Barratt South Wales team to tackle tough Yorkshire three peaks challenge for charity
Te Barratt South Wales team in training ahead of taking on the charity challenge
Workers from Barratt Homes South Wales are taking to the hills this year, in aid of Multiple Sclerosis Charity. A team of walkers from the housebuilder plans to climb the three tallest peaks in Yorkshire to raise money for a colleague who was forced to retire due to the sheer physical difficulties brought on by MS. “We know it’s going to be a gruelling challenge - but everyone is prepared to do their best to raise as much money as possible for this important MS charity,” said Linda Jones from Barratt. “More than 100,000 people in the UK have MS. It is an unpredictable and different for everyone and MS Society understands what life can be like with the condition. Te charity is there for sufferers through the highs, lows, and everything in-between. It’s a wonderful cause, and our challenge is made ever more poignant because it is specifically supporting one of our own colleagues. “Te more we can do to help make people aware of MS the better too. Our aim is to raise £300 - but we hope to surpass that if at all possible.” Te team consists of construction professionals from across Barratt South Wales - including office and construction site workers. To donate, please visit
https://www.justgiving.com/ fundraising/Barratt-Homes-South-Wales1
Dormice find new home at Bellway development
Bellway has worked alongside a group of ecology experts to provide a different type of home for some special residents at a development in Pontprennau. Te housebuilder worked alongside Soltys Brewster Ecology and EcoVigour to protect the homes of a population of dormice which were found on land off Church Road in Pontprennau, where Bellway is currently building its Highfields development. A two-stage process which began in February has now been completed. Te process was designed to retain the original habitat of the dormice, provide new nest boxes, provide new hedgerows and scrub around the site boundaries and open space and to move existing hedgerows which would have been lost to a dedicated ecology area at the site. Site manager at Highfields, Dave Crisp, said Bellway took its responsibilities to protect the existing wildlife at its developments very seriously. He said: “As a housebuilder it’s our duty to make sure we build our homes in a way which is responsible and respectful to the areas in which we build, and this is a great example of the work we do at our sites. “We find all sorts of wildlife when we come to develop a new site, and they all present different challenges when we come to finding the best way to make sure they are safe and have a habitat where they can continue to live. “We’re very proud of the ecology work we do at all
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Site Manager David Crisp with Senior Ecologist at Soltys Brewster Ecology, Caroline O’Rourke
of our sites, and we’d like to thank Soltys Brewster Ecology and EcoVigour for their work in making this particular project a great success.” Work is now underway at Highfields, where Bellway
is building 150 new homes, including three to five- bedroom homes. For more information about Highfields, go to www.
bellway.co.uk.
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