SHEPLEY GROUP NEWS

Introduction from NickDue to COVID-19 this is the first newsletter since January 2020 and so much has changed this year. Both the working environment and life in general for everybody is significantly different. We will not be able to do the usual mass meetings for back to work briefs, so in January we will be sharing a video message for small groups during the week we return.I would like to thank you all for your support, commitment and resilience you have applied to everything we have had to do to keep the business viable this year.

It is safe to say we have come through the lockdowns and change in a strong position with our financial year for October 2020 to September 2021 being a transitional year to build towards some significant opportunities.

We have been very successful recently on a number of fronts winning

the Electrical Temporary Works for SIXEP Contingency Project (SCP) and Sellafield Product and Residue Store Retreatment Plant (SRP) under the Project and Programme Partnership (PPP). West Cumberland Engineering have also been awarded a large manufacturing project for SCP Wallboxes.

Our team at Springfields have been awarded The Magnox Island Decommissioning Project and our Restoration team were successful when tendering for The Manchester Town Hall Window Renovation Project.

We continue to track and bid a large number of opportunities which will play out over the next year, for example:• OSW replacement now called

Integrated Asset Care will be tendered in 2021, and we are currently pulling together a strong team to bid this.

• PPP – there are several opportunities for Shepley, PPS and WCEL which we are bidding. Some of the projects are in flight and work will flow fairly quickly, and some of the work is for longer term frameworks supporting PPP.

• Hinkley Point C – we are currently working with Rolls Royce to develop a major opportunity to install the Ultimate Diesel Generators at Hinkley.

• We are also tendering a number of opportunities at Dounreay and Aldermaston.

• In the Restoration arena we are bidding a number of opportunities for Gas Holder refurbishment and Glass House restoration in Glasgow and Edinburgh.

All of this success and activity identified above along with the ongoing work for existing frameworks gives us some real reasons to be positive about the future in the short and long term.Sellafield continue to monitor our Supplier Relationship Management for CNSL and we are developing further joint actions to improve the way we work on the DDP contracts as it moves toward the next 5 years of the framework.

Our decontamination team are currently working on a number of individual clean up tasks, with the most important being the development and implementation in 2021 of a process to complete Post Operational Clean Out (POCO) of the THORP Shear Cave. This is not only a challenging task but the first of a kind and if successful will put us in a strong position for POCO on site at Sellafield and worldwide.All it leaves me to say is I hope you all have a good Christmas break and you enjoy a safe and prosperous New Year.

Nick HoughtonShepley Group Managing Director

DECEMBER 2020

FeedbackWe welcome your feedback, ideas and suggestions for future issues.You can feedback via your line manager or by contacting Megan Kearney, Business Support Assistant at: megan.kearney@shepley.vhe.co.uk

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Reminder, Commendations & Complaints Megan Kearney will be keeping a record of all client commendations and complaints for Shepley Group Companies from now on. If you have received any, please forward them onto megan.kearney@shepley.vhe.co.uk. Commendations demonstrate the good work we are capable of and give existing and potential future clients some good evidence of our performance and capacities. Complaints are just as important as they allow us to identify areas for improvement.

Health Assured All members of staff now have access to ‘Health Assured’ which offers support and guidance on a variety of topics. HR will be sending group notifi cations regarding health and wellbeing topics for each month.

Decembers topics are:

• Well Being Article – Mental Health at Christmas • Topical Article – International Volunteers Day (5th December 2020)• Legal – The Basics of Money Management • Webinar – Loneliness

Please see Health Assured Wellbeing Calendar below:

The 24-Hour Confi dential Helpline is available on 0800 030 5182 and the Online Health Portal is available at:www.healthassuredeap.com

Health Assured wellbeing calendar 2021

January February March April

wellbeing

legal

topical

webinar

18th: Blue Monday

13th-20th: Obesity Awareness Week

Coping with change

Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020

4th: Time to Talk Day

4th: World Cancer Day

Emotional intelligence

Bereavement guidance: Wills and probate

20th: International Day of Happiness

12th: World Sleep Day

Understanding self-harm

Practical guidance for victims of fraud

Stress Awareness Month

Motoring Offences - Speeding

7th: World Health Day

Social media and mental health

September October November December

World Alzheimer’s Month

Leasehold repairs

10th: World Suicide Prevention Day

Suicide awareness

10th: World Mental Health Day

Seasonal affective disorder (SAD)

