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sized enterprises and enable them to grow their businesses as well.” Jacobs has a number of other key clients in Cumbria, including LLW Repository Ltd, which operates the U.K.’s national disposal facility for low-level waste. Infrastructure support work for LLWR includes developing strategies for appropriate storage solutions, control and electronic systems enhancement, and other technical services. Over the years, Jacobs has donated millions of pounds


to local charities and community organizations in Cumbria and its employees have given many thousands of hours of their own time to supporting local good causes including educational initiatives in local schools, helping organizations that work with vulnerable people, and supporting business networks. Mike Starkie, Mayor of Copeland, the local authority which includes the Sellafield site, says: “It’s very valuable for us to have such strong support from a company which sees social impact as really important. Drawing on Jacobs’ capabilities gives the local authority an extra string to its bow.” Through a leadership bursary program, Jacobs’ OneAIM joint venture provides fully funded bursaries for local SMEs and third sector organizations. Between 2017 and 2019, this enabled 15 small businesses leaders and four social enterprise or charity leaders to attend this valuable eight-month program run by the Centre for Leadership Performance. Jacobs is a founder and key supporter of Primary


Business Partnership, which runs a free matchmaking and signposting service between businesses and primary schools across Copeland and Allerdale to support career- related learning. The initiative has engaged 83 schools, involved 133 employers and now reaches more than 8,000 children per annum. It is funded by the OneAIM joint venture and Sellafield Ltd. By enabling primary school children to engage with employers from the age they begin to make career decisions, the initiative has more than doubled the amount of learning about work and careers in West Cumbria’s primary schools in the space of three years. Jacobs helped set up a Business Schools Collaboration


Project, which it continues to fund. The project works with 15 secondary schools across West Cumbria and coordinates interaction between students and 139 businesses. “Collaboration is key to a lot of what we do, whether


that’s with our clients and business partners or with charities and community groups,” says Paul Fletcher. “Jacobs’ greatest assets are the skills and enthusiasm of the people who work for us. That’s how we deliver solutions for our customers and in Cumbria, it’s also how we make a positive social impact.” ■


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