Community

Caring for our communities is important to us. We encourage all our people to engage in community projects at a local level.

At Wood Group, we believe in supporting our communities. We believe in making a difference–in ways large and small–in those communities where our businesses operate and beyond.

We support an extensive range of local and international charities spanning health, education, the arts, medical research and the prevention and reduction of poverty. We have a well-established Employee Community Fund supporting charities and fundraising efforts involving our employees.

In the UK, we have an active community programme including sponsorship of the North East Scotland final of the national Junior Engineer for Britain K'NEX challenge, a programme designed to introduce primary school children to engineering. We are a long-term supporter of the annual Aberdeen International Youth Festival, the world's premier participatory youth arts festival. Wood Group is also a long-term supporter of the Grampian-Houston exchange which provides opportunities for student nurses to experience health care in the UK and US.

In the US this past year, we were involved in a number of initiatives, including the annual MS150 bike ride to raise money for Multiple Sclerosis, as well as new partnerships with the Alley Theatre in Houston and a high school robotics programme that encourages students to pursue careers in maths and sciences.

In Australia, we supported Melbourne Citymission in helping homeless young people re-enter society. In India, a team taking part in the Mumbai Marathon 6k Dream Run helped raise money for Children in Pain ("CHiP"), supporting the public school system. This past year, children in Equatorial Guinea enjoyed receiving Christmas presents thanks to a toy drive organised by employees in the Malabo and Rebola areas.

In 2010, we look forward to maintaining and further developing the partnerships that we have established with various charities and community programmes. We encourage our employees to support their local community, and through them broaden our approach and identify more projects where we can offer longer-term commitments to the communities in which we live and operate.