Award for working to benefit Doncaster’s communities

St Leger Homes of Doncaster, together with Bramall Construction, Henry Boot Construction and Wates Living Space, has scooped an award for corporate social responsibility from the Chartered Institute of Building’s Celebrating Construction in South Yorkshire Awards.

The ALMO works with the three contractors to deliver improvement work on Doncaster’s council homes. But as well as carrying out this work, the partnership strives to leave a legacy within the community and in 2010/11 delivered 25 legacy projects.

The partnership has held energy awareness events for residents, renovated school allotments, bought training kits for a junior football club and transformed part of a school field into a gardening area where pupils can learn about growing fruit and vegetables as well as installed bird boxes and waterbutts to teach the children about saving water and nature. Work has also been carried out with local social enterprise, Active Regen, who use sport and physical activity to keep young people fit, healthy and focused.

Mick Werritt, St Leger Homes’ director of property services, said: “Winning this Corporate Social Responsibility award is a great achievement and a fantastic way of showing our staff and contractors’ staff, that the hard work they carry out in Doncaster’s communities is appreciated. I want to thank everyone involved for carrying out this excellent work.”