Community projects

We believe we can help the communities in which we are involved not just by undertaking our work responsibly but also by engaging in matters of local interest. Examples of our engagement include:

  • Teams at Wilson Stuart SchoolThe combined Interserve teams of Investments, Site Services Aldridge and West Midlands Building arrived at the Wilson Stuart School to help rejuvenate and tidy the gardens and walkways around the school site. With input from the local children, scrubland was turned to new garden area and broken concrete was redeveloped into wheelchair friendly planting areas. All parties involved contributed their time, materials and enthusiasm to the project and the teams both on-site and off-site at Aldridge bent over backwards to ensure all last minute requirements were provided for and that the work was done to a professional standard.
  • Interserve has pledged its support to the Safer London Foundation (SLF), the independent charitable arm of the Metropolitan Police. The new partnership will see Interserve donate £75,000 over the next three years to SLF in return for membership of the Safer London Foundation Club. As Foundation Club members Interserve employees will have access to the training needed for involvement in mentoring programmes run by SLF and will be given the chance to take an active role in the work of this unique charity. Interserve and SLF will be working together on the Aspire Project over the coming months. Aspire matches ex-offenders with mentors from the business world in order to support them into sustainable training and employment. Staff can also join SLF’s ‘Skills Bank’ of volunteers; the charity’s invaluable resource which helps match volunteers with the needs of community-led crime prevention and victim support projects across the capital.
  • Andy Drake at Bidwell Brooke SchoolIn conjunction with preferred groundworks subcontractor Luffman, Andy Drake, site Quantity Surveyor at the new Dartington Primary School, has constructed a new base, complete with impermeable membrane, for a new timber shed and a new soakaway to improve drainage to the existing playground for the adjacent Bidwell Brooke School for children with special learning needs.