Saint-Gobain, the world leader in the habitat and construction markets, is celebrating its one year anniversary of partnership with children’s charity Barnardo’s, for which it has raised more than £200,000 over the year. Saint-Gobain’s charity programme brings together employees, customers and suppliers across the company’s 36 businesses to fundraise for the chosen charity.
“Our funds are being focussed on two critical areas: firstly, we’re building on our commitment to training to develop a new training academy in London together with a range of construction based training programmes to give young people valuable skills to help build better performing homes. Secondly, we are funding the construction of new transitional homes for young people leaving care – using know-how and combined solutions from more than 20 of our brands to create comfortable, high-performance homes,” said Richard Batley, Director of Corporate Social Responsibility and HR for Saint-Gobain UK and Ireland.
Tara Honeywell, Head of Corporate Partnerships for Barnardo’s, also commented on the outcome of this partnership: “The money raised by Saint-Gobain will really make a difference to transform the lives of the vulnerable children and young people we work with. This could not have happened without the dedication, hard work and commitment demonstrated by the Saint-Gobain brands. We look forward to building on this momentum in year two and seeing the impact of such an important partnership.”
If you would like to donate towards Saint-Gobain/Barnardo’s projects please visit: www.justgiving.com/fundraising/saintgobainbarnardostogether or if you would like to see how the partnership has gone so far, you can click on this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0u5NKPiigs.
Saint-Gobain in the UK and Ireland includes some of the best-known and respected companies in the construction sector including: British Gypsum, Jewson, Graham, Weber, Isover, Glassolutions, Saint-Gobain PAM, and Ecophon. Together they offer a range of high performance energy-saving products and solutions to help create great living places and improve daily life.
