TJ Transport, of Wickham Road, Fareham, which provides waste disposal, haulage and skip hire services, also likes to see itself as a part of the community and likes to help out local charities – especially those not often in the public eye.

This year it has decided to pour most of its energies into providing support for The Beneficial Foundation, for which it recently held a charity golf tournament at the Meon Valley Golf Club.

The event raised more than £12,000, allowing it to buy a Ford Ranger pick-up van for the foundation to do some of its work.

TJ’s commercial manager Matt Bowles said the company hadn’t been looking for an organisation that simply raised money but one which also did a lot of work in generating its own income. The Beneficial Foundation fitted the bill, though it has also donated prizes for raffles for other charities.

This Portsmouth-registered charity was set up more than 26 years ago to provide education, training and rehabilitation, particularly for those with learning difficulties and other disabilities.

Its aim is to help its trainees progress into paid employment. The pick-up truck is to be used for a gardening venture the foundation is to start up for its students.

Mr Bowles said: ‘We wanted to focus on a particular charity. We tagged up with them three to four months ago. Then we ordered them some tables for their students. Now we’ve done the golf day for them.

‘I suppose it’s because the foundation isn’t fashionable. We’ve also got a member of staff who is doing the Great South Run this year for The Beneficial Foundation.

‘As a team we are a family-owned business and as a unit we go for the less fashionable charities.

‘We work in dirt and rubbish all day long so we look for the less fashionable that need help and can’t get support from the normal channels.’

jeremy.dunning @thenews.co.uk