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Impact April May 2022 This month is a bumper edition covering April and May as we are celebrating your achievements in 2021 22 We are also highlighting a number of activities that we need you to get involved in for 2022 So remember to get in touch with me by email cath howard bepdt com or ring me on 07881383488 Fundraising and community activity within BEP David s Cycle to Paris Walton Centre to Warrington Walk Rob Anderson BEPDT Human Factors wrote We have chosen the Walton Centre charity to say a massive thank you to its amazing nurses Neurologists and Neurosurgeons for everything they have done for me over the last 2 decades which culminated in brain surgery and the chance of a future without epilepsy As we approach the 1st anniversary of my surgery my wife and I wanted to raise much needed funds for this world leading facility to show our appreciation for all their help We are therefore going to walk the 20 mile journey from the WalGeorgina s Race for Life 22 Georgina Stott ton Centre back to our home in Warrington on Apprentice Quantity Surveyor said Cancer has been a massive part of my life since I can remember my Dad the 31st of May 2022 Rob and his wife hope got diagnosed when I was 12 and for 6 years of his life to raise money that will benefit the Walton fought 3 different types I had to watch him go through Centre and help them to continue to support gruelling treatments and be very ill for a long time until people with epilepsy and other neurological conditions To support Rob please visit https he unfortunately lost his battle when I was 18 More www thewaltoncentrecharity org fundraisers recently my Mam has been diagnosed with cancer walton centre to warrington walk too and is currently undergoing treatment which has took a massive toll on her body To not only watch one but two parents go through the devastating effects of cancer isn t the easiest thing with there being nothing you can do Cancer effects so many lives and without research things could be drastically different so this is why I m doing the 10K race for life Please donate what you can https fundraise cancerresearchuk org page georginas race for life 95920908 In June David Baldwin will be cycling with a small group from London to Paris in aid of Alder Hey Children s Hospital David said Almost everyone in and around Liverpool has been helped at some point but the incredible work that the team at Alder Hey does Personally they have helped my family massively and will continue to serve the children Liverpool for generations to come To support David visit https www justgiving com fundraising davebaldwin85 Your monthly BEP social impact news

Impact Fundraising and community activity within BEP continued Stockton Never give up hope because your miracle could be right around the Corner Stay Positive Steve Corner has worked with us for over 10 years a hard working father of 4 grandad of 4 kind considerate and one of those people that you love to catch up with whilst making a brew in the office as they always have a smile on their face However underneath the smile Steve lives with Haemochromatosis and as it was not found until it was more advanced it has resulted in him becoming diabetic suffering from arthritis needing a hip replacement and in the last year being diagnosed with liver cancer The Covid pandemic of the last two years have been hard for everyone but for Steve to receive a cancer diagnosis and end up in hospital from contracting covid on top of all the other issues he has to deal with whilst being isolated and not having the normal support network around him has been especially hard When one of your friends or loved ones is going through a difficult time you want to be there you want to do something to support them and help but due to isolation and treatment there wasn t a lot we could do But we had to do something so over the weekend of the 23rd April 2022 we travelled 85miles 137km to finish at Teesmouth to raise money for Steve and his family Starting at Cross Fell on Saturday morning we pushed our bikes up the hill in 45 55mph head winds and pretty challenging conditions before heading down the other side and along the Pennine Way into Garrigill We then carried on biking through Barnard Castle before spending the night in Middleton One Row Daz did amazingly completing the final part of the bike challenge on his own Sunday morning saw the start of the kayaking heading on to the River Tees at Middleton One Row and paddling for 6 5hrs for 17 5miles to the Tees Barrage We were pretty cold wet and hungry by that point and Rachael picked up the mantle for the girls finishing on the bikes with Daz at South Gare on Sunday evening Steve and his wife Paula met us on Sunday and have been incredibly honoured and humbled by the support and care that has been shown to them through messages and by people donating Steve is staying positive and doing well but with the liver transplant starting to reject two weeks ago they still have a long journey ahead and is a life long condition This is just a message to say a huge THANK YOU to all that have donated the response has been amazing and really shown our Culture of Care Darren Jayne and Alison Your monthly BEP social impact news

