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Making a Difference

We believe in forging a better future for the communities we help create. That’s why we work closely with our clients, stakeholders and local communities to leave a positive legacy through every project we deliver.

From our award-winning apprenticeship scheme and STEM initiatives through to our volunteering, charity and wellbeing programmes, we actively support and invest in local communities, schools and the next generation of engineers. We are passionate about tackling the climate emergency, and are committed to reaching Net Zero in line with the requirements for keeping global temperature rise under 1.5°C.

Through our Corporate Social Responsibility framework, we support our clients and partners to meet their own strategies and objectives, undertaking joint social value and community engagement activities on schemes of every scale. We draw upon our experience of delivering social value through our many framework appointments with public and private sector clients and long-term partnerships.

Our social value strategy is aligned with the UK Government’s Social Value Model and the UN Sustainability Goals, and by understanding our clients’ priorities and setting out clear KPIs and tracking systems, we ensure social value is always delivered consistently, no matter what the scheme.

Waterman team 1000 mile bike ride

By understanding our clients’ priorities and setting out clear KPIs and tracking systems, we ensure social value is always delivered consistently, no matter what the scheme.

Waterman’s commitment to Social Value

Ready, set, grow: Getting our dig on with Food Works Sheffield

Our Sheffield team spent a day volunteering with local environmental social enterprise, Food Works, who provide fair and sustainable food for everyone in Sheffield from their kitchen, market and farm. Our green-fingered volunteers helped carry out essential maintenance at Food Works’ food farm, and got their hands dirty planting up delicious vegetables and herbs which will ultimately help ensure that no one in Sheffield goes hungry.

Better Bankside – Lunch Time Planting

Helping Better Bankside with the fantastic work they do in our local community. During lunchtime gardening sessions, we helped dig, plant, pot and spruce up the green spaces on Bankside, right on the doorstep of our London office, making the area greener and more beautiful.

 

Our Charity Partner for 2025

This year, we’re delighted to be supporting the Childhood Eye Cancer Trust (CEHT) as our charity partner for 2025.

The Childhood Eye Cancer Trust (CHECT) is a UK charity dedicated to helping people affected by retinoblastoma, a rare form of eye cancer. From their base in The Royal London Hospital, they provide vital support and information to families and individuals impacted by the disease, whilst also funding research into the prevention and treatment of retinoblastoma. In addition, they are committed to raising awareness among health professionals and the public, whilst influencing policy to improve services for patients.

For more information on CHECT, please click here.

 

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22 April 2024

Carl Goldsack: My time volunteering as an expedition herpetologist in Mexico

Carl Goldsack from our Bristol office spent 2 months in Calakmul in southern Mexico studying reptiles and amphibians.
11 October 2023

Waterman gets digging to improve school horticultural area

Our Birmingham team joined Ercall Wood Academy alongside WT Partnership to support ‘The Land Base’ project run by The Learning Community Trust.
4 July 2023

Inspiring the next generation of engineers at Constructionarium

Our structural specialists recently headed to Norfolk’s Bircham Newton to work with a team of construction and engineering students from UCL.
13 December 2022

1,000 miles in nine days: Charity bike ride  

As part of Waterman’s ongoing fundraising initiatives throughout the year, our COO Neil Humphrey cycled from John O’Groats to Land’s End in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support, our Charity Partner for 2022-2023.
Tough Mudder 2022
13 December 2022

Waterman teams take on Tough Mudder

Teams from both our London and Manchester offices took on Tough Mudder obstacle run challenges to prove how tough they are, whilst raising vital funds for our charity partner, Macmillan Cancer Support.
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13 December 2022

Taking part in the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning

Each year, our charity partner Macmillan Cancer Support hosts the world’s biggest coffee morning to raise vital funds for people living with cancer. 

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