The Difference We Are Making The Willmott Dixon Foundation Annual Review 2017 Contents

The Willmott Dixon Foundation was established in 2011 to guide, monitor and collate the social 03 and community investment activities of the The difference we are making Willmott Dixon family of companies which Our Social Value report for 2016 comprises Willmott Dixon, Fortem and Be.

06 Its Board members are: Foreword Rick Willmott Chair of Willmott Dixon Foundation 07 Group Chief Executive Our community investment Alison Symmers in a nutshell Head of Willmott Dixon Foundation

Jonathon Porritt 08 Non-Executive Director, Willmott Dixon Holdings Our approach to community and Founder Director of Forum for the Future investment Nic Simpkin Chief Executive Offi cer, Be 12 Paul Smith Willmott Dixon Chairman, Fortem

Mike Hart 22 Chief Operating Offi cer, Willmott Dixon Interiors Fortem John Waterman Chief Operating Offi cer, Willmott Dixon Construction 26 Julia Barrett Be Director, Willmott Dixon Re-Thinking Andy Geldard 28 Head of Communications, Willmott Dixon Organisations we’ve worked with

“What really matters is the difference that we are making to the lives of individuals and communities.” Alison Symmers, Head of Willmott Dixon Foundation

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What we put into What we’ve done The impact of our activities the community in the community in the community

55,000 £711 The communities On our largest public sector Difference made from our we worked with procurement framework Changing Lives project Over 55,000 hours value of community in 2016 630 599 Local spend “I think I have been “I am proud that Aspiration of staff time invested by investment young people Transformed the life 5.0 Construction 4.0 awareness our people in community per employee set up for life really.” I have got this job.” 3.0 Confidence mentored 38.06% 52.75% 79.37% chances of 599 young 2.0 activities Ashley Leigh, electrical installation Apprentice A participant on the Mencap Employ Mes 1.0 programme who was offered a full-time job on our site 0.0 within within within people in 2016 9,124 10 miles 0-20 miles 0-40 miles from site from site from site Employment Work skills £1,119 people visited our sites 6.62% 38 & training & experience Renovated Life skills average training spend of our people are in Local labour Our work with 38 social “It has given We renovated the gardens at Queen Before After per employee formalised apprenticeships, enterprises helped them grow me the confi dence Elizabeth’s Hospital which benefi ted £6,000 sponsored students or on 34.49% 55.09% 79.73% “Thank you for We added nearly £6,000 to graduate development to make a good taking the stress ex-forces patients and their families schemes (exceeding our within within within impression on my the fundraising efforts of our 10 miles 0-20 miles 0-40 miles Our 5% Club commitment) from site from site from site out of my life.” people through JustGiving employer.” “This was the “George hasn’t community Adil Adair- Graduate of the fi rst Lives Not Householder for whom we arranged Knives Construction Traineeship scheme best choice of benefi ts advice, Ceredigion “Willmott Dixon is, truly, smoked weed for investment £2.1m Social Value £10m my life.” a company that is genuinely three weeks now and A founder member of the spent in contracts with Chace Cowlin completed a shared after yesterday’s tour focus: value of our community Apprenticeship and has now been 87% interested in its position as an Cabinet Offi ce backed social enterprises 40.58 he is determined to investment accepted onto the Willmott Dixon of our customers scored us integral part of the community.” – Youth unemployment and Considerate Constructors Management Trainee scheme Social Value task force Norma Green, Chair of Yes Partnership quit for good.” Scheme score 40.58 / 50. 8/10 and above on the impact inspiring young people Nadine Johnson, London Youth 94% That’s 5.34 above the of our community investment – Social exclusion 84% industry average of our people in our Supported of suppliers on our largest Sensory 98% – Community 88% staff survey felt the development of the public sector procurement We created sensory of benefi ciaries said that our community £2,194m transformation of spend on our largest public sector that the company Considerate Constructors framework are SMEs walls at two special activities had a positive impact spent within 20 miles of procurement framework is with SMEs “One of the people that took community Scheme module on learning facilities our largest public sector investment seriously Social Value “My confi dence we helped went for an procurement framework 300 74% has increased interview and got a job. Skills gained by our Management Trainees sites since 2010 We have over 300 people 153 of our people took part in a lot since For me, that’s what makes from the challenge who have worked for the D Recognising achievements D Presenting Our Management Trainees 77,000 activities supporting the local working here.” “The course it all worthwhile.” D Organisation company for more than people attended our community Kayleigh was long-term unemployed until Ashley Coverdale, IT department A Influencing A Communication pushed me to 2.5 ten years impact short courses she found job on a Willmott Dixon site A Organisation 2.0 D Interaction A Time management “It’s been a real £286,088 get out of bed 1.5 A Delegation 1.0 eye-opener. It’s target: D Innovation amount raised for good causes by staff every day.” 0.5 71 Building People A Motivation Young offender, 18 0.0 shown me what £3.36m 15 directly employed 28 B Interpersonal skills Out of 8 people on our D Enthusiasm invested in the skills Foundation Trainee Willmott Dixon People supported through B Problem solving I want to do in life.” 10,000 Building People Programme of our people Challenges completed apprentices our involvement with B Multi-tasking James, participant on Good To Go C Entrepreneurial skills To have enhanced the 775 2 are now in full-time employment C Leadership C Self-confidence mock interviews undertaken National Community 50% 0 – No change Personal C drive life chances of 10,000 and 4 are enrolled in college to 1 – A bit C Positive attitude Wood Recycling increased capacity 2 – Some improvement C Assertiveness young people by 2020 study construction 3 – Significant improvement Considerate Constructors Scheme 2016 – our scores for the Construction C Consistency 4,586 Willmott Dixon CCS member average Industry average “To Supply chain Sustainability School 42 Youth Trust’s practical We made a difference to the training centre life chances of 4,586 young Willmott Dixon, Our We’re part of a group looking at incorporating 41 Social Value into Design 40 people Social Value means “I have Foundation 39 “Fortem has creating a positive collates, co-ordinates and 38 learnt helped me “Please keep doing impact on society guides all community 889 37 so many “It helped me what you do, and local investment and Social Value work experience opportunities provided 36 overcome some turn my life “It told me a lot communities.” activity 35 different because it makes about who I am 34 of my public around.” Matt Young, Carpentry Apprentice 1st year 33 skills.” speaking fears.” the world a bit as a person.” 378 Marcus Armstrong, Plastering Apprentice 32 Rob Elson, IT helpdesk Abdul Bassit, participant on Talent Match community events Jan Feb Mar AprMay Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec better every day.” Paul Taylor, Construction Youth Trust