Black History Month

13th: World Kindness Day

Bullying at school – information for parents

Alcohol Awareness Week

Basics of money management

2nd-8th: Grief Awareness Week

Medical negligence

1st-7th: Anger Awareness Week

Winter wellbeing

Child arrangements

June AugustJulyMay

Mental Health Awareness Week

Landlord and tenant – deposit protection rights

21st: World Meditation Day

Coping with bereavement

14th-18th: Loneliness Awareness Week

21st-25th: World Wellbeing Week

Summer wellbeing

Planning permission and objections

30th: International Day of Friendship

Domestic abuse

19th: World Humanitarian Day

Bailiffs advice

5th: Cycle to Work Day

Complex mental health issues

Criminal Law in the UK and Ireland

Pride Month: how to be an ally

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Health & SafetyThe COVID-19 pandemic has seen many changes in the way in which our business operates. All our sites have had to adapt to this new way of working, whether they are offi ce based or on site. Shepley Group safety team have acted as a key stakeholder when implementing new COVID-19 controls during this uncertain time. Our HSE department have produced risk assessments, site remobilisation plans and worked closely with clients and trade unions to ensure that when employees have returned to work that new controls have been met.

However, one of the main factors we cannot shy away from is conventional safety. COVID safety has been at the forefront of everyone’s thought process for the past 9 months. It is important that we all remember that all our conventional safety hazards still remain, and our eye should not be taken off the ball.

If ever you are in doubt STOP and seek further advice.

Safety Achievements During Lockdown

RoSPA Awards:Shepley Group celebrate another fantastic result at the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) awards for our health and safety performance during 2019-2020.

4 Shepley: RoSPA Order of Distinction (24 Years Consecutive Gold Medals)

4 PPS: RoSPA Order of Distinction (20 Years Consecutive Gold Medals)

4 WCEL: RoSPA Gold Medal (8 Years Consecutive Gold Medals)

4 CNSL: 1st Gold Medal Award

Julia Small, RoSPA’s head of qualifi cations, awards and events, said: “The RoSPA Awards scheme is the longest-running of its kind in the UK, but it receives entries from organisations around the world, making it one of the most sought-after global accolades in health and safety. RoSPA wants every employee, wherever they are, to work safe in the knowledge that they will be going home unharmed and healthy at the end of every day.

The RoSPA Award winners are vital to help achieve this goal, as by entering they are driving up standards and setting new benchmarks for organisations everywhere. Currently, around 7million people are directly impacted by the RoSPA Awards, but the scheme’s infl uence is even wider.”

Additional Safety Achievements:

4 SEL group have retained the Contractors Health & Safety Scheme (CHAS) accreditation.

4 Many of our safety managers and advisors completed training during lockdown to achieve an additional National Compliance Risk Qualifi cation (NCRQ).

4 Kent Fearon Safety Advisor for PPS Electrical has recently received his graduate member status. Kent has been with the company for over 20 years initially starting as a pipe fi tter back in the 90’s and later progressed into a health and safety advisor role. His hard work, dedication and commitment to Health and Safety has certainly paid off.

Winter Driving Tips: Check your vehicle

d Ensure you check your fuel, oil and water levels, check electrics and make sure your tyres have suffi cient tread before setting out.

d Check your lights and brakes are working effectively, including the handbrake and the fog lamps.

d Ensure your heaters are working and you have added antifreeze to your radiator and windscreen washers

d Check the forecast for the day. The morning trip to work might be clear skies and frost, but the changeable British weather means those clouds can roll in and the next thing you know you’re driving home in snow. Be ready for all eventualities.

d Plan your journeyd Check weather and travel

conditions before and during your journey and make sure you leave extra time to clear your windscreen properly before setting off.

d Stick to main roads that have been gritted.

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Decontamination Services

Picture shows scaffold erection for the C5 Working Enclosure taking place over and around the load tested Lid Lifting steelwork and SWEF Flask situated within oxide fuel flask maintenance building extension.

SWEF Flask Decontamination:

Sellafield Ltd (SL) have a requirement for a second transport flask for sludge recovered from the Pile Fuel Storage during their desludgeing operations. In order to prevent the costly purchase of an additional flask, Sellafield decided to re-purpose an existing SWEF flask which has been in service for approximately 15 years. The re-use of the flask would make a saving of approximately £3 million and avoid the need to dispose of the redundant SWEF flask as waste.

