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During July of this year, Willmott Partnership Homes held a community event within our central London office. The 5 day programme was delivered to eight young people who were looking to start a career in the construction industry. Participants for the event were supplied from a number of key support groups operating across London. These included The Princes Trust, Women…

This contractor has taken the decision to provide reflective high visibility vests for school children in the winter months. The contractor achieved this by reaching out to schools within close proximity to our projects to see if they would like to receive a donation of high visibility PPE for their pupils. The idea behind the initiative is to make children…

Spotlight on… posters have been designed for general display in and around site welfare facilities. The Scheme has developed a collection of A3 posters from the series of ‘Spotlight on…’ learning toolkits. This resource has proven valuable for display on site and raising awareness amongst the workforce and visitors. To purchase these products, click here. To download a free electronic…

Members of the Multiplex team organised a two day maths challenge at Carlton Primary School in Camden. Staff spent two days with 60 students aged 9 and 10 years old. The team were there to promote the importance of maths in any profession, especially construction. This was delivered in a variety of methods including quizzes, film clips from an Engineer,…

The company has a target to enhance a number of lives each year. One method of enhancing a life can include educating young people about the industry to ensure we have a future pipeline of skills. With the school year coming to a close, we have had a number of young people aged 14-17 participating in work experience and work…

On 15th June, we had three young visitors from Sawston Village College who arrived with Helen Clements, Community Investment Advisor, Morgan Sindall and Harry Lewis, Graduate Design Manager, Morgan Sindall. The three young visitors were on work experience with Morgan Sindall who are trying to encourage interest in the construction industry. We were, and are, happy to work with them…

The current education system is geared around 2 of the 9 distinct intelligences. The result can often be disengaged and demotivated young people who struggle to find their direction or understand their own personal skills and strengths. The CECA Scotland endorsed the What-IF programme which helps these young people by addressing the key antecedent behaviours, often driven by the subconscious…

Primary school pupils across London are among the first to receive a unique new children’s book designed to inspire them to work in the construction industry. This is due to this contractor donating 5,000 books to Key Stage 2 pupils at 11 schools across London and the south It comes after research found that by the age of seven, children…

Making the next generation aware of the different roles within our industry is something Sisk Lagan Joint Venture take very seriously and it became apparent on several visits to local schools that the lack of knowledge as to where the teachers could obtain career information materials was a real problem for them. We ordered boxes of the different career packs…

As part of the works programme there was tunnelling on site, which was an excellent opportunity for the project to collaborate with a school. In partnership with the client, NI Water, they organised a ‘name the tunnelling machine’ competition with a local primary school. The Key Stage 2 pupils came up with the name ‘Timmy the Tunneller’, which was then…

Pupils aged 15-17 from the Clyde Gateway area are celebrating their graduation from a programme designed to introduce them to a career in the built environment industry. Budding engineers from St Mungo’s Academy, Eastbank Academy, Trinity High and Stonelaw Academy took part in the ten-week Get Into Engineering programme, run in collaboration between Clyde Gateway, Robertson Group, Glasgow Kelvin College…

The B1M is a popular YouTube channel dedicated to promoting the construction industry. The channel originated as a format for its founder, a former employee of a main contractor, to encourage wider uptake of Building Information Modelling (BIM). The channel has since evolved to include a variety of video content about the construction industry, including in-depth examinations of current projects,…

The Blairdardie site team from BAM Construction recently supported Blairdardie Primary School’s STEM Week as part of our on-going Education Engagement with the school. At the event, we created four BAM stations which included the following construction related activities: VR Area: We used cardboard VR goggles and iPads to showcase 360 images of the pupils’ new school. The BAM Construct…

The ‘Ready for The Gate’ programme run by Willmott Dixon Cobham LCO, offers young offenders the opportunity to gain their CSCS cards, while they’re still serving their sentence. From the Woodmansterne Secondary School site team, a number of Willmott Dixon personnel are directly involved. The feedback from charities, Re-offending and CXK, on the outcomes of delivered training up to August…

This contractor is passionate about ensuring that they encourage the next generation to join the industry especially to overcome the current skills shortage the industry is experiencing. As a result of the pandemic it has made it very difficult for them to provide talks and events within the local, and as a result they have developed a podcast with support…