Social Value
One of our teams called into Bedford Foodbank earlier this week to drop off the last Breheny food delivery before Christmas. The team dropped off nappies, food and some treats to help the Charity to distribute to people in Bedford who need some extra help over the Christmas period, the delivery was organised by our team who have been delivering…
For the last 3 years Breheny have been working in collaboration with It Takes a City (Cambridge) to transform an old community space known as Joys Garden into new accommodation for the homeless in Cambridge. An Open Day took place on 29th November so residents and the media could view the new homes, and the first resident is due to…
As part of Breheny’s commitment to community engagement our Hatchfield Farm project in Newmarket, our site team recently delivered much needed new sensory play equipment to Little Buds Nursery School. The sensory cube will help to provide the children with a safe space to access their sensory needs and was specifically asked for by the Nursery. This donation follows on…
Kevin Sturgeon from our Rushbrooke Lane project in Bury St Edmunds visited Abbeycroft Leisure in the town to donate towards the Reducing Isolation with Food initiative for Christmas. The initiative cooks and delivers over 250 Christmas dinners to local people, giving them a delicious Christmas meal and maintaining a connection for isolated members of the community. Kevin is pictured handing…
Our Chris Wosman visited Newark Foodbank at their Balderton warehouse; to see the good work they are doing for the local community. He presented a cheque for £1000 on behalf of Breheny Civil Engineering and the Newark Southern Relief Road Project to support their work over the festive period. If you want to donate to the Newark Foodbank please follow this…
With Christmas approaching, we’re proud to support Chelmsford Food Bank and to give back to the community we’re working in. Simon Lomax organised this for Beaulieu Community Centre. Dennis from the Chelmsford Food Bank was happy to receive our donations from two of our colleagues, Ashley Grime and Josh Buckles. Every donation helps make this season brighter for local families…
Congratulations to Gareth Williams on his well-deserved promotion to General Foreman. Gareth is currently working on our challenging project in Battle, East Sussex and looking forward to its successful completion in the new year. Gareth has worked with Breheny for close to 10 years and in that time has always shown great commitment and a hard-working approach, I’m sure he’ll continue…
Yesterday our Andy Newell and Leon Simpson-O’Regan attended the Rotherham Local Employment Advisory Forum (LEAF) careers event. We have been supporting this event since 2018 encouraging young people to consider a career in civil engineering and construction in support of the YORCivils3 Framework. We spoke to many students about construction and their routes to a career in the industry.
In response to the recent explosion tragedy in Bedford our Junior Foreman, Derek Sullivan went to see the volunteers looking after some of the people who have been moved from their homes to ask if there was anything that he or Breheny Civil Engineering could do, as he was working on a site close to St Mark’s Church for Bedford…
Guy Spurling, Tom Young and Haydn Backhouse are participating in Movember this year. Our Motivation: In the construction industry, health and safety is paramount. We always talk about how important it is that everyone gets home safe at the end of each workday, a sentiment reinforced by Breheny’s behavioural safety initiative “Think Safe, Work Safe, Home Safe”. We are hopeful…
Stress Awareness Day takes place on the first Wednesday of November every year. The theme for Stress Awareness Day this year is Little By Little, as set by the Stress Management Society. This theme aims to highlight the importance of how making even the smallest of changes towards self care and stress reduction can have a huge impact on improving…
Yesterday Simon, Kumar, Lauren and Owen attended the Suffolk Future Skills Fair at Suffolk New College. Lauren and Owen shared insights into the exciting world of civil engineering and their experiences as young professionals at Breheny. Lauren discussed the value of apprenticeships and the variety of career paths in the industry, while Owen shared his own experience completing a Degree Apprenticeship…