To enable the flask to be re-purposed, a new centraliser frame and sludge container will be installed into the flask and a new lid fitted that will permit sludge filling without its removal.

To allow the centraliser and sludge container to be fitted into the flask, the internals of the flask need to be at a maximum of C3 contamination levels. A health physics survey conducted back in 2018 determined the flask was at C5 levels, and highly contaminated. The survey readings meant that the Oxide Fuel Flask maintenance team could not work on the flask within their facilitiy.

As a result, SL engaged the Shepley Decontamination team to undertake the decontamination of the flask to C3 levels, or lower if at all possible. After an exhaustive study into potential facilities available

for this work to be carried out, taking into account the flask weight of 30 tonnes and the lid being 8 tonnes, the only option open to the SEL Decontamination team was to erect a temporary C5 facility within the Oxide Fuel Flask maintenance building extension which is a C2 building.

To access the internals of the flask, a purpose designed steelwork lifting frame capable of lifting the 8tonne lid was erected by SEL’s mechanical operatives and load tested to lift the lid and position it on a set down table.

In order to undertake working on the flask internals, Enigma Industrial services were engaged to erect a specifically designed double skinned scaffolding working enclosure with working platforms and subchange areas, and air was extracted using a high efficiency particulate air mobile filtration unit.

Picture shows: (ABOVE) - SEL Decontamination Team and SL HP&S monitor inspect the flask internals on completion of the decontamination operations.

Picture shows: (ABOVE) A SEL Decontamination team member wearing C5 PPE preparing to enter the C5 working area from the sub change.

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The SEL Decontamination team were an integral part of the safety case team, produced the plant modification proposal and associated safety documentation for the task, as well as providing the person organising work role for this project. This was in addition to the hands on decontamination of the flask.

The SEL Decontamination team sucessfuly decontaminated the flask down to a level well within the required C3 levels, with a max contamination hot spot level of 120CPS within the flask. The decontamination works on the flask body and the lid were completed within 3 days, beating the predicted 5 day estimate. The completed works resulted in the flask decontamination being achieved ahead of schedule and allowing SL to meet a high priority key milestone.

West Cumberland Engineering Hybrid 1 63 Can Rack:

WCEL are proud to be part of a Cumbrian collaboration which has successfully manufactured a world-first nuclear space saver.

The collaboration consists of WCEL, Bendalls, and TEAM Industrial Services who have delivered the first ‘Hybrid 1 63 Can Rack’ to Sellafield.

The innovation triples the number of fuel cans that can be held in one underwater storage container and help reduce the time it takes to remove fuel from AGR reactors. These improvements could save the UK £2 billion in nuclear decommissioning costs.

This is an important breakthrough because space is limited in the UK’s only storage pond for Advanced Gas-cooled Reactor (AGR) fuel, at Sellafield’s Thorp plant.

Andrew Pringle, AGR operating Programme Manager for Sellafield Ltd, said: “It has been a great example of collaboration. As the AGR stations are coming to the end of their operational lives, we have to look at how we store the fuel. The current storage compartments can hold up to 20 fuel cans. We knew this wouldn’t be enough. So for a number of years, we’ve been working to design a solution. The answer is the 63 can rack, Hybrid 1 design.

As the name suggests, it can store 63 fuel cans in one rack.The first rack has been placed in the Thorp Receipt and Storage Pond. We have a further 15 to follow and then the Hybrid 2 Rack, which is an enhanced design to optimise manufacturing and will be used to store fuel cans. This will ensure we can support ongoing AGR receipts and enable accelerated bulk defueling of the AGR reactors from 8 years to 3.5 years”

Pictures show: Internal views of the SWEF Flask prior to (LEFT) and post (BELOW) decontamination operations.

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Other WCEL News:

Earlier this year West Cumberland Engineering were awarded a position on the Lot 1 Machining Spares and Lot 2 Fabricated Spares contract. The contract is expected to run over the next 4 years with a potential value of £10,000,000. This is a fantastic achievement which provides long-term financial security for the foreseeable future. As a result, this will enable WCEL to offer enhanced employment opportunities within West Cumbria. As we all know there has been a variety of uncertainties and challenges in 2020 and as a result the local area has suffered. This contract allows WCEL to provide long term investment in people and facilities for the next few years.