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I am delighted to introduce our 2017 report, which The role of business as a force for social good has showcases some of the fantastic contributions our become an increasingly important topic in recent Where it came from £2.1m people made last year and the difference they have years. Through the Willmott Dixon Foundation The value of the Community generated in local communities. we continue to contribute to the national debate. Investment from the In 2016 we were part of a cabinet-backed social Company Contribution £’000 2016 saw our company undergo signifi cant structural Willmott Dixon family value task force that has developed a framework changes. We are a family of three sister companies: Staff time 1,770 of companies in 2016 for improving Social Value across the country. Willmott Dixon, Be and Fortem. While each company We have learned a lot from this collaboration, Cash donations 245 now operates with greater independence, in very 74% and have started to implement the lessons learned different markets, they remain committed Gifts-in-kind 103 of our people took part in in several different ways – you can read more to delivering Social Value, and will continue to play community activities in 2016 about this on page 10. 2,118 an active role in The Willmott Dixon Foundation. Finally, we are very sorry to be saying goodbye 83% The structure of this Review refl ects our new shape. to Alison Symmers who has been our Head of of our 2016 investment was It demonstrates how each sister company, and indeed Leverage Foundation since its inception in 2011. Alison is in the value of staff time the different companies within Willmott Dixon, are taking a well-earned early retirement and we wish Fundraising 286 tailoring their Social Value activities to their clients’ her well. Her legacy is that her determined approach and customers’ priorities, and the needs of the Supply chain: £578k has ensured that Social Value has become embedded Our supply chain contributed communities in which they work. within the very fabric of our businesses and will Time 154 £578,000 to our community All three sister companies continue to work towards continue to go from strength to strength. activities. We think the actual Cash donations 153 our shared target – to have enhanced the life chances fi gure is likely to be higher as of 10,000 young people by 2020. Our target is Gifts-in-kind 271 we don’t think we managed unique because it recognises that delivering Social to capture everything! Value is not about output (hours of work experience, 864 for example) but about the impact these sorts of £286k interventions have on people’s lives. You can read Rick Willmott Over £286,000 raised by Total 2,982 more about how we measure the impact of different Chair of Willmott Dixon Foundation our staff for good causes activities on page 9. I am delighted to say that by Group Chief Executive the end of 2016 we were more than halfway towards £711 our target. We are confi dent that we will achieve our Value of Community Investment challenging goal. Where it went per employee

Focus Areas £’000 Youth Unemployment and Inspiring Young People 1,131 Social Exclusion 133 “Please Community Transformation 1,178 keep doing Health Charity 84 what you Arts and Culture 4 do, because Other charities 452 it makes the world a little bit better Total 2,982 every day.” Paul Taylor, Construction Youth Trust “Adding Social Value Our community investment data is collated in accordance with the standards is part and parcel to of LBG1, of which we are a member, and is verifi ed by Bureau Veritas2. the way we work.” 1 LBG is a global network of companies which has developed a well-recognised and robust framework for measuring and benchmarking community investment Rick Willmott 2 Bureau Veritas is a professional services company that provides independent verifi cation and assurance services.

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Our approach Our focus Our target “Improving” or “Transforming” life chances?

