Esh Construction makes £30k donation to YORhub’s YOR4Good fund

Working across eight different ‘lots’, Esh Construction has delivered public realm enhancement, coastal protection and flood alleviation works, and a number of education, healthcare, retail and office schemes.

In 2012 ‘YOR4Good’ was created to support community projects in the regions covered by YORbuild and YORcivil. It is one of the four social value themes built into YORhub projects and to date has supported over 130 projects through donations exceeding £900,000.

Esh Construction recently completed the extension and refurbishment of a pupil referral unit ‘The Springfield Centre’ in Crofton, Wakefield.

While on site, we partnered with ‘The Real Junk Food Project’ a Wakefield charity which ‘feeds bellies, not bins’ by redistributing food from supermarkets, cafés, restaurants and hotels that cannot be sold or stored. Esh helped the charity purchase a refrigerated vehicle to be used to deliver the food to those in need.

While carrying out internal refurbishment and fit out works to Grosvenor House in Sheffield, which is part of Sheffield City Council’s ‘Heart of the City’ Masterplan, we donated funds to a local charity called ‘The Suit Works’ which helps unemployed people of all ages back into work.

The charity provides interview clothing to unemployed, and often vulnerable people who have been referred by public bodies, charities and other organisations when they have the opportunity of a job or apprenticeship interview. The donation has allowed The Suit Works to install male and female changing cubicles and expand their storage area.

Fergus Aitken, YOR4Good Panel Chair and YORbuild Framework Programme Manager said: “We are proud that YOR4Good was the first social value initiative of its kind in the country. We are delighted to support The Suit Works and The Real Junk Food Project which are fantastic initiatives. We wish them every success.”