Our Community

We recognise the projects we help our clients to deliver have an overall benefit and positive impact for the local area.

However, we also know that the construction process can be a challenging experience for communities, particularly in built up areas.

Our team are proud to exhibit a proactive attitude to minimising disruption, including flexible working hours and innovative plant and working techniques.  We understand our ability to have a positive impact on the communities we work in, and we aim to spend as much of our procurement budget locally in order to support local businesses.

Trust us to give back

Giving back is something we firmly believe in, and we have supported an array of charities, sporting institutions and communities. This has been both through indirect donations and through direct charity, volunteering our skills and time for community projects.

Examples of giving back;

• We have pledged to assist Friends of Greengates community group on their weekly litter picks throughout the duration of our works at Greengates Junction
• HCE match sponsorship helps Keighley Cougars pounce back
• Once a month, a member of Howard Civil Engineering assists with food bank deliveries in Holbeck for community support hub SlungLow
• Our team helped fundraise over £3,500 for LandAid during lockdown
• HCE recently donated playground equipment to a local primary school using repurposed site materials
• A team from HCE including two of the directors raised £15,000 by completing the Great North Run for St Gemma's Hospice
• In 2019, we raised £2,820 for Bradford Hospitals' Charity at Bradford Dragon Boat Festival
• We recently gifted over 400 items of food and toiletries to Barnsley bank, along with a £250 cheque
• Donated over 400 books to children at a primary school in Calverley
• HCE purchased a defibrillator for a local school in Derby
• Supporting young women in STEM at Skipton Girls' High School
• In 2020, the HCE team donated hundreds of presents to children in poverty in West Yorkshire at Christmas
• A team from HCE ran the Leeds Half-Marathon for Neuromuscular, a Great Ormond Street Charity
• Provided resources to create a wildlife garden at a local community centre
• Supported the purchase of a minibus for the community of York
• Provided kits and sponsorship to local sports teams
• Financial donations to various local charities and fundraising events such as The Howarth Foundation and Children's Heart Surgery Fund
• Local employment
• Children visits and work within schools

As part of our ongoing commitment to give back, we are aiming to launch a formal mechanism to continue our support of the communities we work in.

Giving back to our community