Our approach to community investment and We focus our community investment and We have set ourselves the challenging target StudentSchool leaver Young person Unemployed Long-term Young person facing Young person Young from deprived area young person unemployed significant barriers in the youth ex-offender adding Social Value is simple. We want to make Social Value activities mainly in three areas: “The of ‘enhancing the life chances of 10,000 to employment justice system a positive difference to people’s lives. young people by 2020’. Full-time Youth unemployment and inspiring Social Value employment Every community is different, so we work with our young people The target recognises that impact is key Apprenticeship TRANSFORM customers and other stakeholders to identify local We want to help young people develop the skills submission when it comes to Social Value. Giving a work Long-term work needs and priorities, and then develop activities they need to fi nd work, and we aim many of our experience opportunity to a young person is experience made by Mentoring which will have the most impact. interventions at young people who are at risk of good, but it’s the benefi t – the skills to get programme

becoming NEET (not in education, employment Willmott Dixon a job – which is most important. Reading buddy We know that by working with partners – or training) or who have greater barriers to clients, customers, supply chain partners, charities So how do we assess the impact of our Short work overcome. Working with young people requires was the single experience and other organisations – we can achieve more interventions? signifi cant resources and commitment from Mock interview than we can on our own. This spirit of collaboration differentiator our teams, but it can also be very rewarding. Our methodology recognises that: One-to-one is at the heart of the way we do business. Examples of types the activities we do careers advice Our people enjoy providing training, mentoring which secured – Some activities can have a greater Assistance with IMPROVE We are constantly seeking ways to maximise and other support, and frequently say how much CV writing them the project.” impact than others: a classroom session the benefi cial impact, we can have on local they get out of the activities themselves. on employability skills is likely to have communities and on society as a whole. The Hampshire County Council Social exclusion less impact than an extended period of Figure 1 collective learning on Social Value is growing People living in poverty, ex-offenders, those who mentoring, for example. rapidly and we are keen to share our experiences are homeless or those living with a disability are and knowledge with like-minded organisations so just some of the people facing social exclusion. – The impact of interventions may be more that we can all improve and maximise the benefi ts. Progress against our Young People Target These people are often hard to reach and connect “We are signifi cant for people with greater barriers with, but helping these people is a key focus for to overcome. us. There is a signifi cant cross-over with our fi rst Actual individuals whose lives Our target able to So on this basis, if an activity genuinely 13,03,03 00 we’ve made a difference to “Number of life chances area of focus as we work with many young people transforms a young person’s life chances, we’ve enhanced.” from diffi cult backgrounds, but we have also trust 12,000 “The bit that was we count that as one point towards our target. Where we’w vee supported other excluded groups – for example, Willmott Dixon to If we help a young person along the way – 11,0,0000 maddeea a bib g particularly important helping those in custody to steer away from for example with interview skills – we count difdid ferrencnce We 10,0100 00 1 p couo 10,010 0000 TARGER T re-offending through our work with prisons and work with us and oin this as 1/3 of a point. ntt for us was the local t t eac t young offender institutes. 9,00,00000 owao h t 9,00000 other local partners Figure 1 shows the sorts of factors we take ranr spend, and that exceeded rdsds Community transformation 8,000 ouo sfo 8,00000 into account when deciding if an intervention rrt t rm to deliver as much arg We know that thriving local communities can has enhanced or transformed lives. It’s worth as our expectations.” 7,00000 ett 7,00,000 have a huge impact on the lives of the individuals, noting that we don’t count some activities Tom Blount, Boole Technology Centre Social Value as and we want to help them prosper. So we seek towards the target at all. For example, while 6,00,000 6,000 to employ local people and make sure that we possible.” WheW re wew careers fairs are benefi cial for young people 5,005 0 madm eea a smallere 5,000 purchase goods and services from local companies Tom Wilde, Trafford Housing Trust and sometimes even short conversations can difd ference We count eace h Traansfnns ormmedd wherever we can. 4,0000 whichh we calcaa l 4,000 change a young person’s direction, in the main “Im“ prorove” as 1/3 ana ‘immproove’v they are not transformational in themselves. off a point towawardsrd In addition, over the past twelve months we 3,003 0 3,003000 ourur targerg t have carried out hundreds of activities which By the end of 2016 we had ‘improved’ the life 2,000 0 2,002000 aim to support local communities and help them chance of a total of 10,100 young people and Improvved to grow. These range from the modest – such ‘transformed’ the lives of 1,986 young people. 1,00,000 1,000 as litter clearing – to mammoth make-overs Using our methodology, we have achieved involving hundreds of work hours from both 5,353 towards our target although we have ourselves and our supply chain partners. made a difference to the lives of 12,086 Figure 2 Whatever the size of the undertaking our young people – see Figure 2. approach is to work with the right local people so that the work can deliver the maximum result. 12,086 The stories in this Review illustrate just some Made a difference to the lives of the many ways in which we are focussing our of 12,086 young people Social Value work in these key areas.

