Engineering for life
Keltbray have long been committed to adding Social Value by taking direct responsibility for delivering on our promises to consult, improve and leave a positive legacy in the communities in which we work. We firmly believe that embedding Social Value into all our activities can make a real change, redefining sustainable development.
Keltbray’s
Social Value Plan 2023 focused our activities against the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and targeted our delivery in line with turnover to drive social value across the Group.
To measure our social value, we have adopted a platform that uses the Impact Evaluation Standard (IES), calculating the added benefit of our activities as a monetary figure. The IES enables us to bring consistency and additional rigour to our auditing and reporting, encompassing economic improvement, sustainability, and community aspects. The IES framework is a collection of metrics and guidance which has been developed by industry experts in accordance with the UK Government’s Green Book Guidance and which aligns directly to, and builds upon, the UK Government’s Social Value Model including Procurement Policy Note 06/20.
This year we have continued to build on our community partnership approach, developing new relationships and strengthening established ones. The continued support allows our initiatives to evolve and expand to maximise impact.
Social Value is created when a conscious effort is made by people and organisations where the effect of their actions excite social change. These can be seen as adding social value by contributing to the long-term wellbeing and resilience of individuals, communities and the society in general.
Following an incredibly active year for social value across Keltbray, we are excited to present our social impact report.
TOTAL SOCIAL VALUE GENERATED £66,025,905.41
IES VALUE £2,900,761.54 Local Employment
IES VALUE £34,881.73 Volunteering
IES VALUE £164,608.85
Apprenticeships
Community training partnerships, curriculum engagements, STEM promotion and internal development frameworks.
Social Value delivery
Local Employment
79 People Volunteering
1,059 Hours Apprenticeships
33 People
Community investment activities, local employment programmes, enhancing the environment and local economy initiatives.
Learning Engagement EngineeringSolutions Support
Proactive liaison with communities, neighbours, stakeholders and local businesses to inform support activities.
Our projects are engineered with people in mind, both at Keltbray and in the community.
Making funds available for charitable causes and encouraging fundraising initiatives.
Keltbray jointly sponsored the British Down Syndrome Swimming Championships with one of our key supply chain partners.
Donations and Fundraising
£544k
Exploring opportunities to boost local economies, support growing business and work with social enterprises.
Our decommissioning project office in Cumbria uses Phoenix Enterprise Centre, a social enterprise that nurtures local businesses and delivers community regeneration activities.
Local and SME procurement
£52m
Local employment
79 People
£2.9m
Providing employment opportunities for those that live local to our projects.
Through the HS2 Curzon Street project we engaged with Birmingham City Council’s job brokerage prior to the project start so that we could maximise opportunities, so far we have shared three job opportunities and employed two people from the local area.
Recognising the social impact of reducing our carbon emissions, enhancing biodiversity and protecting the natural environment. Our Built Environment projects implement circular economy initiatives to re-home and re-use items and materials from sites, offering them to local charities, businesses and individuals to reduce waste and support communities.
Environmental stewardship
£191k
Mental Health and Wellbeing Initiatives
£366k
Providing in-house wellbeing programmes and medical advice to ensure our people are fully supported.
Keltbray regularly deliver Mental Health First Aid training across the group to add to our ever-growing team of Mental Health First Aiders, making sure efficient support is available in all areas of our business.
Apprenticeship opportunities
33 People £164k
Enabling people to develop their skills and careers through a wide range of craft and high-level Apprenticeships.
Among many, this year we enrolled our first Scaffolding Apprentice through our Built Environment projects. Our Learning & Development team provide comprehensive support to apprentices starting their trade.
Community engagement
764 Hours £24k
Working with the community to identify and deliver support initiatives that bring benefit to those who live and work in the local area.
Our Crewe office, along with other groups in the community, got together to reinstate flowerbeds to a local green space. Being embedded in the community meant we were aware of the council’s focus on biodiversity and happy to support.
Education engagement
461 Hours £14k
Interaction and engagement with students at all levels to promote thinking about construction careers and inspire further study in STEM based subjects.
Keltbray took part in the Construction Youth Trust’s 'Building Future Skills' Programme through one of our projects in South London. The students presented their projects to employer judges before conducting a mock interview session.
Training and work experience placements
196 People £100k
Our work placements provide an insight into our business and the wider industry to support further studies and career choices.
Keltbray's Highways business welcomed Year 12 students from UTC Leeds as part of the M621 project. The week was packed with talks and tours, including visits to our supply chain’s operations, concluding with a career discussion attended by our apprentices and graduates.
Volunteering
1,059 Hours £34k
All our people are encouraged to use a day of their work hours to support a charity or community organisation.
Our rail projects in the east of England gave their time to support Hamelin Trust, who help families and children with learning disabilities. A team of volunteers from Keltbray painted their garden project canteen and lent a hand to build their access path.
