We’re a proud partner in the Buy Social Corporate Challenge, a groundbreaking initiative to bring social enterprises into major businesses’ supply chains.

A dream came true for our Chairman Tim Wates, when he took to the turf of his beloved Crystal Palace Football Club at Selhurst Park.

British Land and AustralianSuper celebrated the topping out of Plot A1, a sustainable mixed-use building in the heart of the 53-acre Canada Water masterplan.

Following our appointment by the Government Property Agency (GPA) to carry out a Category B fit-out of 2 Ruskin Square, Croydon, We’ve commenced a series of social value initiatives to support the local community.

We’ve exceeded its social value targets to assist social enterprises and get young people engaged in a career in the construction industry.

For the fourth consecutive year, we’re thrilled to invite social and
environmental impact-driVen organisations to be part of this transformative programme.

Eight social enterprises (SEs) have won a spot on our unique business support programme with Impact Hub London, which gives them an opportunity to expand nationally and secure larger contracts.

Today we are announcing a new partnership with the Fawcett Society, the UK’s leading charity campaigning for gender equality and women’s rights, on a new Equal Play campaign to support parents, care givers and influential adults to challenge gender stereotypes with their children.

Our people have voted for a new company charity partner for the next three years:  PAPYRUS, the national charity dedicated to the prevention of suicide and the promotion of positive mental health and emotional wellbeing in young people. The charity specifically works with people aged 35 and under, as suicide is the biggest killer of people in this age group in the UK.

ASSETS is a six-month business support programme for social enterprises in the construction industry supply chain which are aiming to scale their operations and secure larger contracts.

In response to the Disasters Emergency Committee appeal, launched today, Wates has donated £10k to support those who have been impacted by this tragic event.

Volunteers across Brent have teamed up to launch Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Forest, becoming the borough’s first ever Miyawaki Forest of 650 trees at the heart of King Edwards VII Park.

Join us for our third Virtual Insight Day on 29 November 2022 to find out more about careers in the construction industry.

Wates Group today launches an innovative new education programme to give young people in Cardiff and London hands on experience of how green technology at home can support the transition to net zero, in the context of a growing energy crisis.

CEG has opened a new Forging Futures Campus at cementing its commitment to delivering skills, training and education projects in Leeds.

We collaborate with local authorities and housing associations to create improved housing solutions. Our shared vision centres on providing everyone with a high-quality place to call home.

Michelle McSorley, our Social Value Director, discusses how Wates Residential integrates social value in its supply chain.

Danielle Buckley and Sophie Paterson, from Wates’ Social Value team, write in Construction Management about the shortcomings of many work experience placements and how Wates has adopted a new model in the London Borough of Wandsworth called The Beacon Programme.