During the last year we have continued to support community projects, taken part in fundraising activities and maintained our commitment to the workforce of tomorrow by providing apprenticeship opportunities and workplace experience. We have also made a number of donations over to charities and other good causes and supported campaigns aimed at raising awareness about mental health issues.
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2024 has seen us take part in the Dragon Boat Race for Severn Hospice, the National Three Peaks Challenge for the Lighthouse Charity and host a Christmas Jumper Day for Save the Children. We also made donations or provided sponsorship to:
● Berriew Show
● Treorchy Male Choir
● Welshpool 1940’s weekend
● Welshpool Football Club
● Armed Forces Day in Dudley
● Circus Starr
● Corporate Young Carers Team, Sandwell
As a company, we have also taken part in two campaigns focussing on mental health, World Mental Health Day and the Toilet Door Poster Campaign. Mental health and positive wellbeing are things we take extremely seriously at SWG and to that end, we have a number of newly trained Mental Health First Aiders.
Our work in the community this year has included hosting a coffee morning in aid of Healthy Care Living, we made a £500 donation to Ysgo Bro Hyddgen towards external shelter repairs, took part in a bulb planting scheme with residents in Machynlleth and redecorated St Mary’s Community Centre in Wednesbury by donating material and labour.
A learning curve
As a major employer, we also recognise our obligation to support young talent onto the career ladder and we are happy to report that three young people completed their apprenticeships with the company this year.
Dan Dyke and Michael Peters finished their QS Degree apprenticeships while Chloe Evans completed her Level 4 AAT. We took on four new apprentices: Ben Hamon and Josh Yates as QS degree apprentices, Iwan Davies as a construction degree apprentice and Alisha Evans as a Level 2 AAT.
We also provided work experience or education support opportunities for eight people during 2024 and continued our support of the SWG Academy at Llanfyllin High School, as well as attending career fairs in Oswestry, Newtown, Bishop’s Castle and Hadley, and we provided a guest speaker at this year’s Women in Construction event.
