Bidvest Noonan

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Social Value

Volunteering at Enable Ireland’s Children Services Centre

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People from across our business, including some of our Irish Executive team, took time out of their diaries today to visit Enable Ireland’s Children Services Centre in Naas, Co. Kildare, where they lent a hand at some refurbishment work across the site.

Enable Ireland provides services to children and adults with disabilities from over 40 locations in 15 counties across Ireland. Part of Bidvest Noonan’s partnership with Enable Ireland is to provide support to reconditioning programmes across many of these locations.

Bidvest Noonan partners with Enable Ireland

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Bidvest Noonan, Ireland’s market-leading facilities services provider, and Enable Ireland Disability Services, have launched their new charity partnership for the next two years. The agreement will see Enable Ireland become Bidvest Noonan’s official charity partner.

Bidvest Noonan has committed to using its considerable resources to support Enable Ireland’s services for children and young people with disabilities. The business will work with Enable Ireland to raise funds for crucial projects across its children’s service centres.

Commenting on the new charity partnerships announcement, Bidvest Noonan’s ESG Director, John King, said: “We’re proud to launch this charity partnership with Enable Ireland. We believe that Enable Ireland’s work is vital, and we are delighted that Bidvest Noonan can help support them to create a better future for children with disabilities in Ireland.”

Further to the announcement, Enable Ireland’s National Fundraising Manager Dónal Kitt said: “We’re delighted to launch this partnership with Bidvest Noonan which will support our essential services for children and young people with disabilities. After a challenging number of years, we look forward to working with Bidvest Noonan on a number of events and activities to raise funds for crucial projects in our children’s service centres.”

About Enable Ireland

Enable Ireland provides services to children and adults with disabilities and their families in 15 counties. Covering childhood to adulthood its expert teams work with the individual and their family on a plan for each life stage. Its services for children and their families cover all aspects of a child’s physical, educational, and social development from early infancy through adolescence. They offer a range of services to adults with disabilities which include day services, training, personal development, supported and independent living, and social and leisure activities.

About Bidvest Noonan

Bidvest Noonan is an award-winning and highly accredited customer-focused services group. They employ over 27,000 people across the UK & Ireland. The business is a market leader for a wide range of facilities services across the UK & Ireland. These services include cleaning, security, reception, decontamination, electronic security, industrial services, and many more. Its success has been achieved by designing and delivering facilities solutions that provide exceptional quality and value for customers.

€40,000 raised for the people of Ukraine

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The Executive Team for our business in Ireland has stepped up for the people of Ukraine and collectively completed a cross-country walk, and raised €40,000 for the Irish Red Cross.

Cormac Sheils, Mary Kealy, Kathy McDermott, Philip Murphy, Scott Brannigan, Anthony Harman, Brendan Keogh, and Peter Smyth, have successfully completed a cross-country charity walk to support the people of Ukraine.

The team set out from Galway on Wednesday, May 11th, collectively trekked over 220km, and arrived back in our Swords Office on May 13th. Their efforts helped to raise €40,000 to support the efforts of the Irish Red Cross, a society that does great work for the Humanitarian Crisis in Ukraine.​

Nearly 5 million people have already fled their homes to escape the conflict in Ukraine. Countless lives in Ukraine are being torn apart by violence and insecurity. They have displaced been and forced to leave loved ones and almost everything they own. Many others have remained in Ukraine and live without sufficient access to water, electricity, and heat.

Red Cross teams are on the ground in Ukraine. They are working to repair vital infrastructure, support health facilities, and help families with life-saving food and hygiene items. The funds raised by our executive team and colleagues will help the Irish Red Cross provide people with food, first aid, medicines, warm clothes, and shelter they need.

Bidvest Noonan colleagues from across the country supported the executive team as they travelled through some of Ireland’s busiest and most well-known towns. A huge thanks to our teams at Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Maynooth University, Portuincula Hospital, and many more who came out to cheer the team on.

Starting on Day 1
Meeting Colleagues at Portiuncula Hospital
Passing the Roscommon Border
Pitstop in Moate, Co. Westmeath
Finishing Day 1 at Alexion, Athlone
Starting Day 2 in Athlone
Greeted by the Interact Team
Entering the Grand Canal Way
Meeting Colleagues at Maynooth University
Finishing Day 2 at Castleknock
Starting Day 3 with the Ancove Team
Greeted at the Finish Line at Hilton House, Swords

How we are supporting vulnerable children

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At Bidvest Noonan, we encourage and support our colleagues to get behind social causes they
are passionate about. Over the last months, colleagues from around our business raised
money for Barnardo’s in Ireland. Barnardos support vulnerable children who are affected
by adverse childhood experiences across Ireland. Their mission is to help transform children’s lives through a range of services to help support parents and challenge society
where it fails our children.
John King, our Environmental, Social, and Governance Director, and Kenneth Kehoe,
Director of Operations for Industrial and Specialist Services presented a cheque to the
value of €10,000 to the charity.


John King and colleagues from our Industrial Cleaning team also volunteered their time to support the charity. They worked on the refurbishment of a Barnardos facility that supports local children in Waterford. We believe their work will help make the project even more
welcoming.

Introducing Sunrise, our CSR programme

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In our business, we have always strived to be an ethical and sustainable company. This means doing our best to minimise our impact on the environment while maximising the good we do in the societies where we operate.

We want to be bolder and more innovative and continue leading the way in our CSR initiatives. That is why our CSR community has launched Sunrise. Sunrise will focus on four key areas where everyone can contribute to make an impact: Workplace, Environment, Community, and Marketplace.

Watch this short video to learn more:

Spearheaded by John King, Environment, Social and Governance Director, the committee is made up of a variety of Bidvest Noonan colleagues across each of our business units, who are passionate about corporate social responsibility. Their varying ideas, insights and experiences will help drive our ambitious plans forward.

Sunrise will see us launch an array of communications, engagement plans, campaigns, and reward and recognition incentives, to make it easier for everyone to get involved and for us to work together for a better tomorrow.

Donating 10,000 Facemasks to The Children’s Society UK

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It is our honour and privilege to support organisations that do invaluable work in our society. This month, we were glad to be able to donate 10,000 facemasks to enable The Children’s Society to continue its important work. The Children’s Society helps children to escape and recover from extremely challenging situations, giving them a new start in their lives.