, a French-speaking country in West Africa.

“They were loaded on to a 40-foot container at CART’S premises in Lockwood along with clothing, shoes, household goods, blankets, medical supplies, bicycles and computers.

“More will be loaded on to a container destined for Zambia and the remainder will be loaded on to a container for Uganda in June.”

Examiner editor Roy Wright said he was delighted that the furniture was being sent to a good new home.

“It is great to think that these desks will help young students in Africa with their education.

“Education is a precious commodity in many African countries and it is good that the Examiner is helping in this small way.”

The Examiner is moving shortly from its offices in Queen Street South to a new home on the Bradley business park.

CART, which has a shop and warehouse at Albert Street, Lockwood, was started in 1982 with a single box of relief goods sent to Ghana.

Now, 25 years later, CART sends thousands of boxes of relief to where it is needed most.

The group began in 1982 as an appeal to relieve poverty in Ghana.

Huddersfield man Guildford Tompkins and his late wife Jean, both of Lepton, responded by sending a box of goods which cost £80 to transport.

Motivated by the couple’s generosity, CART decided to continue posting out more clothes, school furniture, education aids and other goods.

In 1984 CART became a registered charity.