8 WILLMOTT DIXON FOUNDATION ANNUAL REVIEW 2017 WILLMOTT DIXON FOUNDATION ANNUAL REVIEW 2017 9 Our progress Our challenge for The strength of our Social Value work is that we Management Trainees constantly evaluate, learn and improve what we do. Each year, nominated Management Trainees from each part of the “...this project will Social Value Account business are challenged to identify, plan and carry out a community help to support the In 2016 we introduced what we call our Social Value project in their area. Competition is fi erce and not only do the trainees Account – a tool which helps us to calculate the gain valuable skills and an understanding of how adding Social Value care of babies and value of our initiatives. It uses proxy fi nancial data is central to our culture and to the success of our business: The impact young children with provided by an independent external expert¹ in the that their events have on the benefi ciary organisation is huge. fi eld, to provide us with an idea of the value of our Kristian Kerr from Construction Manchester won the challenge in 2016. life-limiting conditions interventions to society. Some of our projects have His challenge helped children’s hospice, Zoë’s Place, which provides for many years to come.” used this to demonstrate that equivalent fi nancial respite and end-of-life care to babies and infants suffering from life- value they added through community activities to limiting or life-threatening conditions. With his team of colleagues Mark Guidery, Chief Executive of Zoë’s Place Baby Hospice the local area was 7-8% of the contractual value – and supply chain partners, including architects, structural engineers and that is before you count the amount of money and scaffolders, Kristian built a new summer house for the hospice, we spend in the local area on goods and services. demolished a boundary wall and refurbished the surrounding nature While we are clear that fi nancial fi gures are garden area. This has not only provided a lovely place for the children not representative of the actual value of our and families to spend precious time, but will also enable fruit and veg to interventions (for example, how do you truly value be grown by local volunteers which can be sold providing a future source the benefi t of helping a long-term unemployed of badly needed income. In addition, the project gave work experience person fi nd a job – and the impact on their family to 17 young people, and also to a man recovering from a serious illness, enabling them all to gain valuable skills on the road to employment. and friends?), our Social Value Account is a valuable Alison Symmers, Head of Willmott Dixon Foundation, explaining the business benefi ts of community tool which helps us work with our customers to investment at the launch of the Social Value Maturity Index at Portcullis House decide on the right kinds and levels of activities for them and their communities. Learning from Best Practice 74% 2016 Trainee Challenge winner, Kristian Kerr Our participation in the Government backed “It is clear to me that of our people took part in Social Value Task Group gave us the opportunity community investment to participate in the development of and review CSR is embedded activities our own approach against the Social Value Maturity in the culture of the Index. As a result we are seeking to work more 53% “It is something that closely with our supply chain partners and also organisation.” Over 53% of the way to our to integrate stakeholder feedback better into our 2020 Young People Target as a charity, we would review processes. Peter Hopkins, Gatwick Diamond 12,000 never have been We were the only private sector company to present We’ve made a difference to able to afford without at the launch of the index at Portcullis House. Being the life chances of over 12,000 part of the Task Group going forward gives us the young people impacting on the vital opportunity to be part of those leading the way. “We applaud you for work of the Hospice.” New programmes your empathy towards We constantly look to take part in and support new Mike Mohan, Zoë’s Place Baby Hospice programmes which will add Social Value. In 2016 causes that reach out we have supported the Design Engineer Construct Also taking up the challenge in 2016 were qualifi cations in three schools across the country. to the most socially Aaron Jenkins (Construction Wales and the West), In addition we are working with HM Prison and excluded in society.” Adam Dickinson (Fortem), Andrew Sizer (Partnership Probation Service to develop an Apprenticeship Homes Midlands and the North), Andrew Stevenson Pathway programme. Ethel Samkange, Betel UK (Partnership Homes London and the South), Chris Dale (Construction Hitchin), Chris Lloyd-Evans (Partnership Homes London and the South), David Bennett (Construction Birmingham), Eliott Walker (Be), Jack Gunning (Interiors), Jonathan Skinkis (Construction Manchester North East), Matthew Roe (Construction Manchester – Yorkshire) and Sarah Mills (Construction Cobham). Look out for their stories on the following pages.

¹ Social Value Portal – www.socialvalueportal.com

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Work experience 6,000 placements were Nearly 6,000 hours provided for students of our people’s time on construction courses at Leicester College. 81% The four students 81% of benefi ciaries said our who completed the activities had a high impact placements are now full-time members 182% of staff. One of the Beat our Young People Target by 182% students, Kane, has Our Construction Birmingham team worked since been promoted 200 with Leicestershire Care’s WIRE Project to offer to Assistant Building Provided nearly 200 work ex-offenders work experience placements to help Manager. experience opportunities them to get back into work. As a result of hard work on his placement, James secured a full-time 12 job with Willmott Dixon. fundraising events 3,000 Attended 14 school and careers events and talked to over 3,000 young people

“Helped The team from our site in Milton Keynes took part in Career Workout sessions across 8 schools, helping us to young people consider their future careers. improve our As part of the Derby Skill Build, 100 hours of work services.” experience were given to two unemployed young people on our site in Derby. Highbury Orchard Community The following 40,800 pages show some hours of our people’s time on community of the stories and investment activities “It is so important key facts from the for young people to businesses of the 43 Supported 43 apprentices on shared programmes gain real experience Willmott Dixon in potential careers.” company Diane Brocklehurst of Derby Skillbuild In just one week, a team of volunteers and supply Over £12,000 chain partners supported trainee David Bennett in his raised through fundraising efforts of our people challenge to totally transform the Highbury Orchard Community woodland area. The new footbridge, offi ce and storage compound the team installed, 73% together with other work they completed now means of benefi ciaries said that our community activities that the community woodland can provide more activities in a secure environment for children and had a positive impact adults recovering from mental health issues. £1.5m value of investment by our Construction, Homes and Interiors businesses

