Corporate Social Responsibility - Dodd Group - Electrical & Mechanical Services, Renewable Energy

Our Corporate Social Responsibility efforts focus on achieving positive and sustainable outcomes in the communities where we operate.

We are committed to training and believe passionately that we have an obligation to provide future generations with the opportunity to join our industry through apprenticeships and work placements.

We are a BITC Business Class partner having established and maintained relationships with local schools and academies in areas where we operate.

Our HR Manager is an accredited STEM Ambassador for the Company, working to engage more female interest in building services. This investment ensures that there is an on-going supply of skilled operatives for Dodd Group activities and that there are opportunities for young people from the communities we serve.

Dodd Group supports a number of national and local charities with both resource and funds. Our national charity partner the year is the Trussel Trust / Local Foodbanks. We will be raising funds and food donations for them through events up and down the country.

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Knife Angel Visits Sandwell

7/10/24

Dodd Group is delighted to be supporting Sandwell Council's fight to reduce knife related crime when the Knife Angel is displayed outside the Council House between 30th September — 31st October. Matt Lewis, Managing...

Solar Powered

6/6/24

A community centre in Birmingham has benefited from an energy-saving upgrade scheme aimed at transforming their facilities by reducing their fuel consumption, lowering their carbon emissions and slashing their utility bills. The Fox Hollies...

Isle of Wight Ultra Challenge

15/5/24

Congratulations to Kris Williams, our Group Quality Manager, on completing the immensely grueling 106km (1,800m climb) Isle of Wight Ultra Challenge last weekend.

Heart Warming Generosity From Our Heating Team

27/9/23

Dodd Group's Gas Operations Manager Stewart Butler, who works on our Birmingham City Council gas contract, recently agreed to help raise funds for Richard Green, from our client Equans, for a sponsored cycle challenge that he was undertaking on...

Telford Food Share Project

7/3/23

Our Head Office and Midlands Projects teams have been busy collecting again for the Telford Food Share Project. Thank you again to everyone who generously donated and thanks also to our apprentices Callum and James for helping with this...

Crick Community Sport Centre

6/3/23

Dodd Group's Northampton office has sponsored a football pitch at Crick Community Sports Centre in an effort to support their local community in Northamptonshire. The centre has a special connection for Damion Pidgeon who has been a UEFA...

Employees of the Month January 2023

1/3/23

Dodd Group is delighted to announce the first...

Graduation Day

7/12/22

Congratulations to Darryl Joyce, Gareth Bates, Adam Strong on their graduating in Operations / Departmental Manager - Level 5 CMI. A proud moment for the individuals concerned and also for Dodd Group for supporting and championing...

Chocs Away

1/12/22

Well done to our Plymouth team for the contribution that they made today to Plymouth Community Homes for a Christmas children's event that they hold every year in the North and South of the city. Shaun Mumford and his colleagues stepped in...

Employees of the Month September 22

11/11/22

The winners for September's Employee of the Month have been chosen. The winner for Projects and Group is Carl Fuller and the winner for Property Care is Paula Morris. Projects and Group — Carl Fuller

Employees of the Month August 22

28/9/22

We are pleased to announce August winner's for Employee of the Month: Property Care — Sharon Morris and Projects and Group — Liam Trainer

Macmillan Coffee Morning

26/9/22

On 23rd September, the Stockport office held a MacMillan Coffee Morning in an effort to raise money to support those living with cancer. A range of delicious cakes were made and brought in by team and a raffle was held to boost funds. Prizes...

Latest Apprentice Cohort

15/9/22

Last week, Dodd Group welcomed the latest cohort of apprentices across the group. Head Office have a new ICT apprentice and Southampton Projects have a new Electrical Installation apprentice. Property Care also have four electrical, one...

Community Support at Flowerbank Court

7/9/22

Flowerbank Court is an Anchor Scheme of 44 1 bedroom...

"Mighty Hike" Completed

12/7/22

Congratulations to Amy Bowden from our South West Defence team on successfully the Mighty Hike, a grueling 26 mile hike along the Gower Peninsula in South Wales. Amy completed the course in 10 hours along with her sister and they raised £700...