Furthermore, WCEL have recently won their first Programme and Project Partnership (PPP) contract on behalf of Doosan Babcock to supply floor and wall boxes for the SCP contract. PPP is a framework that is expected to run for 20 years with the aim of revolutionising project delivery at Sellafield. WCEL are incredibly proud to have been awarded the contract as we know the marketplace can be very competitive, WCEL are only the second company to be successful on securing work on PPP so far.

Picture above shows Wallboxes manufactured at WCEL.

PPS ElectricalThroughout the year PPS Barrow Manufacturing Facility continued to remain busy despite the pandemic. This was thanks to our health and safety team who introduced newly enhanced safety regimes to keep our staff safe and the willingness of our manufacturing team to continue working. We have successfully manufactured and delivered panels for many of our clients including Sellafield and Bender UK.

PPS Barrow have also investigated the potential for CE marking of our panels, and have invested some time and money to this and are hopeful that we can add this to our capabilities in early 2021.

Other PPS News:

PPS Electrical have recently became registered as fire and security professionals through our membership of The Fire and Security Association (FSA). This means PPS are now certified to offer fire sealing services.

Please inform your projects and contacts we have the certification and can now offer this capability.

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DDP Lot 1: Cumbria Nuclear Solutions (CNSL) Alpha Glovebox Installation:

Alpha Glovebox Installation is a collaborative venture between IDS and CNSL. All technical aspects and cost management is being managed by IDS.

CNSL are responsible for carrying out the management of site installation activities. These activities include mechanical, HVAC, electrical, scaffolding, civil and commissioning of support works.

The project is progressing well with numerous small remediation tasks being added along the way. It is expected that the project will be complete by February 2021 as it is currently recognised as a high priority project by Sellafi eld.

Picture (ABOVE) shows CAD model of the installation.

FLOC Retrievals:

FLOC Retrievals Project is aimed at facilitating the retrieval of fl ocs from the holding tanks to the storage tanks. It is anticipated that the current holding tanks will continue to degrade. CNSL have been engaged to design, manufacture, inactively test, install & commission a system which will be used by SL operatives to retrieve and transfer the fl ocs from one tank to another using vacuum retrieval technology.

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic the LAETP FLOC Retrievals Project has continued to progress well throughout this diffi cult period. We were faced with many challenges due to national lockdowns which impacted our supply chain massively.

The project currently has multiple work areas progressing

and minor design packages to complete early in 2021.

CNSL have faced many challenges outside of their control. For example, the American supplier who owned the design of the Hose in Hose system was unable to meet the required quality standards. This required the team to start again from scratch during the pandemic. The team developed a new Hose in Hose design, and this innovative piece of work has the potential for huge cost savings across the wider nuclear estate.

The team then re-opened one of the Rig Halls at the James Fisher Nuclear facility in Egremont to erect a trial rig.

All major plant and equipment will be delivered to the facility for Integrated Works Testing (IWT). The IWT trials will prove the design, aid commissioning & ensure SL operatives are familiar with the working of the system prior to site installation.

The integrated project team are continuing to progress with the PMP production, Crane Statements, Waste Management Plans, Commissioning Plans and all other associated documents that are required to make the project a success.

Picture shows Batch Vessel

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Picture shows a model of the planned Integrated Works Testing

Picture shows construction works ongoing

Have a story?Please contact Megan Kearney via email at megan.kearney@shepley.vhe.co.uk

or call 01946 599 022 if you have anything you would like to include in the company newsletter.

Other CNSL Achievements:

4 Jack Tomlinson passed his Demolition Management Degree through the IDE

4 CNSL have been awarded their fi rst RoSPA Gold Award

4 When the COVID-19 Pandemic fi rst hit the UK PPE was in very short supply. CNSL donated over £1,200 worth of PPE including face masks, gloves and eye protection to local care home Bethel House, who provide accommodation for people with dementia and other mental health needs.

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DDP Lot 3: i3 Since the COVID restart in July, the Electrical Distribution Upgrade Project has steadily progressed well across a variety of areas. The footprint of MSSS and the design of the new cable route is of a complex nature. The project requires continuous constructability reviews to allow the job to be built from multiple scaffold platforms. Once a platform has been used to install the cable tray, they need to be removed to move on to the next section to build. This is a meticulous task which will be ready to move on to the next phase early in 2021.