Impact Social Impact supported by BEPDT So what a fantastic achievement in 2021 22 further details will be coming out about what BEP has done for social impact this last year but just a flavour of it is given below A huge thank you to everyone who has taken part by volunteering fundraising through activities nominating charities and generally just being amazing people 190 hours of qualified engagement with young people was given by 26 volunteers This was worth 16 258 31 hours were given to support mental health initiatives such as the Black Dog walks which along with the 2 000 given by BEP to support the Mental Wellbeing Conference is worth 2 775 This doesn t include all the hours given by our amazing mental health first aiders which are often in addition to their day job Donations from BEP to charities and not for profits amounted to a whopping 53 055 our biggest amount awarded ever This included 3 293 Match funding 44 262 Community Pot spend and 5 500 Safety Draw funding further matched by Sellafield for Since we started recording this info on BEP we have spent 130 116 with 28 827 Match funding 74 289 Community Pot Spend and 27 000 Safety draw funding again matched by Sellafield Kathy Mullin Document Controller and colleague Nicola Summers attended the Liverpool skills show Kathy said The amount of employers in the area and stalls all categorised into industries was amazing What was noticeable was the amount of business and organisations that were from outside the Liverpool area but in our industry Alstom Power EON etc under the STEAM banner The energy sector was under represented though and I do feel that we should consider for next year presenting a stall with freebies and possibly something that will draw people in Rachel Sim QA QC Admin told me about hosting a Donation Drop In for Ukraine It was a really successful day and heart warming to see so much community come together We gained so many donations from hats and scarfs to tins of food to sanitary products baby toiletries and so much more We held the morning in Seascale Methodist Church and then myself and a few other volunteers transported them to the Forth Engineering Unit at Leconfield Cleator Moor as Forth have kindly loaned it to Polish people who are using it as a distribution centre These people as well as doing full time jobs are working round the clock to sort out donations and driving them to Poland themselves getting supplies to the refugee camps and the front line As you know women and children are the main people to flee Ukraine and what started off as 350 000 people there are now over 2 million so as you can imagine they need all the help A lot of these children are also orphans as the parents have been killed in the war Washington House our Warrington office now has its own foodbank donation trolley Please can you try to support the Warrington foodbank by dropping in dried goods tins etc that are much needed by our most vulnerable community members your monthly BEP social impact news

Impact Social Impact supported by BEPDT contimnued Dream BIG event West Cumbria Victoria Junior School invited us in to deliver a Career day with their Y6 classes One pupil Alisha said I liked learning about different jobs and its given me some ideas about what I want to do in the future The children were joined by Nicola Gorrill ATC Taylor Neyliss Erika Graham Jones Sellafield Ltd Cath Howard BEPDT and Edward Evans Cumbria Wildlife Trust who all took part by sharing their career journeys to inspire the children to Dream Big Miss Charters and Mrs Altinay said It s good for the children to find out that there are lots of different options in life and to see that local people can succeed The PBP programme has ensured that our pupils meet positive local roles models and helps them to understand that they can do it too We have another session planned for Frizington on Wednesday 25th May Jacobs Stockton Office collected Easter eggs for A Way Out charity so that each of their families could receive an egg A Way Out provides support and resources for vulnerable young women and families and this initiative was a great way to continue our support Thank you to those who donated Easter eggs A Way Out emailed to say It looks as though Jacobs staff had a great time donating Easter eggs for us Please pass on a huge thank you from me and our clients who are chuffed to bits with receiving an Easter treat We received this lovely thank you from Bridge House Stockton We would like to say a huge thank you for your recent kind donation to Bridge House As a charity we rely heavily on donations such as this which goes a long way in supporting our residents on their journey back into independent living We provide support to 29 homeless individuals who have multiple complex needs and aim to integrate them back into society and into their own tenancies Our support team are currently in the process of putting together our business plan for the year going forward which will look at ways we can better support our residents and provide a holistic approach to recovery Your donation could not have come at a better time as it means we can plan additional events throughout the year Thank you again for thinking about Bridge House Emma Richardson Support Officer What s all the commode tion Cumbria county council s Community Equipment Service CES is appealing for people to return equipment such as commodes toilet frames bed levers over the bed tables and shower chairs This is due to supply issues related to Covid and Brexit leaving some people struggling to access the equipment they need You may have forgotten or no longer needed equipment or not know what to do with it Either way you can free up some space by returning the equipment easily and conveniently through local Household Waste and Recycling Centres HWRCs The CES will collect equipment professionally clean and service it ready for reuse by others in need You can find your nearest HWRC at cumbria gov uk recycling your monthly BEP social impact news

