Award-winning Shropshire construction company McPhillips has launched a new fund to build stronger communities as it marks its 60th birthday.
To celebrate its Diamond Anniversary, the company – which was incorporated on December 3, 1964 – has developed the McPhillips Community Fund in partnership with Shropshire Community Foundation. McPhillips’ managing director Paul Inions said the fund would be used to support projects across Shropshire which make a positive impact on community life.
“We are very proud to be a Shropshire company and that 80 per cent of our 240-strong team lives within a 20-mile radius of our Telford headquarters. Last year, we spent 73 per cent of our budget with suppliers within 20 miles of our West Midlands sites, meaning that our success very quickly becomes the region’s success. That’s why we’ve woven social value into the very fabric of our work and why we are launching this fund with Shropshire Community Foundation.”
The fund will be used to support projects and initiatives that empower people to improve their mental health, reduce social isolation and promote long-term well-being.
McPhillips company secretary Val Hardy, who has been with the firm for 30 years, will be helping to coordinate the fund on behalf of the two organisations.
She added: “This fund will ensure that the benefits of our success at McPhillips are shared with those communities, groups and organisations which most need our support and will ultimately help build a stronger region which is good for all of us.”
Shropshire Community Foundation trustee Sonia Roberts said she was delighted to extend the foundation’s relationship with McPhillips.
“Shropshire Community Foundation already supports groups such as the Multi Talent Youth Organisation, which trains marginalised and disabled groups; the Park Lane Centre, which provides resources to refugees and the CultureKind Chinese Community. Through the McPhillips Community Fund, we will be able to extend our work to support many more community groups and organisations in a way which will help transform very many lives.”
McPhillips, based at Hortonwood, has delivered more than 140 projects as principal contractor with a value of £300million in the last five years.
To find out more about the fund and to apply visit https://www.shropshirecommunityfoundation.org.uk/open-grants/mcphillips-community-fund/.
CAPTION: McPhillips managing director Paul Inions and Sonia Roberts, of Shropshire Community Foundation, launch the McPhillips Community Fund watched by some of the company’s staff.