LLM Radar Installation works was another major task on MSSS which was quickly picked up when our team returned to project delivery. Working collaboratively with SL Health Physics, Shepley undertook the hazardous task of removing the radar plugs from the ops floor compartments. We then had to transport and install cabling and test the new radar equipment using the onsite crane facilities.

This was a task which was done right first time whilst maintaining our first-class safety record. With the heightened presence of COVID, radiological hazards and the conventional safety hazards this project is an excellent example of scope delivered collaboratively with SL.

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Springfi eldsDecommissioning:

As part of our decommissioning programme at Springfi elds, Shepley employees have now started work on several industrial buildings associated with the manufacture of Magnox fuel. These buildings are known on site as the ‘Magnox Island’ and are now obsolete and redundant due to the Magnox reactor power stations all having ceased operation.

Shepley have successfully secured the Decommissioning & Demolition contract. With a total area spanning over 12,000m² and a total value at circa £9m. This is a substantial project and a great success which will provide jobs for the local workforce for years to come with the project due to run until 2023.

Shepley are set to eventually employ around 50 decommissioning operatives to help with the project, current numbers are steadily growing as we increase the workload but are hoping to be at maximum capacity by early to mid-2021. Due to the buildings latterly being utilised for the processing of uranium bearing residues, radiological precautions and measures are in place to ensure the safe working of all members of the workforce, which is always our top priority.

Electrical:

As part of the Effl uent Precipitation and Separation Plant (EPSP) Electrical Supplies Project, we were required to run 2x185mm feeder cables from the substation to the MCC Panel for the new EPSP building.

The switchgear in the substation was the original kit dating back to the 1960s and was not compatible with modern cable terminating techniques. As a result, we were required to design a busbar enclosure to retrofi t on the rear of the old switched fuse. Once this was installed, we then could gland and terminate the 2x185mm feeder cables into the bottom of the new busbar enclosure.

We then had to come up with a way to connect the new busbar enclosure to the existing switched fuse way. To achieve this, we mounted another enclosure at the top to cover the newly installed busbar and existing switch.

The fi nal task was to design and measure some copper links to be manufactured to fi t in the top enclosure. They had to be precise so that one end of the solid links could be dropped into the new busbar enclosure and the other end of the solid links dropped into the terminals of the existing switched fuse.

Heat shrink and barriers were then installed so that the installation conformed to IP2X.

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Effluent Precipitation and Separation Plant (EPSP) New Reprocessing Plant.

Earlier this year, we took over the contract to build and undertake the mechanical installation on the new EPSP plant after the original contractor pulled out midway through the project.

At handover, the concrete slab had been laid and structural steelwork had been erected. Mitch Dunne and his team of roofers and cladders are currently making the building weatherproof along with a team of bricklayers who are building the lower wall.

Once the building has been made weathertight, we will commence with the mechanical installation.

Shepley Restoration

After extensive work completed by WCEL to meet the exact fabrication, welding and machining requirements of the Ultimate Diesel Generators (UDG) mounting plates for Rolls Royce our restoration team took on the challenge of painting them.

The paint shop at Sheffield are more accustom to painting components for The Houses of Parliament, which are substantially smaller and lighter than the mounting plates. Due to the size and weight of the plates our team came up with an innovative solution and decided to manufacture three trollies to help transport the plates between the blast booth and paint booths. As a result, this reduced the risk of potential damage to the paint by reducing the amount of handling required.

Credit to our Sheffield workshop team for shipping the first three UDG Main Fuel Tank Mounting Plates on December 1st meeting the Q/A requirements of Rolls Royce.

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Other Shepley Group News National Apprenticeship Week

In February, 39 teams of talented young people from across Gen2’s training centres in Workington, Carlisle and Furness came together to challenge their engineering and entrepreneurial skills for National Apprenticeship Week. Students were required to come up with innovative business ideas to raise money for a chosen charity.

Shepley Group Apprentices Rosie Harrison and Alisha Bennett worked as a team with others to raise money for Suicide Bereavement Support in Cumbria. In order to raise money for the charity they had to come up with a new business.

The team came up with “TwoTimeTins” this involved taking dirty old tins and restoring them to become new storage and plant pots. The apprentices visited a variety of local businesses to collect dirty unwanted tins and then spent time cleaning, painting and decorating the old tins to make them a product to sell to raise money for their chosen charity.

