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Local employment

Care Leavers DIY Workshop

This contractor hosted a three day event for care leavers across Manchester. To do this they hired out Manchester College and invited care leavers to attend a DIY workshop which will give them the skills they need for when they move into independent living. The three day workshop consisted of electrical, plumbing, painting and decorating, bricklaying and joinery and they…


T-Level Students Enrichment Programme

On this project, the contractor ran an enrichment programme to enhance the skills of 16 T-level Design, Surveying and Planning students at a local college. Two days of exciting activities were held at West Midlands Interchange as part of the six day course to provide practical experience and industry insights to meet the needs of the college, its students and…


Supporting Adults with Learning Difficulties into the industry

This contractor is working with a supported employment agency to welcome two new members of the team with learning disabilities. They have a work coach to support them with their daily activities on the work placement. There is significant evidence that there is an untapped market of unemployed people with additional learning needs or learning disability that want to enter…


Women’s Prison Accredited Employability Support

Prison programmes within construction tend to be aimed at male prisoners, however this was different. The contractor provided accredited ‘Be Your Best’ employability sessions to residents of the Bella Centre in Dundee, Scotland’s first community custody unit for females, to help them prepare for release. The programme helps women with personal evaluation, job searching and networking, writing a CV, personal…


The Importance of Local Employment in Communities where Jobs are Scarce

As one of the UK’s largest family owned construction companies, Ardmore is passionate about encouraging diversity at every level of the business and are known for providing training and work experience for local people in order to give projects a stronger sense of identity and ownership. As a main contractor synonymous with London, Ardmore has delivered large-scale regeneration projects in…


CASE STUDY: MOLA – Trainee Programme and Employment Opportunities

In 2021, Amy Atkins and Claudia Tommasino launched the MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology) Early Careers Archaeologist programme (Early Careers | MOLA), providing a pathway to employment in developer-led archaeology for recent graduates and those new to the sector. Accredited by the sector’s professional body, CIfA (Chartered Institute for Archaeologists), participants embarked on a three to six month course of…


Sharing the Positive Impact that Construction Work has on the Community

At Galliford Try Building – London & South East Commercial, we aspire to make a positive impact within the communities in which we work by contributing economically, environmentally and socially, and ultimately try to leave an area in a better position than when we arrived. As well as carrying-out our CSR work, it’s equally important to showcase to the local…


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