We are pleased to announce that our new charity of the year for 2022 is The Ellen Timney Foundation. This is a registered charity set up in memory of Ellen, to help support underprivileged children in the North East.
Run entirely by volunteers, the foundation was set up by Jane Timney in celebration of the life of her mother Ellen Timney who was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2006 and sadly passed away 6 years later. Renowned for helping those around her, the Foundation was set up to remember and to continue the acts of kindness that Ellen was so well known for. The charity works with social workers and professionals to provide support for underprivileged children in the North East of England.
The Ellen Timney foundation came highly recommended to Applebridge by Remembering Rebecca (Applebridge’s Charity of 2020/21) and was chosen by the board of directors from a shortlist of charities.
To learn more about the Ellen Timney Foundation please visit their Facebook page @EllenTimneyFoundation
Northern construction group the Applebridge Family have given eighteen trainees and five trade apprentices the chance to ‘engineer the foundations of tomorrow, today’, by enrolling them onto bespoke training programmes and further education courses, across the North-East and Yorkshire.
The Applebridge Family works closely with multiple colleges and universities across Teesside, Newcastle, Durham and Yorkshire, creating tailored training programmes for trainees joining the businesses.
With an ageing workforce and skills gap within the construction, Applebridge feels the responsibility lies within the industry to create opportunities and to educate the next generation of workers.
The Applebridge Family recently teamed up with Hartlepool College of Further Education to offer six trainees a chance of a career in Construction.
The Applebridge students will work towards a Level 3 Diploma in the Construction and the Built Environment, the equivalent to two A-levels, and will cover a variety of topics such as project management, health and safety, construction technology and building technology, to enable them to become civil engineers, site managers and quantity surveyors.
Hartlepool College’s Head of Construction and the Built Environment, John Cartwright said: “The partnership with Applebridge will help to transform lives, as we look to get these apprentices on the road to construction management.
“It is a three-year course, and this is the biggest employer partnership the college has developed within construction.
Andy Ray, Construction Director of Applebridge, with members of Hartlepool College and some of the 2020/21 cohort of trainees.
During their course, each trainee will rotate within the business, gaining experience in multiple disciplines, both on site and in the office, creating a well-rounded construction experience. On completion of the course, each trainee will be placed in their favoured sector of the business, to further build upon their knowledge and skillset and to proudly follow the company culture, ethos, and work ethic.
Construction Director of Applebridge Construction, Andy Ray who works closely with colleges and trainees to design the bespoke training programmes, had this to say:
“We are delighted to welcome our latest cohort of trainees and apprentices into the business and look forward to seeing them develop over the coming months and years. Our latest management training programme builds on the success of previous years’ schemes where we have been proud to see our apprentices and graduates rise to the challenge and become essential members of the team.”
The Applebridge Family also has trainees enrolled onto Construction and Built environment courses at New College Durham and Sheffield College.
Education is extremely important to Applebridge, with a further eight employees enrolled onto further education courses, in a range of disciplines, including Accountancy, Quantity Surveying and Civil Engineering, at Northumbria University, Leeds Beckett University and Caplan Financial, Newcastle.
Covid-19 has caused a dip in the opportunities available for young people, however these training programmes can help to provide tomorrow’s workers a chance of a career in construction.
Additionally, The Applebridge Family invests heavily in trade apprentices, with five trainees currently enrolled onto Groundworks, Joinery, Plant Machinery and Bricklaying courses.
The Applebridge Family is made up of seven construction companies: ZTL, AD Plant, Applebridge Construction, Applebridge Building Services, Geocast, Retaining UK and Tarcon.
Applebridge is ‘engineering the foundations of tomorrow, today.’
30,000 meals, over 6 weeks, supporting 2,500 families.
‘The Applebridge Family has been exemplary and ensured this was a project that really did deliver’.
Applebridge is proud to announce that our free-school meal project has met it’s final goal, with the help of the MFC Foundation and Quorn.
1,800 working hours spread across 30 days, working 5 days a week.
We would like to say a big thank you to the volunteers and chefs from MFC Foundation, members of Applebridge, their families and the drivers and those working hard in the hubs, across Teesside.
The project helped to bring a community together when times were very uncertain.
Applebridge is proud to step up to the plate and serve their community.
The Applebridge Family are delighted to announce a partnership with the renowned MFC Foundation that will see 30,000 hot meals and free school meals delivered throughout Teesside during the six weeks of school summer term.
The aim is to produce and distribute approximately 1,000 free meals a day, for a 6-week period, to the children of families who need it the most in Teesside. Working in partnership with Middlesbrough FC Foundation, Applebridge Family have donated £40,000.00 to the event with the aim of covering the cost of purchasing food, packaging and transport to ensure a quality daily meal will reach those who require it the most.