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57 50% Transformed the life chances Over 50% of the way to our “Willmott Dixon’s of 57 young people “My favourite part of 2020 Young People Target volunteering at work experience was 87% £32,000 Chestnut Tree House of the benefi ciaries said the impact visiting the sites and Value donated by our is invaluable and really of the activity was high having hands on experience.” supply chain partners does make a big difference.” £18,500 Chloe Willicombe, Work Experience student 51 Raised £18,500 for good causes mock interviews Vicky Norman, Chestnut Tree House Hospice A team from Cobham donated their time to care through fundraising for the grounds at Chestnut Tree House Children’s Our Community Manager, Stephanie Hensman, has 13 Hospice. Hitchin sponsored 1,000 been supporting the Yes Partnership Motivation and the award for the people mentored Over 1,000 people visited our sites World of Work Conferences since 2015. She started North Hertfordshire as a table facilitator and has now been asked to join Area Young Enterprise 23 7 the committee to help develop conference content Company Competition Training opportunities given community make-overs and impact metrics. and presented the award to 23 local people to a team from Lonsdale Won Special Needs School Unique Scape’s in Stevenage. We created a unique outdoor maths Community classroom for Icknield High School Impact and which was Liam Tracy’s trainee Legacy challenge Award for London and The ‘Ready For The Gate’ programme run by Cobham South East Working with the charity, Lives Not Knives, Cobham’s offers young offenders the opportunity to gain their Aspiration Sarah Mills led a team for her Trainee Challenge CSCS cards, while they’re still serving their sentence. 5.0 by creating and delivering a new Construction At the end of the programme, at HMP Elmley in 4.0 Traineeship scheme, including the provision of over 3.0 Sheerness, 12 of the participants secured jobs with Motivation Control of life 100 hours of work experience for young people. 2.0 our local supply chain partners. 1.0 The programme was designed to help those who “I have 0.0 need the most support – including care leavers, learnt that Our Hitchin offi ce team has raised a total of £305.64 refugees and those previously on the wrong side from monthly offi ce dress-down days. Here the team collaboration have been dressed by the kids for Oxfam. of the criminal justice system. Employment CV / The scheme has been published on the Considerate is key to working & training Interview skills Constructors Best Practice Hub. together.” Education Before After Student from King’s Oak Primary School after completing SATRO “Willmott Dixon is, Business game workshop truly, a company that is A student with autism joined our Hitchin team for a one week work experience placement and was genuinely interested in asked to rate the impact. The most surprising result was that afterwards he felt much more in control its position as an integral of his life. Over 100 of Cobham’s people completed the ‘Lake part of the community.” District Legacy’ challenge, raising £103,500 for Norma Green, Chair of Yes Partnership Chestnut Tree House – enough to pay for over two After completing weeks of care at the hospice. four months’ work experience on a Hitchin After meeting people from Willmott Dixon at a site through the Knights school careers evening, Luke joined the company Templar Progression as a Technical Apprentice and is now training to Programme, Harry be a Site Manager. Pearce joined us as a Technician Apprentice.

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3 After speaking to our £264k separate Trainee Challenge events Wales and the West Value of our community investment “We are not just a team at the CITB’s Winner contractor who builds campaign in a box event, £23k Trainee Challenge winner – Aaron has secured Value of gifts-in-kind provided Kristian Kerr and disappears.” employment as a by our supply chain partners labourer with one of our 140% Richard David, Operations Manager, Construction supply chain partners. 87 Beat our Young People Target by 140% He is now planning work experience to apply for Willmott opportunities provided The STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, £376k Dixon’s Management Mathematics) Careers day at Doncaster Primary “The Willmott Dixon Enterprise Day” gave 205 Year Value of community investment by Trainee scheme in 2017. 21 school gave pupils, as young as 5 years old, the eights, at Altrincham Grammar School for Girls, the our supply chain partners people on shared chance to take part in interactive activities run opportunity to produce a mock tender for a new apprenticeship schemes by the team. school and try out being Estimators and Design 46 Managers for the day. work experience opportunities Through a partnership 1,200 with Job Centre Plus and Over 1200 people visited our sites Apprentices local training providers, Three directly employed apprentices our sites gave full-time Challenge plus eight on a shared apprenticeship employment to 10 Runner-up in the Foundation “I would like to thank scheme long-term unemployed Trainee Challenge Wales and the West sponsored the Porthcawl people, including Willmott Dixon for Primary Power team in the National Formula 1 Kayleigh Jones who is Challenge. The whizz-kids designed a car which sped now employed as a Site providing such a to victory in the Jaguar Primary School Challenge, Welfare Operative. valuable asset that will topping the South Wales podium. The successful event proved to be a great learning opportunity. benefi t all local people.” Aaron Jenkins led a team Karen Swindells, Locality Youth Manager, of colleagues, for his Bennett Street Youth and Community Centre Trainee Challenge to “Our completely make over two Emmaus shelters companions The Commercial team headed to the Derwent Valley for the homeless, in will benefi t National Park to provide the much needed workforce Bridgend and Bristol. to remove and replace a fence that had fallen into Alongside laying car from your follow disrepair. parks, building sheds, up work in decorating, landscaping Our Wales and the West team defeated the – and much more – supporting them the team supported Ashley Leigh, aged 19, Commando Challenge raising £1,700 for Devon the charity’s ethos by with training and from Little Lever was Air Ambulance and Royal Marines Charity. also providing work successful in getting opportunities to experience for four of a Willmott Dixon the charity’s previously develop their Electrical Installation 10 pupils from Four Oaks Primary school have homeless companions, Apprenticeship through skills and fi nd planted dahlias as part of the restoration work that giving them valuable Bolton College. our Manchester team has done for Stanley Park. skills towards their employment.” search for employment. Audrey Barnett, Community Manager at Emmaus Cardiff

