Community Engagement (old)

CampbellReith regularly supports RedR, a charity providing training for disaster relief across the world. Part of the training provided in in relation in engineering which is why there is a strong bond between the practice and the charity. We donate yearly and participate in some of their fundraising events, including their yearly “wear red for RedR day”.

Our staff are encouraged to put forward proposals to fundraise for charities close to their hearts. Their participation normally includes runs and bake sales and we are always happy to contribute to their efforts. Some of these have recently included Crisis, Cancer UK, the Cystic Fibrosis Trust and Macmillan Cancer Support.

Crisis is a UK charity which works to end homelessness and to provide people living in the streets with skills and tools to have a better future. For years, our staff has participated in their square mile run, which runs from St Paul’s Cathedral next to the Thames and ends at the north bank of the Millenium bridge. Funds have been raised by organising bake sales, lunches and office events which have become a spring tradition. A solid team of about 30 runners has been taking part of the run in the past years, with support of the rest of the colleagues in the fundraising side.

Since March 2016, CampbellReith has exhibited at Innovate Guildford, a free STEM festival spearheaded by the Mayor and celebrated in March as part of the British Science Week activities across the country.  From its first edition in 2016 we provide the local community with interactive demonstrations, workshops, competitions and displays to encourage the innovators of tomorrow.  A key question the festival prompted was, “How do engineers, scientists, artists and mathematicians work together to create and invent?”

A selection of our staff from all age ranges and positions attended to share their experiences, education choices and passions for innovation.  They described life as an engineer at CampbellReith; how they are furthering their capabilities and careers through training, mentoring and hands on experiences; and how our culture is creating plenty of fun along the way.

In its first edition, over 5,000 members of the community attended on the day compared to the planned (and hoped for) 1,000.  An exit poll proved the festival to be a huge success.  CampbellReith was voted most engaging exhibitor and given a personal thank you from the Mayor for our support.

Our Bristol office has partnered with IKB Academy as part of the Construction Excellence South West “Adopt a school” programme. The main objective of this link is to offer young people the opportunity to discover all the opportunities existing in the construction industry. To celebrate the relationship, a session was organised in which Jamie Siggers, partner at the CampbellReith Bristol office, presented one of our current projects to the students. The indoors session was followed by a visit to the construction site, where the students had the opportunity to meet people filling in different roles and to ask them questions about their jobs.

Our Manchester staff has been participating during the past years in the Engineering Your Future event in Warrington, invited by the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE). The one day event is organized to introduce students into engineering, giving them the opportunity to meet professionals in mechanical, civil, electrical/electronic, chemical and nuclear engineering. During the day, the students attend five different sessions with the invited companies, which combine a presentation and tasks for them to get familiar with the different aspects of engineering.

What started as a project like many others, in which our staff had to prepare the most efficient solutions for a local hospital development, became much more than this with the collaboration between the UK consultants and local Ghanaian workforce and government. Training sessions were developed to share UK best practice and techniques to give the local practices the tools to grow and improve their work. A key part of CampbellReith’s involvement in these projects is the Practice’s commitment to knowledge transfer to industry professionals in Ghana. We have provided on the project training to local engineering consultants and contractors.