Category: OBCT

O’Brien Charitable Trust (OBCT) has donated materials to the Stoney Stanton Scout Group HQ, Hinckley.

The materials were used for the foundations of the new fire escape that has been fitted to the Scout HQ. The new fire escape is significantly more robust than the previous one and will serve the club and the building for many years to come.

Tony Mitchell, Director at O’Brien Contractors Ltd, said: “We are pleased to see the improvements made and glad to have helped the Stoney Stanton Scout Group and its members”.

If you would like to see what our Trust has been up to or visit and donate, please follow the link here: https://lnkd.in/eazAXJRt

The O’Brien Charity Golf Day is only a couple of months away and the team at O’Brien has been practicing their swings and avoiding the rough to ensure they are competitive on the 7^th of July.

The response from our suppliers has been fantastic, offering sponsorship and prizes for the event. We would like to extend a huge thank you to them for their support and helping us to create what will be a brilliant day.

The money raised from the event will go to O’Brien Charitable Trust and help to raise money for our local charities and the worthy communities they support.

The sponsors are as following: Hole Sponsors:	Prize/Raffle Sponsors:
Cemex Gallagher Insurance Topcon MKM Building Supplies Burdens Nationwide Concreting Marshalls Hauraton Fletchers Waste Management First Fence Hire & Sales GRS SDC L Lynch Keyline Simson Aggregates Stardom Ltd IGS Darlaston Builders Merchants Tracey Concrete	Linsco Cotterill Civils FP McCann HCL Legal GH Fencing Leedale Coventry Timber Zenzero FGD Ltd I2 Analytical Bernhards Landscaping Hanson CMT Group Readyfix UK Lapwing The Warwickshire GC Active Digital Gallagher Insurance Map Polypipe

If you would like to sponsor our Charity Golf Day for 2023 or support O’Brien Charitable Trust, please contact info@obriencontractors.co.uk or follow the link here.

Bedford Town Park Project Vision Continues to Shape Up Nicely!

O’Brien started on site late 2021 to carry out works, including earthworks, multiple bridge constructions and hard and soft landscaping to create a brand new and very impressive town centre park and a greenway recreational area.

The scheme is really starting to take shape on this project site with the works on The Town Park and The Greenway showing massive progress on site.  The Town Park and The Greenway will connect the 4 new village communities together on this wonderful development when completed!

Our Project Manager said “The project is progressing well and we are beginning to see signs of the finished product. We have recently installed a new playground and the bulk of the planting works have been completed site-wide, the site team continues to work hard towards our completion.”

We have had some great weather in recent weeks, which has been of great importance for progressing the works on site.

It will certainly be very exciting to see the finished project completed in the next few months!

As part of National Apprenticeship week, we decided to put the spotlight on our apprentice Bradley Walters who is currently working on our Shire Lodge Cemetery Extension project in Corby.

At O’Brien, our apprentices get on the job experience and training and spend 1 day per week at a training centre or university so will come away with an industry recognised qualification or degree. There are no limits or boundaries in terms of progression within the company and we encourage everyone to take an initiative-taking approach to their job, to put themselves forward for training that will develop their skills and discuss ways in which they can advance their career.

We asked Bradley some questions on his apprenticeship with O’Brien Contractors:

Bradley came on board with the company in 2019 age 25 after a member of staff recommended the commitment of O’Brien to its apprenticeship scheme and also told him about the company’s values and commitment to staff training and progression. Bradley has been working on various sites for the last 3 years for four days a week to gain practical experience and studying one day a week at Solihull college for his qualifications.

Collaborating with different staff members on site, for around 6 months at a time, he has found this helpful to gain different experiences and approaches to the tasks he conducts on site.

Bradley has so far completed his HNC Civils and is currently working on his NVQ Level 4 in Construction Management and HND Civil Engineering. He has also received Buried Services, Cable Detection qualifications and is a qualified First Aider on site, as well as having his CSCS card. Bradley gets about in his company van to attend site and his college courses.

Bradley said “I really enjoy working at O’Brien as everyone is friendly, helpful and they make me feel involved and included. I find it easy to approach all members of staff including the Directors, who are involved with the projects. If I need someone to speak to or need assistance everyone is extremely helpful, and nothing is too much trouble.”

His long terms plans are to complete his NVQ 5 & 6 as well as SSMTS qualifications, and a selection of other courses that are available through the O’Brien training programme to eventually become a Project Manager.

See our careers page for details of apprenticeships: https://obriencontractors.co.uk/careers/

For further details on NAW2022 see: https://neaan.org.uk/naw2022/

Here at O’Brien we have had some mo-mentous fundraising results for the trust. Movember has been a huge triumph with an epic £3,125 being raised by the team and this figure is still rising.

The Charitable Trust are over the moon with the success of the tache-growing-team, their fundraising efforts has meant that O’Brien have met their £15K target for 2018.

Peter O’Brien said: “With only 4 people in the Movember team, £3K + is an unbelievable total! It has been a fantastic success, simple, straightforward and great fun. Thanks very much to everyone involved and most importantly it will have just got us past the annual £15K target, which is brilliant.”

If you would like to continue to support or donate to O’Brien Charitable Trust, please follow the link here: https://trust.obriencontractors.co.uk/

On Saturday 13th October, 20 of O’Brien staff with friends and family, and a dog, undertook a 10 mile walk across the Cotswold’s hills.

Setting off for 8:30am the team headed up Brailes Hill, followed by Broom Hill and lastly tackling Yarn Hill, where after they took a well-deserved rest at the Bell Inn at Shennington.

O’Brien Charitable Trust were behind the event, which raised money for its nominated charities and proved to be an enjoyable day out for all.

Darren Wortley, O’Brien Buyer said: “It was a great day out with excellent comradery amongst the team, the Cotswold hills were a stunning background to whole event. We couldn’t have asked for better weather.”

If you would like to find out more about O’Brien Charitable Trust and how much they have raised so far, please visit: https://trust.obriencontractors.co.uk/ 

On Saturday 1^st September 2018 a team of 18 set off on the Wolf Run, a 10K run including 30 obstacles, made up of cargo nets, a lake swim and treading through tons of mud.  The team’s ages ranged from 20 to 60 years old, the course was by no means an easy task, impressively all contenders finished unscathed and elated at the thought of a well-earned rest.

The Wolf Run event is held on a regular basis throughout the year, in all weathers, and was held at Welsh Road Farm in Hunningham, Warwickshire.

O’Brien Charitable Trust once again used a fantastic event to raise money for its local charities.

If you would like help support O’Brien Charitable Trust, please click here to make a donation: https://trust.obriencontractors.co.uk/

O’Brien’s Charitable Trust Golf Day was a huge triumph raising thousands for charity.

The O’Brien Charity Golf Day took place on the 27^th July at Leamington Country Golf Club in Whitnash. O’Brien staff and suppliers all teed off for charity before enjoying a sit-down meal and bidding in the charity auction. There was an impressive range of auction prizes to be won, ranging from a 1966 World Cup signed shirt to Sir Bobby Charlton and Nobby Stiles signed prints. (see images below)

Peter O’Brien, Managing Director, said: “The day was a brilliant success, I’m so pleased with the amount the trust has raised for all its charities. Everybody had a fantastic time and the level of generosity from all who attended was heart-warming. I want to extend my thanks to all the staff who played a part in making the day a success.”

O’Brien Charitable Trust will continue to raise funds for its charities throughout 2018, if you would like to help or contribute in any way please contact, Kelly Davis at kellydavis@obriencontractors.co.uk or call 01926 423918.