As a responsible operator, we want to play our part in supporting communities near our sites as well as protecting and enhancing the local environment.
Our community assistance programme includes the donation of money, materials and time, through our employee volunteering days. We also regularly host school and college visits for young people to learn about the mineral extraction process and how the materials are used in everyday life. Our approach is to prioritise support for initiatives:
- Promoting education, skills, and wellbeing
- Protecting/enhancing the environment
- Supporting biodiversity and sustainability
- Promoting the community and heritage of the area
Assistance is prioritised to groups making applications from within a three-mile radius of our Chipping Sodbury quarry site. To make an application for funding, material donation and/or volunteer support, please tell us about your group and/or project, what type of support you are seeking and how your project’s aims align with our support initiative goals set out above by completing this form.
Recent beneficiaries of our local support programme include:
- SodburyFest 2024: Sponsored the use of inflatables in children’s play area
- Abbotswood Primary School: Students visited the quarry in March to learn about quarrying operations, materials and the environment
- The Chipping Sodbury Rotary Club Young Innovator competition: Sponsored prizes and provided expert feedback to participants
- Gloucester County History Trust: Donation to fund historical research towards VCH Volume 14: Yate and District
