Our people in action

They volunteer to assist in local initiatives and we are grateful for their continuing efforts, a few of which are listed below:

• A team of 25 graduates and placement students transformed the Gillian Banks Theatre School at Maltby, Rotherham, through extensive redecoration. By forging links with local businesses, project leader Joe Fennell was able to source materials at reduced rates. In recognition of his efforts, he received the Corus Corporate Social Responsibility Graduate Achievement Award.
• A number of our businesses run Ambassador Award schemes which offer employees up to £250 for a broad range of community initiatives – from helping local junior sports teams to being school governors.
• £19,000 was raised in 2006 for Lindsey Lodge Hospice in Scunthorpe through a broad range of activities including a charity ball, raffles, sponsored cycle rides and marathon running.
• £8,000 was raised in 2006 for Zoe’s Place Hospice in Teesside.
• A group of volunteers from Corus Engineering Steels, Rotherham, returned to the Robert Ogden School for Autistic Children in Thurnscoe, to continue the work of creating a sensory garden, which was initiated two years ago by a group of graduate volunteers.
• Almost £5,000 has been raised through various events for the Help a Hallam Child Read to Succeed initiative.
• Three colleagues from our Thrybergh Bar Mill in Rotherham completed a 200 mile coast-to-coast walk from St. Bees to Robin Hood’s Bay in aid of the Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice, raising over £1,000.
• Three colleagues from Billet Finishing, Stocksbridge, successfully completed the Great North Run, raising £445 for Yorkshire Cancer Research, £769 for the Multiple Sclerosis Society and £635 for the Western Park Hospital Cancer appeal.
• Employee volunteers at Stocksbridge took part in the Monmouth Raft Race for the 14th consecutive year and, in total, have raised over £34,000 for Weston Park Hospital, Sheffield.
• Colleagues from Lisburn, Northern Ireland, linked up with the Lisburn Woodland Trust’s Tree for All campaign and donated bulbs for local school children to create a nature garden on the site.
• Employees and contractors from Port Talbot and Llanwern raised over £40k for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust during the Corus Great Welsh Run in Cardiff Bay.