Social Value

Thank you to our client Chris for dropping us a note of thanks this morning following successful completion of his charity walk in aid of Great Ormond Street Hospital.

“We just wanted to reach out to say a massive thank you for your incredibly generous contribution for our charity walk. The route between Bristol and Bath was full of amazing street art and relics from its days as a functioning railway so while there were definitely a few blisters and achy legs at the end it was worth it. We’re very proud to say that we raised £2,125.00 for Great Ormond Street Hospital which wouldn’t have been possible without your help so thank you.

Mark, Richard and Chris

WMS apprentice’s Ben Hatton and Archie James have really stolen the show at WMS Bideford branch recently – by successfully securing their Carpentry and Joinery Level 2 qualifications!!!

Ben and Archie have both worked really hard to get to this point, and everyone at WMS is proud of them.

WMS Operations Director Matt Westaway said “ apprentices are the future of our business and to see these two lads come through the course and ready to move on to the next stage of their career is fantastic!”

WMS continue to invest in apprenticeships which offer a real grounding for a rewarding career in construction, and WMS in particular!.

Here’s to more posts like this!

Bradley smashes it! WMS apprentice painter Bradley Jacka has successfully completed his level 2 painting and decorating course at Truro and Penwith College

Bradley attended college on a regular basis over these last 2 years complimenting his extensive on site experience gleaned across a range of WMS painting contracts with his practical and theoretical studies in higher education.

WMS Cornwall Painting Manager James Gibbon said “Bradley has knuckled down and worked steadily through his apprenticeship and earnt the right to be recognised as a qualified painter, hats off, well done mate!”

Bradley is pictured here on his way to yet another painting job in Cornwall!

Sometimes you have a day at work and you think you have the best job in the world!

Manning the WMS stand under the social value banner at a client’s resident fun day recently WMS ran a number of competitions for residents, the most popular being the “name the seal” and “guess the sweets.”

Pictured here are two happy chappies,  Thomas with “Stephen” the seal and Leo with his jar containing 92 packets of sweets!

It was a pleasure handing these prizes over, lovely families!

Brilliant!

WMS were honoured to be involved in the Meet the Team Event held at Barnstaple Guild Hall!

WMS Site Delivery Team and Client Representatives from North Devon Council and Barnstaple Town Council were on hand to answer any questions traders had re the Pannier Market works or overall project, all whilst washed down with a tasty buffet and light refreshments!

As you can see from our images the event was certainly well attended with plenty of interest from market traders! WMS would like to thank them all for attending and also pass on their thanks to everyone involved in making it a great evening!

WMS will be posting regular updates on progress and are excited at delivering what promises to be a fantastic project!”

The good news keeps rolling in to WMS, this time in the form of a lovely letter of thanks from Lords Larder to our Somerset branch, a food bank covering the Somerset area.

These guys do a fantastic job within the community and WMS will continue to do anything we can to support them in delivering their brilliant work!

It’s always humbling when recipients of our donations take the time to write a letter of thanks to us, thank you Lords Larder!

WMS Cornwall office were thrilled to receive a letter of thanks from Redruth Salvation Army this week.

Employees at WMS took it upon themselves to donate a selection of tinned and dried goods to this worthy cause, and as you can see from the letter this was greatly appreciated!

Times are hard and WMS continue to do all they can to support the community in which we serve and look to promote social value initiatives as and where possible with our clients.

Social values are our values, well done WMS Cornwall office!

WMS continue their support of local foodbanks within their areas of operation by teaming up with their partner Abri to support the fantastic work conducted by the Lords Larder Foodbank in Yeovil!

Abri have had a long term all year round commitment to the Lords Larder and WMS are thrilled to be able to support them!

Working closely with Abri’s Community Investment and Financial Responsibility Teams - WMS have donated £500 towards Lords Larders operations!

Excited at the closer working relationship with Abri, WMS Client Services Manager Steve Oakley said “WMS recognise the sterling work foodbanks and their supporters all over the country are doing - especially during this energy and cost of living crisis.

We are particularly proud of the support they are giving in our areas of operation and welcome the opportunity to become involved. WMS and Abri share the same vision in this regard and we look forward to working together to help people in need wherever we can in the years to come.”