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Stadbroke School visit to Kier is a winner
Children from Stradbroke Primary School who were one of the winners in a competition organised by Sheffield Homes to create their own builder character, similar to TV favourite ‘Bob the Builder’, got an extra treat last week, with a visit to Kier’s Manor Lane site.
In addition to the £1000 prize money donated by Sheffield Homes, Kier wanted to also make a contribution to the children and so hosted a tour around its Manor Lane site. Kier’s customer liaison advisors and mascot Kieran greeted the 18 winning children and three teaching staff, and introduced them to the different areas including the stores, training centre, main office and the director’s conference room. There was also a chance for the children to visit the transport depot and sit inside a Kier van.
The competition was part of a campaign to raise the awareness of dangers of playing near to building work, while Decent Homes work is being undertaken to improve around 40,000 homes. Children used a variety of art and craft skills to make the characters. The children’s winning builder design was named ‘Billy Kier, don’t play here’.
Stradbroke Primary School’s Integrated Resource teacher, Ann Stengierski, says, “Kier are doing a wonderful job in raising awareness of safety near building work. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the visit around Kier’s depot and I’m sure it’ll be something the children will remember for a long while.
”It’s been a real treat for the children winning the competition – with our prize money we’ve bought a DVD movie camera, CD players, digital cameras and games for the children – so plenty of happy faces!”
Brenda Bower, customer liaison adviser team leader for Kier Sheffield, helped organise the tour says, “It was wonderful to see so many smiley faces, especially when they all got to sit in my van!”
Iain Allott, Decent Homes Programme Manager at Sheffield Homes adds, “We have a responsibility to help protect local children while Decent Homes work is being carried out, which we take very seriously. So it’s great to see that Kier are doing such a great job of educating children about the dangers of playing near these areas”.