“I think I have been set up for life really.” Ashley Leigh, Electrical Installation Apprentice

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81% As part of the 2 of benefi ciaries said our activities Chadwell St Mary separate Trainee Challenge events “I honestly thought had a high impact Centre’s community that engineering was all development 11 £317k programme, our London community make-overs completed about cars and planes. Value of our community investment and the South team, together with supply 200 It’s been really interesting to see 85% chain partner, St Lewis Over 200 mock interviews completed how important engineers are.” of the way towards our 2020 Design, spent a day Young People Target clearing weeds and Yasmin, aged 12 after completing a Women in Engineering day 250 undergrowth from Site visits for almost 250 people The kitchen and cellar renovation completed by our 200 the Centre’s garden. For his Trainee Challenge, Chris Lloyd-Evans led a Midlands and the North team allowed the St John’s Over 200 work experience fi ve day Building Lives programme offering eight Considerate Some of our Midlands opportunities provided charity to link up with the charity FareShare to young people the opportunity to learn a range Constructors provide unsold food from supermarkets to those and the North people of employability skills to help them start in the who need it. spent the day building Site visits construction industry. All now hold CSCS cards, Scheme Award bird boxes with the for over 200 people two are in full time employment and four have The Music Box project we won the pupils from Seymour enrolled in college to pursue a construction career. CCS Bronze Award Primary School, using Two ex-offenders materials donated by completed work the team. The bird experience placements boxes were put up in at our Oswestry site as the school grounds “This was part of the “Inspiration to be used for a Agenda” Government project looking into the best initiative. After nesting habits of birds, completing their work choice of doubling the learning experience placements opportunity. my life.” both ex-offenders were offered full time The team from Aberfeldy raised £550 for Cancer Chace Cowlin, completed a shared employment with our Research UK by completing a sponsored climb over Apprenticeship and has now been accepted onto the Management supply chain. London’s O2 arena. Trainee Programme Raw materials and our people’s time helped Tilbury Pioneer Academy build their ECO greenhouse. Our Royal Holloway site The greenhouse is made from 1,500 2ltr drink team attended St Judes bottles collected by the school over the last year! “Working with Primary school, Egham, “Support to give a whole school Willmott Dixon has assembly on the dangers and been a delight.” of children going onto building sites. commitment Neil Hamilton, Stoke College really does make Our Midlands and the North team donated and installed a shed to the Maesbury Metals Workshop a big difference.” for adults with learning diffi culties, helping them Allan Hopkins, Community Links to gain employability skills. Manager, The Warwick School

For his Trainee Challenge, Andrew Sizer A thank you from St Judes led a team of 25 colleagues and seven supply chain partners to restore the gardens at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, which particularly caters for military personnel and their families. The area will now be enjoyed by the patients and their families for years to come.

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179% 1,200 Transformed the life chances of 80 hours staff time “It really inspired young people – beating our target by the young people to 179% £3,800 Raised through staff fundraising consider construction £66k Value of investment by our supply 81 as a viable career path.” chain partners The in-house sustainability team ran a series of people mentored Jodie McNally, Street League recruitment skills days for young people in Oakhill 15 Young Offender Institute. As a result, one of the 300 fundraising events young people gained a place on a college course Over 300 mock interviews completed With help from the children of St John’s C of E after release and another gained a work experience Primary School and Nick Webber, a local artist, our 8 placement. Group Chief Executive Rick Willmott and a team of site team created a vibrant spray paint mural to help community make-overs our Managing Directors completed the Cyclotour du to teach the students about construction. Since the Léman – a 180km ride around Lake Geneva in a day, project, Nick has been accepted onto a PGCE teacher 94% raising £22,575 for the Sir Simon Milton Foundation “Students training course. of our team members haven taken and Cystic Fibrosis Trust. part in activities supporting the local were so community “Amazing! The young people have learnt a engaged in lot of interesting and the task we couldn’t prise them off. 13 unemployed young people were given the “Made me valuable information.” opportunity to complete a three week training Kate Hobbs, Education Welfare Offi cer Brilliant activity!” programme to help boost their employability skills believe in at Oakhill Young Offender Institute Dr James Finn, as part of Jack Gunning’s Trainee Challenge. He also myself!” teacher at Nobel School led a team to refurbish the Construction Youth Trust training centre so they can help more young people Young offender, 18 in the future. At careers fairs our team offer hands on carpentry After completing the programme one of the and brickwork activities, for both children and participants was offered a full-time position parents, helping them to learn more about DIY as a Site Operative. as well as the construction industry. The Group HR team took part in the ELSA Enterprise and Employability Programme, “Get Work Ready” at fi ve schools. The team conducted mock interviews and ran team activities to help the students identify the best answer to an interview question. The IT team collaborated with the Letchworth Job Centre to offer a bespoke three week career development and work experience programme. All the candidates have since found employment. “Presenting some of the sessions has helped 31 unemployed young people, identifi ed by charity Street League, were supported by our Interiors team Interiors’ amazing band, made up of people from me overcome some of through a three day residential employability skills our Interiors team, raised £795 by performing at the my own public speaking fears.” training course. Construction Rocks show. The money raised went to the Amber Foundation. Rob Elson, Willmott Dixon IT Helpdesk After completing the course, eighteen year old Roland Hidaji secured a full time position working with one of our supply chain partners.