Impact Volunteering on BEP and opportunities we need you to support Make a difference to your community Rachel Sim QA QC Admin and Patrick Connolly Junior Project Quality Engineer both received great feedback from Vicky at Inspira for undertaking mock interviews at their local schools Vicky said Thank you very much for your support yesterday The mock interviews have gone extremely well as you can probably see from the student feedback 91 felt more much more confident following their interview 78 felt more much more prepared 64 said they would make changes to their CV as a result of their interview today Student comments included I felt like I had gained a lot of tips for future interviews I think this was very valuable to my experience and I was informed of useful information I think it went a lot better than I was expecting and am much more confident for a real interview Well done both and to everyone who supports schools and pupils Warrington Young Professionals network Thursday 26 May 2022 at 09 00 Dallam Lane WA2 7NG The Warrington Young Professionals Network is a programme to provide development and network opportunities to support young people aged 16 24 from Warrington who are in the early stages of their career including those undertaking apprenticeships The programme is run jointly by the Warrington Pledge and Warrington Chamber of commerce both of whom are keen to develop the local young leaders of the future Get tickets from https www eventbrite co uk e warrington young professionals network tickets 328054498837 aff ebemoffollowpublishemail utm_term Copy of Warrington Young Professionals network utm_medium email utm_content follow_notification utm_source eventbrite utm_campaign following_published_event Cheshire and Warrington Opportunities Portal jobs apprenticeships and careers information for young people and people looking for work Opportunity for local employers to promote vacancies https www candwopportunities co uk Warrington Pledge operational meeting is to be held on Wednesday 25th May at the new Warrington Youth Zone If anyone would like to attend please contact cath howard bepdt com If you wish to know more or are interested in being involved in any school events please contact Andrew Little Warrington Pledge Facilitator 07912 481440 Warrington Area Upcoming STEAM events We have been invited to attend the below list of upcoming STEAM events please let Adam Duncan Adam Duncan jacobs com know if you would like to support any of the following Date Times Event Location TBC 1000 1400 Cyber Security Day UTC Warrington 19th May 1300 1500 Careers fair for SEND Reaseheath College 17th June 1140 1240 Energy Sector Talk Wirral Grammar School 6th July TBC STEAM Experience Day Birchwood High School 6th July TBC Careers Fair Year 12 Great Sankey High School 6th July TBC Careers Fair Beaumont Academy 7th July TBC Careers Fair Year 10 Great Sankey High School 30 July to 6th Aug TBC Scout Jamboree STEAM Cheshire Agricultural Showground 29th 30th June Work experience Birchwood High 27th 31 June Work experience Lymm High Great Sankey High Week commencing 4th July Careers week Thomas Boteler High Week commencing 4th July Work experience As the previous work experience events Great Sankey High Week commencing 11th July Work experience Bridgewater High Week commencing 11th July Work experience Penketh High 19th July Humanutopia careers day A full day event run by Humanutopia requiring employers to work with a group of students throughout the day as a mentor A good event for employers new to the Pledge your monthly BEP social impact news

Impact Volunteer Opportunities we need YOU to help with Could you be a Governor for a local school THEY NEED YOU Dean School Foundation members Montreal Primary Cleator Moor Governor Moor Row Governor Northside Primary Workington GOVERNOR Westfield Primary Workington parent gov St Cuthbert s Wigton Foundation Governor Holme St Cuthbert s Mawbray Governor Broughton Moor Governor St Michael s CofE Bothel Foundation Gov Allonby Governor plus clerks to governors Oughterside Governor Crosscannonby Parent Governor St Matthew s CofE clerks to governors Blennerhasset requires clerks to governors St Michael s Nursery and Infant Workington Eaglesfield Paddle governors finance or HR St Mary s Catholic Primary school parent governor For more information please visit https primarybusi nesspartnership org uk governors The Your Community programme provides young people from a youth group with the opportunity to work on a 6 week exciting community project offering the chance for young people to get their ideas heard and visualise how they see the future of their towns and local areas We are looking for local business partners to deliver 30 to 60 min sessions and commit to one session date tbc these will be delivered in person in the youth group evening sessions However an online option is available if needed CfLP will facilitate and introduce each session and support throughout We are looking for professionals in Project Management Innovation ideation Town Planning Human Resources Finance and accountancy Law and Legal Marketing Quality Control Want to be involved in a Your Community Project Please contact Lucy Pye lucy pye cforlp org uk West Cumbria Schools Inspira s The Link 12th May am pm slots Mock interviews in person virtual St Benedict s School Y10 25th May 1 20 3pm Mock Interviews Netherhall School Y12 15th June 8 30 12 50 6th Form Careers Workshops Cockermouth School Y12 1st July 9 12 35 Mock interviews Speed networking Supply Chain Workshop Nelson Thomlinson Y10 12 15th July 9 12 20 WoW Morning including Speed networking Supply Chain workshops Workington Academy Y10 19th July 8 30 12 50 WoW Morning including Speed networking Supply Chain workshops Cockermouth School Y10 For all our dates right up until the end of the academic year go to the BECBC events pages https www becbusinesscluster co uk events category bscp events If you can help out please speak to Vicky Ritson Inspira 07812224429 or email Vicky Ritson inspira org uk STEM Ambassador Training online Tuesday 7th June 2022 1 2 30 pm The session is an introduction to the STEM Ambassador programme with Q A Log in at www stem org uk Beckermet Reading Rooms Committee are planning to revamp the building to a Community Hub They need volunteers to support this meetings are 1 hour a month Could be a great career development opportunity for a new graduate Contact Claire Dunn HR Manager 07393 252 850 claire dunn copeland gov uk CONTACT ME Email cath howard bepdt com Cath s mobile 07881383488