Rosie Harrison said “The week improved our teamwork communications and brought us closer as a group. When we were selling our pots to strangers you could really see team member’s confidence and communication skills shining through”

The event was a success and TwoTimeTins came second in the final. Over £740 was raised for Suicide Bereavement Support in Cumbria.

(ABOVE) Spraying the old tins in the workshop

(RIGHT/ABOVE RIGHT)he final product

(ABOVE) Selling the product

(ABOVE) Handing over the cheque

(ABOVE) 2 x Tins Stall

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Retirement Celebrations This year Shepley Group says goodbye to several employees as they reach retirement. In March, Adrian Drabble retired after 13 years working for Shepley. Adrian’s career began in November 2007 and when he joined the company, he was only looking for a ‘little’ part-time job.

Adrian was an apprentice co-ordinator who looked after the apprentices in the group. He was well respected and had good relationships with the apprentices despite the age gap.

We asked Adrian for a few words before he retired and what he will get up to in his spare time, he said “I have enjoyed my time at SEL making new friends who I will miss when I fi nish work. I wish all who work for SEL Group all the best for the future. As for what will I be getting up to when I retire - only time will tell. There’s one thing for sure, the alarm clock will certainly be going in the bin!”

Members of staff in the training department including Ethan Spedding, Jill Ireland and Marie Trotter said “Adrian will greatly be missed not only as a colleague but a good friend too. He has taught us all a lot over the years and we will miss his sense of humour, he made coming to work a pleasure!”

Neil Gibson also retired in March 2020. Neil started working for PPS back in 1999 and worked on some of the company’s main projects including Evap D and the Calder River Security Enhancements.

Mike Brown, Senior Construction Manager said “I have had the pleasure of working with Neil many times. He was a well-liked and respected colleague amongst all that worked alongside him. His experience, work ethic and knowledge were certainly well appreciated on the Evap D project. From all at PPS we wish Neil all the very best in his retirement, which will give him more time for his wife, children and grandchildren and doing the things he enjoys the most.”

We also said goodbye to two other employees from West Cumberland Engineering. Roy Woolcock retired on the 25th June this year. Roy started working for WCEL on the 22nd

March 2010, he was with the company for over 10 years as a Pipefi tter later moving onto a charge hand role. Roy was popular and well respected by all his colleague. Steve Hawley said “He was always willing to share his knowledge and expertise he will be greatly missed by everyone at WCEL. We would like to wish Roy all the best in his well-earned retirement!”

Jed Harris also retired this year from WCEL in October 2020. Jed started as Plater at WCEL in 2013, he displayed a great deal of versatility in his role, not only in fabrication but machining and mechanical fi tting tasks too. Many colleagues who worked along Jed said that “he will defi nitely be a big miss to the company!”

We would like to take this as an opportunity to thank all our retirees for their hard work over the years and we wish them all a long and happy retirement!

John Elliot Pancreatic Cancer Fundraiser

John Elliot, Senior Inspector covering works both on and off site has recently been diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer. John joined Shepley in 2006 and has worked for the company for the last 14 years. He is a well-respected colleague and described by Ian Cowan as a ‘top bloke’.

John was diagnosed at the beginning of October and

unfortunately it has not been an easy ride with John being in and out of hospital to receive treatment. Johns three daughters Becky, Kimberley, Bethany and son Paul have set up a fundraising page for this very worthy cause.

If you could please spare a moment to visit the page and donate that would be great.

Shepley Group would like to take the opportunity to send our thoughts and best wishes to John and his family.

https://pcam.pancreaticcancer.org.uk/fundraisers/dadsgirlsagainstcancer

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Community Engagement All Things Engineering Lakes College

Several employees including Noemi Bell, Rosie Harrison, Graham Windle and Mike Brown attended the Lakes College “All Things Engineering” event on the 5th of February. Around 130 students attended the event.

Employees were required to speak to the students to tell them about their job role and the journey they have taken along the way, students asked the employees what they most like about their job and how it differs to other disciplines. The aim of the event was to highlight the various discipline’s that are available in the engineering industry.

Members of staff at Lakes College said they were delighted with the constructive conversations that took place from employers to students. Research showed that 71% of students thought the event was good/excellent in helping to plan for the future and that 70% felt they learned quite a lot/an awful lot about the skills and qualities needed in the world of work.