“I can’t believe Over £700 was raised by the Finance team from we’ve done it.” dress-down day donations and given to a variety Jack Dyer, Participant on Changing Lives programme of different charities.

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“I love my job! I’m proud to be a mentor.” John Compton, mentor to plumbing apprentices

Our team in Rotherham raised enough money to As his Trainee Challenge, Adam Dickinson led a send three local young people on the Wide Horizons team to refurbish the caretaker’s house at Abbey Adventure Break. Three Fortem team members School, including installing a new kitchen, bathroom accompanied the young people on the trip to offer and decorating throughout. The house is designed help and support. to help young people and their families learn the skills required for independent living and Adam’s idea of using QR codes on the walls gave a new and innovative way to deliver instructions for using simple household items such as washing machines.

The refurbished caretaker’s house now has an unexpected use as Social Services’ ‘crash pad’ to safeguard children overnight before they can be taken to a care home or foster home. Often the alternative to staying at the ‘crash pad’ would be spending the night in a prison cell. At Newman Special School Fortem staff ran “have a go” workshops, allowing students to try their hand at The following 50 tiling and joinery. pages show some From the event one young person gained work 50 charity events experience within the Fortem admin team. of the stories and “The #PersonalLivingHouse key facts from 6 will inspire our young people Our Management the three regions allotments transformed Trainees held a to have the highest ambitions of the Fortem Christmas tea party about their futures.” 162 in partnership with business Together Housing. Luci Windle, Head Teacher, Abbey School people mentored Evelyn, 101 years young, had her fi rst ‘selfi e’ at 66 the event. directly employed apprentices £9,500 Over £9,500 raised through fundraising by our people Becky secured a full time administration job with our supply chain, after completing work experience 12,300 through the Fortem Opening Doors work experience programme. Over 12,300 hours of our people’s time

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“Thank “You you for inspired taking the us all!” stress out of my life.” Marion Truscott, Department for Work and Pensions Householder for whom we arranged benefi ts advice, Ceredigion Students at Kings Norton Boys’ School took part in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Our Birmingham team have continued their support As part of the allotment project our Paragon Mathematics) event run by ambassadors for Sifa Fireside each month, cooking breakfast for team helped Walton Charity to clear and prepare from our Midlands team. homeless people in the local area. a new allotment area ready to be used by the Our Oxford team raised over £1,700 for Cash for Kids local residents. and collected donations for children who would not receive anything at Christmas. “The residents of Birmingham both young and old have gained valuable experience through the opportunities of the work experience offered.” Joan Goodwin, Chair of City, Housing Liaison Board Our team in the Midlands ran a two day specialist Our maintenance team took part in an Action programme at the Fortem 4Life Academy, for Maintenance day, completing repairs on over children who struggle with mainstream school 40 communal areas in one day. education. The programme included trade skills such as fi xing a plug and tile cutting.

Our team donated Our team supported Brooklands College with their chocolates they had joinery course, including judging their competition. collected to the local children’s hospital at Christmas, which helped them to have a more festive time. The Fortem 4Life Training Academy in Aston runs “Working for Fortem trade taster sessions, employability workshops, construction awareness open days, Women into has given me a new Construction events and basic DIY sessions. lease of life.” Our apprentices spent the day painting the fence at Gary Fowkes, studying NVQ level 3 Acorns Children’s Hospice to brighten up the garden. in plumbing and gas £547 We raised £547 for Herts Young Homeless which provided 22 people with a bed for the night

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We helped our 1,400 summer apprentice Over 1,400 hours of our people’s time secure full-time 420 We planted 420 trees to create employment with a biodiversity zone the NHS. 83% of benefi ciaries said that the community activities had a positive impact

Be sponsored City of Westminster Active £8,000 Westminster Awards. The awards celebrate the Over £8,000 fundraised contribution of individuals and clubs who make a difference through sport and physical activity in Westminster. “It told me a lot about

As his Trainee Challenge, Eliott Walker led a team who I am as which planted 420 trees to start Cheshunt School’s a person.” new biodiversity zone. Abdul Bassit, participant on Talent Match event

As a developer Be takes a holistic approach Staff from Be ran a second Talent Match event aimed to Social Value. Their philosophy is that at 18-24 year olds, who had been out of employment or training for at least a year and faced signifi cant building great places to live creates well barriers to employment. At the end of the event, two attendees were offered work experience with Be’s designed and inclusive communities that offi ce and site teams. will add Social Value in the long-term. Developments form the foundation for new communities to develop and existing By implementing a small parking fee to visitors, our “It simply couldn’t ones to grow. site in Sevenoaks raised £3,600 for the homelessness charity, Porchlight. have happened As well as working to ensure that the without your support.” companies who build the developments Councillor Steve Summers, Cabinet member match our approach, the small Be team for Sports and Leisure, Westminster Council also take part in hands-on community investment activities such as those on the next page.

