As part of this year’s Open Doors, delivered by Build UK in partnership with the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) and Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS), two of our projects – Oasis Academy Daventry Road in Bristol and Hanover Street in London – opened their doors this week to students and local community members, offering a rare opportunity to experience the construction industry first-hand.

Our partnership with Wellcome Trust on the Wellcome Genome Campus Development is a powerful example of redefining what development can achieve.

“We believe in ‘giving something back’ to those brave and exceptional military personnel who have the potential to be future industry staff. People of this calibre can only benefit our industry.”

We’re excited to share that Wates will be partnering with Big Issue as the lead sponsor of its Top 100 Changemakers – a national programme that celebrates 100 people and organisations who are reshaping communities and creating positive change.

Members of our Smartspace business and Andy Wates were warmly welcomed at Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Hospital in Hackney to hand over a cheque for funds raised for their Neonatal Unit.

For over a decade, we have been directly supporting prison leavers as part of our commitment to our purpose – reimagining places for people to thrive. 

We are proud to have supported the launch of the Pennywell Fellowship by sponsoring a community climbing wall at their high-profile event.

At Wates, we’re committed to transforming lives in the communities where we work, especially by supporting the next generation to thrive.

Stephen Beechey and Robert Stone from our Public Sector team will be taking on an unforgettable challenge: cycling across the historic battlefields of World War I in Belgium.

For Jamie Bawden, a Project Manager with Wates, the answer has taken shape through his secondment with the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) Property Directorate.

As part of our commitment to making construction a career of choice for a more diverse range of students, we reimagined our summer programme.

Every week, Finchley Foodbank supports around 600 people from 220 households navigating the challenges of the cost-of-living crisis.

Last month, as part of our focus on Community & Conservation, just shy of 100 colleagues from across the Group came together at London Surrey Quays to prove how when we work together, communities can thrive, and we can help save lives.

Our Residential business has awarded a total of £45,000 to seven local organisations in Brent through its newly launched Community Chest – an initiative designed to support grassroots projects working to address local needs.

The only all-amputee team ever to swim the English Channel has made history once again, repeating the extraordinary feat 11 years after their original record-breaking crossing.

Our transformation of the Grangetown Boys & Girls Club garden has just been featured in Wales Online.

For the fifth consecutive year, we’re thrilled to invite social enterprises to be part of this transformative programme.

We’re committed to supporting Croydon. We were founded here more than 125 years ago and continue actively supporting community projects.