The Charlie and Kathleen Dunnery Children’s Fund (CKDCF) Donation:

Following a further accident and incident free three months the EPE Remediation Asset Care Team has made yet another £1000 donation to a local charity. The lucky recipient this time was The Charlie and Kathleen Dunnery Children’s fund (CKDCF). A cheque for £1000, made up of £500 each from SL and CNSL, was presented to Mark Andrews who is a Whitehaven fundraiser for the CKDCF.

This charity is dedicated to children’s health, wellness and educational needs in and around the Cumbria area. This consists of grants and charitable donations to organisations that directly benefit local children in need.

Danny Mahoney presented the Cheque on behalf of CNSL and Luke McStraw on behalf of Sellafield Ltd.

Rotary Club Employer Project

Shepley Group continued their support for the Rotary Club’s Employer Project again this year. 24 students from UTC were set with the challenge to remotely recover a radioactive container from a storage pond and deposit it into a lead lined receptacle. Teams were required to design, manufacture and deploy a remotely operated vehicle to meet the challenge set.

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Tony Wearing worked closely with the students over 12 weeks to provide his expertise and knowledge gained throughout his time at Shepley to guide the students along the way. In March Megan Kearney and Ethan Spedding attended the final where a winning team was chosen. The best team was chosen on several factors including cost of materials, length of programme, design of equipment and how well the manufactured vehicle operated.

The project was enjoyed by all members of staff and the students involved. Feedback from the students showed that 95% got a lot out of the employer project and 100% would recommend the employer project to others.

Whitehaven Amateurs Sponsorship

Kelvin Graham, Shepley Site 5 Supervisor currently runs two football teams for Whitehaven Amateurs Football Club. Kelvin is lead coach for the Under 10’s boys team. Due to the cold weather conditions last winter Kelvin was reaching out for local sponsors to cover the cost of their long-sleeved kit.Shepley Group decided to help Kelvin and the team in providing some sponsorship.

Picture shows the boys in their new kit.

Millom School World of Work (WoW) Morning

In March Shepley Group supported various World of Work events. Graham Windle and Rosie Harrison attended the WoW morning at Millom school on Wednesday the 11th of March.

The event was well received. Around 80 year 8 students attended the event. Most students already had a good understanding of the nuclear industry, but they still learnt a lot from the event including the roles and opportunities on offer at SEL and how CNSL is an important aspect of the business.

WoW mornings provide students with an insight into what working life will be like once their school days are behind them and highlight the incredible opportunities that are on offer in Cumbria. Interestingly many of the students had already identified career paths to go down. Many of the students mentioned becoming mechanical engineers, electrical engineers and tradesmen.

Skills Engineering Passport

In 2020 Shepley Group agreed to support St Benedict’s Skills Engineering Passport initiative. The aim of the initiative is to make students more employable and help them secure successful careers pathways in the future.

Students will be able to demonstrate the engineering skills they are taught in the classroom through hands on learning. Once the student leaves school and is reaching out to employers for jobs they will have their

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‘Engineering Skills Passport’ which means that the student has evidence of engineering skills listed below:

• Riveting and basic fabrication skills (marking out accurately, etc)

• Engineering fi tting hand skills • Working accurately to tolerances• Using basic engineering machinery such as the pillar

drill, etc• Marking out to engineering tolerances using a marking

out table, marking, gauge, etc• Developing an orthographic drawing using CAD• Developing a 3d model using CAD• Realising a real life engineered product using CAM (3d

printing, CNC laser cutting)

Shepley Group Pandemic Support

Employees from Shepley Group provided their support in various ways throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Gary and Caine Kershaw provided plumbing inspections and repairs at Calderwood House in April.

Calderwood House are a community-based project in Egremont, they provide help to those who are homeless and unemployed in West Cumbria. They rely entirely on donations and community involvement to survive. We are proud to have been able to support Calderwood House throughout these challenging and diffi cult times.

Shepley Employees also played their part by delivering food packages throughout April on behalf of Allerdale Council.

DDP One Million Steps Challenge

The Decommissioning Delivery Partnership is a framework made up of 6 Lot Delivery Partners which Sellafi eld Ltd has been utilising since 2016. As part of the framework DDP has a commitment to support the local community.

This January, DDP partners will be challenging themselves to complete One Million Steps - that’s 10,000 a day for 100 days. The challenge is fi rst and foremost a fundraising project to raise funds for local charity, Team Evie, a charity set up in memory of Evie Johnston, based in Cumbria.