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We couldn’t achieve what we Deconstruct UK Ltd Jewsons Sage Roofi ng In addition to our work in local Highbury Orchard Community do without the support of our Deep Contractors Ltd John Peck Construction Ltd SD Carpentry communities, over the course Woodland supply chain partners whose of the year our community and Deepdale Solutions K&F Electrical Ltd Sharpline Inspire contribution of time, money fundraising activities have been Keep Bristol Warm and goodwill is invaluable. Derry Building Services Kane Group Shine Food Machinery Ltd able to help the following: Mentioned below are just some DES Electrical Contractors UK Ltd Korbuild Ltd SJD Electrical Latch of those who played a part. Domestic Sprinklers L&D Carpentry Ltd Southern Industrial Roofi ng Ltd London Youth We would like to thank them all. 2 Wish Upon a Star MacIntyre Charity Dulux Lawmens Ltd Sparrow Plumbing & Heating Services Acorns Hospice Macmillan Cancer Support DWJ Harkin Leay Ltd Specialized Fabrications Ltd Action for Children Multiple Sclerosis 777 Demolition & Haulage Co. Ltd E Brit Lee Brothers Speedy Hire Action Medical Research Noah A.T. Jones & Son Ltd East Midlands Demolition Levene Brickwork Ltd Squibb Group Age UK Nottinghamshire Hospice ACL Brickwork Elliott UK Lewis Facilities Ltd St Lewis Design Ltd Alex White Memorial Fund NSPCC Acorn MPS EML Installation Ltd LJJ Ltd Stats Utility Connections Ltd Alzheimer’s Society Oxfam Aggregate Industries England Carpentry M J Robinson Structures Ltd T&G Carpentry Amber Foundation Penny Brohn UK Alandale Group Everest Miles Decorating M Logan & Sons Togher Construction Ltd Autism West Midlands Prince’s Trust Altro Flooring Contractors Madigan Gill Ltd The Sussex Sign Company Barnardo’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital Amber Scaffolding Ltd Express Drylining Ltd Maybourne & Russell Ltd Travis Perkins Birmingham Children’s Hospital Birmingham Charity Attleys Roofi ng Ltd Falcon Green McDermott View Civils Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice Red Nose Day / Comic Relief Athena Civil Engineering Falcon Tower Crane Services Ltd McGinley Group Warwick Group Ltd Bobby Moore Foundation Ronald McDonald House Charities AVV Farncombe Smith 1990 Ltd MK City Plumbing & Heating Ltd Winters Electrical Bowel and Cancer Research Rotherham Hospice Bailey Fabrications Ltd Fast Track MMK Civil Engineers Ltd WysePower Ltd Brain Tumour Awareness S2 Foodbank Bailey Streetscene Ltd Foundation Developments Ltd Morris Vermaport Lifts Branch Out Foundation in Canada Save the Children Barnsley Brickwork Four Bay Structures Ltd MSK Branch Out Neurological Sea Cadets Franklin Hire Ltd New Tredegar Skip Hire The Bennie Group Foundation Sheffi eld Children’s Hospital Bathgate Flooring Fraser Brickwork Ltd NRA Roofi ng & Flooring Services Ltd Breast Cancer Now Shelter Beard Construction FST Services Ltd OAK Drylining Ltd Breast Cancer UK Sifa Fireside Beresford Flooring G P Masonry Contractors Oakfi eld British Heart Foundation Sports Relief Blok n Mesh Gallagher Group O’Keefe Construction Ltd Cancer Research UK St Basil’s BMS Gerfl or Parker Plant Ltd Centrepoint St David’s Hospice Care Bonwyke Gibbs Surfacing Ltd PAW Structures Chestnut Tree House Hospice St John Centre Bracknell Roofi ng Glamorgan White Lining St Mary’s Hospice Phaze Electrical Children in Need Brewers Globe Scaffolding Street League Plaza Builders Ltd CHIP and Transition Dorking Briggs and Forrester Green Square Teenage Cancer Trust Powerday Construction Youth Trust Broadsword Group Greenfi eld Joinery The British Heart Foundation Prestige Plastering & Crisis Broken Colour Decorators Ltd Grid Point Renovations Ltd Cystic Fibrosis The Kensington Chelsea Foundation Broxap GRS Roadstone Ltd Price Fencing & Landscaping Ltd Dekamile Tiny Tickers Buildbase Harlequin Offi ce Furniture Protec Dementia Awareness Society Tower Hamlets EPB C&L Timberkits Ltd Harrison & Rowe Plasterers R&M Developments Ltd Dementia UK Trafford Hall C.H. Carpentry Heritage Brickwork Ltd R&M Williams Ear Foundation Wallace and Gromit’s Grand C.Kew Installations Ltd Hever Ltd RB Electrical Emmaus Appeal Cartwright Communications Horizon Tilers Rixonway Kitchens EPIC CIC Welsh Dragons Burns Club Central Essex Interiors Ltd HTA Architects RLC FareShare Wide Horizons Charnwood Fencing Ian Williams Carpentry Ltd RnB Flooring Festival of Excitement Willen Hospice City and Kent Cleaners Interfi x Services Ltd Roofl ine Group Ltd Fisher House UK Wood Green Animal Shelter CMB Engineering ITC Cabling Rose Building Services Ltd Frost and Snow Zoë’s Place CMC Flooring JG Bricklaying Roseville Projects Ltd Genes for Jeans D M & C Ash Ltd Jarvis Contracting Roylands Contractors Ltd Great Ormond Street Dale Studios JBW Commercial Services S B Electrical Ltd Herts Young Homeless

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