Gone Yellow for Zoe’s Place

28/6/22

Congratulations to our Nuneaton office for raising an incredible £733 for "Zoe's Place" by holding a dress down/ wear something yellow day and cake sale. There was also guess the name of the bear, guess how many sweets are in the...

Employees of the Month - Feb 22

11/5/22

Congratulations to Sarah and Daniel for winning February Employee of the Month Sarah — Projects Sarah was...

Easter Treats

1/4/21

Our wonderful team in Great Yarmouth has been getting into the Easter spirit by organising a cake sale to raise funds for Rethink Mental Illness Supporting a great cause and eating delicious cakes: what's not to like! ...

South West Apprentice Intake

20/8/20

Underlining our commitment to providing training and career opportunities, Dodd Group' South West Projects team has welcomed its latest apprentice intake. Bradley has joined us as an electrical apprentice and William as a mechanical...

Ramping Up Neighourhood Support

28/4/20

During a weekly catch up with a furloughed colleague from our Nuneaton branch, it was brought to our attention that her elderly wheelchair-bound neighbour was unable to access one of the rooms in his house or his back garden. This was making his...

QSA Apprentice of the Year

12/3/20

Congratulations to our 2018 Apprentice of the Year Callum Williams on being named QSA Heating Ventilation and Plumbing Apprentice of the Year 2020. BESA nominated Callum for this award to QSA (the Quality Skills Alliance), a...

Premier League Seats Find New Home

11/3/20

Dodd Group's Stockport Property Care Division have built a successful working partnership with Manchester City Football Club. Tasked with refurbishing the club's dugout areas, our Stockport team was required to replace the substitutes seating with...

Mental Health First Aider Training

27/2/20

Over two sessions, 31 members of our staff, including all of our Regional QHSE Managers, have been trained as Mental Health First Aiders, enabling them to support employees across our 19 branches in the UK. The 2-day Adult Mental Health...

Severn Hospice

12/2/20

Dodd Group is passionate about giving back to the communities in which we live and work. Each year a local charity close to the hearts of our employees is selected by our fundraising committee, comprising staff from different departments...

Newly Refurbished Tanyard Farm Commuity Centre Officially Opened

21/11/19

Dodd Group was delighted to help Orbit Group refurbish it's fantastic community centre at Tanyard Farm in Coventry. Our 'Community Crew' installed and decorated the kitchen, fitted replacement lighting and re-decorated the main rooms. ...

2019 Apprentice of the Year Announced

4/11/19

Each year Dodd Group holds an Apprentice / Adult Trainee of the Year competition where staff from across the country are encouraged to nominate their best candidates. From a pool of over 100 trade and non-trade learners the competition is...

World Mental Health Day

10/10/19

A huge thank you to every who participated in World Mental Health Day (10th October). This is a day for global mental health education, awareness and advocacy against the social stigma. To honour this today...

Welcome to our latest apprentice

5/9/19

Dodd Group is delighted to welcome the first of it's 2019 apprentice intake: Leon joins us today at our Stockton office as an Electrical Apprentice. This year we have had a great many applications for our apprenticeship scheme and it was a tough...

Thriving Communities Awards Winner

22/8/19

We are delighted to have been named Supply Chain Partner of the Year 2019 by one of our Property Care clients, Orbit Group. Orbit Group is one of the UK’s leading housing providers, managing a growing portfolio of over 40,000 homes. Their...

Wednesfield In Bloom

21/6/19

Dodd Group’s Wolverhampton team has been helping Wates Living Space with Community & Conservation Week, supporting Wednesfield In Bloom. Dodd Group supplied and helped to install 4 wooden planters as part of this community initiative. Overall...

Apprentice Shines in Stockport

10/6/19

At our Stockport branch we are now moving into our eighth year acting as a host for Stockport Council’s Supported Apprenticeship Scheme. During our partnership we have hosted numerous apprentices, including young offenders, individuals with...

