Supporting our local communities
We have a long history of supporting our local communities. Working with the NDA our socio-economic plans encourage employee involvement in local activities, charitable donation schemes and inward investment.
Thursday 27 November 2008
Prince's Trust success for Bolton Wanderer's Football Club
Pauline Deans from Sellafield Ltd went along to present the Partnership Innovation Award, at The Prince’s Trust Celebrate Success Awards, in Liverpool on 24 November.
Tuesday 21 October 2008
Sellafield Ltd scrums down with Capenhurst RUFC Club to tune of £1000
Sellafield Ltd has provided £1000 to sponsor Capenhurst RUFC.
Friday 10 October 2008
Christmas comes early for Hensingham Centre
Sellafield Ltd has made a £9950 donation to the Adult Centre at Hensingham. The money has enabled the facility to purchase five new items of equipment designed to help improve the lives of people who use the Centre.
Thursday 9 October 2008
Macmillan coffee mornings
Our employees held a number of coffee mornings across our sites at the end of September, raising over £2,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support.
Tuesday 23 September 2008
Youngsters find that life's a hoot down at Yottenfews
Children visiting the Yottenfews environmental project got even closer than expected to nature recently when they discovered they were sharing the classroom with a barn owl.
Monday 22 September 2008
100 mile bike ride raises £1,780 for sick children
Sellafield Ltd employee, Paul Hardon enjoyed a well-earned pint after completing a 100-mile cycle
Thursday 28 August 2008
Snowball effect sends Willie on a VIP trip – by Royal Appointment
Having tea with the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh was just one of the highlights of a VIP trip to London for the secretary of Sellafield’s Snowball charity.
Tuesday 24 June 2008
£5,000 donation helps buy new mini-bus for Scouts
The company recently made a £5,000 donation to the Harrington Scout Group to put towards a new 17-seater van. Group scout leader, Andrew Brown, scout leaders Simon Martin and Andrew Hardy, Beaver Colony Leader, and Explorer leader Andy Dawson represented the Scout Group as Sellafield Ltd’s director of communications, Chris Philipsborn presented the new van.
Monday 23 June 2008
New Pond for Yottenfews
Year two pupils from Gosforth School were recently selected to open a new pond at the
Monday 23 June 2008
World Environment Day in the Maldives
Monday 23 June 2008
‘Lump bunch’ do the moonwalk
Two sisters from Sellafield Ltd were among a group of 15,000 participants who donned their bras and took to the streets of London to take part in the annual ‘Moonwalk’ marathon to raise money for breast cancer research. Joanne Gavin and Janine Bell, who are both based at Risley, took part in the mammoth midnight trek on 17 May.
Monday 7 April 2008
Charity night hailed a success
A race-night to raise money for Sellafield Ltd’s charity of the year for 2008 – the Meningitis Research Foundation – was a huge success.
Thursday 7 February 2008
VIP trip to Yottenfews for Bookwell School pupils
A group of primary school children enjoyed a VIP visit to Yottenfews and the Visitors Centre after one of the pupils won a competition to design a safety poster for the Sellafield 2008 calendar.
Thursday 7 February 2008
Sellafield Ltd hands over £20k to the Senhouse Centre
Sellafield Ltd has donated £20,000 to the Whitehaven Community Trust to go towards the development of the Senhouse Centre.
Tuesday 5 February 2008
Book sales raise £2k
RISLEY based employee, Jean Dickinson, has raised almost £2,000 over the last twelve months, having organised four book, video and CD sales in the site’s Café Continental. The money will go towards Risley’s nominated charity this year, Wigan and Leigh Hospice. Pauline Deans, the head campaigner for the charity at Sellafield Ltd, said: “Over the past six years Jean has worked incredibly hard, making a substantial contribution to our charities of the year and has raised over £9,000 from her book sales which are a regular feature and very well supported”.
Tuesday 5 February 2008
Joe's quick-thinking averts office blaze
A SELLAFIELD contract cleaner has been rewarded by his employers, Mitie, after his quick thinking and dedication to duty prevented a fire.
Tuesday 5 February 2008
Fancy that! Dolled-up staff raise £982
THE Iron Mountain team from Sellafield Ltd’s Records Management at Risley hit the halls of Hinton House donned in fancy dress with buckets in hand to raise a grand total of £982 for Children in Need in November.
Tuesday 5 February 2008
Kids' art brightens up demolition site
A REGENERATION project in Egremont got off to a colourful start in December thanks to a Sellafield Ltd supported exhibition of local artwork.
Monday 21 January 2008
Brian checks out of darts championship
Having come agonisingly close to becoming World Darts Champion, Brian ‘Pecker’ Woods was back at work, albeit briefly, at Neales Waste Management this week.
Monday 21 January 2008
Cash not cards
The West Cumberland Hospital has benefited from a donation from staff at the High Level Waste Plant at Sellafield.
Thursday 10 January 2008
Capenhurst winter quiz
Capenhurst’s lead team, The Lounge Room Lizards, sensationally took the quiz crown at the second quiz in 2007, with the event raising £805 for charity.
Thursday 10 January 2008
Sellafield worker aiming for world darts championship glory
A Sellafield worker is aiming for world darts championship glory on BBC television.
Thursday 10 January 2008
Greedy pigs!
A Group of Sellafield workers recently took part in a competition to see who could eat the most \'pigs in blankets\' in 10 minutes helping to raise over £1300 for charity.
Thursday 10 January 2008
Sellafield employee takes up mountain rescue role in Coronation Street
Sellafield worker Alan Prescott has expanded his career to include acting after appearing in ITV 1’s Coronation Street during the filming of a recent storyline set in the Lake District.
Corporate Responsibility
Sellafield Ltd awarded the Payroll Giving Gold Award 2008
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