What have Elijah from Oldham, 130 Darreners , a policeman called Wayne, cake makers from London, students with the E-Factor, the UK’s largest deep water port, a train station full of German teenagers, a sprinkling of volunteers and a mini master chef got in common? Easy. They all played their part in Balfour Beatty’s 2011-2012 Regeneration Stories. Inspirational stories of hope, positivity and lives changed for the better. Read all about them inside.A resident of Darwen, Lancashire

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THE JOBS FAIR COMES TO TOWNDon’t miss out when the Balfour Beatty Jobs Fair comes to town. On many of our sites, we invite local people to come along and talk about getting a job on the project. Which means that some of the money that’s being spent on your community stays in your community.

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Over 130 local residents attended our September 2011 Jobs Fair at Darwen Vale School, Blackburn. Six firm job offers were made on the day and a further five jobs were offered after an interview.

GETTING READy FOR WORK IN ROTHERHAMWayne Haywood is a police officer. We invited him to an event we were organising for KS2 children to help them find out what work is really like by talking to local adults about their jobs. Wayne felt unsure about attending at first because he thought the children would be too young to take it seriously. But, once he got there, he found the children were keen to find out more and really enjoyed the day.

THE HAppy ENDING:Supported by a number of businesses in 2012, we inspired 230 KS2 pupils in Rotherham to work hard at secondary school, aim high in their career ambitions and get ready for the world of work.

THE WRONG SIDE OF THE TRACKSGetting on the wrong side of electricity is just stupid. That stuff’s a killer you know. And as there’s lots of it at work in train stations, it pays not to mess around when you’re there. Which is why we held an awareness-raising day at Köln-Nippes station in Cologne to show local students the shocking results of playing on the railways.

THE HAppy ENDING:Sixty students aged 13–16 from three different schools took part. And who knows, the event may even have helped to save someone’s life.

ELIJAH’S STORyMeet Elijah. Elijah lives in Oldham. Never a great lover of school but ready to work he just needed a chance to prove himself. Seeing an advert for ‘Get into Construction’, a programme from The prince’s Trust that Balfour Beatty support, Elijah applied and did a work placement with Willows Mechanical Services. They were so impressed that they offered him a job. Now he studies at Salford City College while learning his trade on the Newman RC School project.

THE HAppy ENDING:From October 2011 to March 2012, Balfour Beatty helped over 100 young people start this programme. Around 60% of them have gone on to study, get a job or be offered an apprenticeship.

HAVE yOU GOT THE E-FACTOR?E is for entrepreneur. The E–Factor is our way of helping students to understand how businesses are created and operated. Fun, interactive and dare we say it essential, the one-day programme shows how recruitment, marketing and accounting all play their part in running a successful business.

THE HAppy ENDING:Delivered by Creative Learning Events for Balfour Beatty, we helped 370 students at four UK schools learn new skills. Now that is exciting!

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THE A-Z OF FUNDRAISINGIf you go down to work today you’re in for a big surprise. From balloon races and bake-offs to treasure hunts and trekking, we’ve been busy raising money for Building Better Futures, our charity that helps young people with all sorts of problems to achieve their full potential. So don’t be alarmed if you see one of us running a race dressed as a giant clock, just put some pennies in our bucket.

THE HAppy ENDING:During the course of 2012, we are on course to raise around £500,000 for our charity partners. Brilliant.

HARNESSING THE ENERGy OF yOUNG MINDSHow do you celebrate the 100th birthday of the UK’s largest, centrally located deep-water port? With a cake and candles? Or by helping local students to research and pitch ideas highlighting the port of Immingham as an attractive hub for new companies working in renewable energies. As part of Balfour Beatty’s outsourcing relationship with North East Lincolnshire Local Authority we did both. yum.

THE HAppy ENDING:Supported by business advisors, year 10 students from Havelock and John Whitgift Academies in Grimsby learned valuable business skills. These skills will support them as they move into the world of work while raising the profile of their area as a commercial and historical landmark.

DO yOU REMEMBER yOUR FIRST TIME?Even the most experienced adult will admit that job interviews can be anxious, nerve-jangling and, let’s be honest, more than a little bit scary. So how are you supposed to get ready for your first one? Some of us volunteered to help out by offering job interview practice to year 10 students. This way they could practice speaking about themselves and their strengths before they entered the emotional cauldron of a real job interview.

THE HAppy ENDING:During 2012, 18 Balfour Beatty staff from a variety of business roles interviewed 160 pupils at the Co-Operative Academy of Leeds. This work has led to a Careers Fair aimed at helping parents and the local community find ways back into work.

COOKING TO THE FUTUREType 2 diabetes is on the increase among the young and its treatment takes up 10% of valuable NHS resources. When our client Queen Elizabeth Hospitals Birmingham asked us to help them raise awareness of this serious health issue we created The Nourish Chef Challenge 2012. 17 schools in the UK and over 500 students competed to create a two-course menu for a diabetic diet. And the prize? A mouth-watering opportunity to gain priceless work experience with top chefs in the UK and USA.

THE HAppy ENDING:The students learned about diabetes while acquiring new skills and knowledge of working within high-pressure restaurant environments. Nourish was also launched into USA schools in 2012 and 50% of students reported an increase in confidence when cooking for a diabetic diet.

632Balfour Beatty staff have been involved in regeneration activities since September 2011

2,168young people benefitted from curriculum enrichment activities in the 2011/12 academic year

FACTS AND FIGURES

3,524young people took part in preparing for Employment activities in the 2011/12 academic year

2,053adults actively engaged with Balfour Beatty regeneration activities this academic year (including 483 apprentices)

For further information on any of the regeneration activities described in this book contact:

julie.hollings bbcap.co.uk 07725 826 270nina.mills bbcap.co.uk 07976 566 793

With special thanks to the Regeneration team, company volunteers, fundraisers and all the local and international businesses who gave their time and skills freely to help our communities make these fantastic stories come true.

A round of applause for each and every one of you.

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