AGSM Awards

10/6/19

The annual Association of Gas Safety Managers (AGSM) Awards took place recently and we’re proud to say that Dodd Group were finalists for two categories. Partnership and Collaboration of the Year: for this, we nominated our contract with...

Mental Health Awareness

23/5/19

Over 60 members of staff, including directors, senior management, contract managers and supervisors recently attended Mental Health Awareness Training delivered by the Electrical Industries Charity. The two hour session provided staff with an...

Apprentice of the Year crowned

13/5/19

Congratulations to our two finalists at this year's BESA Cymru/Wales & SW England Awards: Callum Williams who won the Level 3 Heating & Ventilation Engineering Apprentice of the Year and BESA Regional Apprentice of the Year and Ashley Smith who was...

Wolf Run for Rethink Mental Illness

15/4/19

Dodd Group staff from a number of different offices took part in the Spring Wolf Run in aid of our chosen charity, Rethink Mental Illness. The Wolf Run is a combination of three kinds of off-road running: mud runs, trail runs and obstacle runs....

Helping Bristol's Homeless

9/4/19

Dodd Group, working with Galliford Try Construction, has been helping out with a fantastic project in Bristol called Help Bristol's Homeless. The scheme converts old site containers into warm, comfortable accommodation to help people have a...

Latest Apprentice Graduates

27/2/19

Dodd Group is delighted to announce the appointment of Jordan Lewis, newly qualified Electrician, as his joins us on Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council Property Services Partnership following the successful completion of his electrical...

Looking to the Future

9/10/18

As part of our on-going commitment to developing future talent, Dodd Group's HR Manager, Mary-Anne Clayton has been working with Sandwell Academy; assisting during their enrichment week. She writes "Holly Lewis (Bid Department) & I spent an...

Work Experience in Sandwell

6/7/18

The first tranche of year 12 students from Sandwell Academy have completed their one week work experience programme with Dodd Group and have been presented with certificates by Matthew Lewis, Managing Director of the Property Care division. ...

CV Workshop

2/7/18

This morning our HR Manager is helping the students of Madeley Academy with their CV writing techniques. This workshop is an example of how local business can support their communities beyond the workplace. We hope that this will...

International Women in Engineering Day

22/6/18

To support International Women in Engineering Day (INWED18) on Saturday 23 June, Dodd Group has been joining in the social media campaign to raise the profile and celebrate the achievements of...

Helping Young People

19/6/18

Beam, a recently launched drop-in facility in Shrewsbury & Telford for the Children's Society, aims to provide young people aged 0 - 25, parent(s)/ carers of young people & professionals with advice, signposting and support with any...

Work Placement Gives Tom Invaluable Experience

4/5/18

With a number of Directors and Managers at Dodd Group having emerged through apprenticeship routes, including Matt Clarke our Southampton Regional Director, the company is a proud advocate of vocational training and our senior management team...

Trainee Success for Wolverhampton

3/1/18

Dodd Group has been supporting the City of Wolverhampton Council's employment initiative by providing work place experience to individuals who have joined their scheme on the Civic Centre Future Spaces refurbishment project. Our most...

Conquer Cancer Together

12/12/17

Dodd Group is a proud supporter of a fantastic charity and it gave us enormous pleasure to present them with a cheque for £10,000. Challenge Cancer UK fundraises for the cancer journey: Awareness, Prevention, Research, Treatment, Support &...

Big Birmingham Sleepout

29/11/17

Congratulations to Natalie Wilkie, James Kirby, Lee-Ann McMahon, Adam Strong and Darryl Joyce for completing the Big Birmingham Sleepout. Braving sub-zero...

National Apprentice Week

7/3/17

Dodd Group has marked the start of National Apprenticeship Week by attending career fairs aimed specifically at attracting apprentices. The Apprenticeship Jobs Fair in Plymouth's Guildhall drew in crowds throughout the day, attracting almost 900...

Factory Visit for 6th Form Puplis Hailed as Great Success

8/12/16

Dodd Group's Stockport team has been working with Morgan Sindall on two projects, The Deanery High School and Hawes Side Academy, on the Priority Schools Building Programme in the North West As part this framework the EFA encourage initiatives...

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