Evie sadly only lived for 6 months and due to her multiple and serious cardiac, respiratory and digestive problems spent all her life in hospital. The aim of Team Evie is to help sick children and their families who face similar challenges to those Evie faced.

The added benefi t of this challenge is that it also promotes the physical and mental benefi ts of getting out and about, making sure your steps all add up to complete the challenge.

You don’t have to work for DDP in order to sign up, so let’s see if we can get friends and family involved too! See the poster on the opposite page for further info.

100 DAYS | 500 MILESONE MILLION STEPS

DDPMILLION STEPS CHALLENGE

PLUS Mindfulness Audio andStrength and Conditioning Videos

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In support of Team Evie

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100 DAYS | 500 MILESONE MILLION STEPS

DDPMILLION STEPS CHALLENGE

PLUS Mindfulness Audio andStrength and Conditioning Videos

1st January 2021Sign Up

In support of Team Evie

https://millionsteps.com/ddp SCA

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Laptop Donation

Shepley Group have worked closely with Cumbria Recycling Ltd (CRL) to donate 8 laptops to Children Services. Shepley no longer required the old laptops as they had been replaced with newer models. We therefore handed over the laptops to Mark Fryer at CRL, Mark has cleaned and refurbished the laptops to ensure they are fit for purpose for the future use. Rather than selling the laptops for profit both SEL and CRL decided to donate the laptops to West Cumbria County Councils Children’s Services department. This way some of the most deprived children in our local community can benefit from using the laptops.

Our group donation of 8 laptops was then matched by other parties who have worked with CRL in the past, this means that our donation has had double the impact on the local area which is a fantastic result.

CRL operate under a social impact and environmentally friendly policy. Their mission is to reduce, reuse and recycle. They try to repair and refurbish any items that are handed in at their stores to then sell cheap to the local community or donate to charities where possible.

For more information on CRL please visit their Facebook Book at CRL Cumbria.

Picture shows Jill Ireland representing Shepley Group and Mark Fryer CRL employee with Laptops donated.

Aspatria & Wigton Hound Trailing Association Many organisations have been severely affected in these unprecedented times and have suffered at the hands of this pandemic. Aspatria and Wigton Hound Trailing Association is just one of those who have suffered.

Unfortunately, they missed out on hosting all their major fixtures in April and May due to lockdown. This is when they would usually generate funds which would be given to a variety of organisations and charities.

Andy Horn, SEL Transport Manager and Chairman for Aspatria & Wigton Hound Trailing Association reached out for support back in September. The Hound Trailing Association decided to host an Autumn Festival at Stockdale Nr Uldale in September and were looking for sponsors to make up for their time lost during lockdown.

Shepley Group sponsored £100 to help raise funds towards the event which is reported to have been a great success. Almost £700 was raised for many charities including The Air Ambulance , Abbeytown Junior FC, Oulton Village Hall, Hospice at Home, Boltongate Church and Aikton Church.

Cumbria’s Winter Warmth Appeal

Hundreds of older people in Cumbria are in danger of becoming ill or even dying because of the cold. The Winter Warmth Appeal was launched in 2010 and has literally saved lives. Research has found that on average 300 deaths occur in Cumbria each year due to the effects of cold weather. Last year Cumbria’s Winter Warmth raised around £153,000 which meant that 1,166 people living on low incomes and with chronic health problems could afford to keep warm.

The appeal is reaching out again this year for any donations. Please note that money donated between Monday 16th November and Midday Monday 14th December will be automatically doubled thanks to generous match funding from: John Laing Charitable Trust, WCF Ltd, The Hadfield Trust, The Johnson Fund and The Roselands Trust.

Shepley Group donated over £600 to Cumbria’s Winter Warmth Appeal in November 2020 with match funding

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from the above means double the impact. You can donate online using this link:https://www.cumbriafoundation.org/winter-warmth-fund/

Alternatively, to make a phone donation please call:01900 825760

St Benedict’s Secondary School Mock Interviews

In November, Megan Kearney took part in Virtual Mock Interviews for St Benedict’s School Year 11 Students. Due to COVID-19, businesses were not able to visit the school to interview the students in person, so to ensure the students didn’t miss out on this learning experience they were interviewed virtually. In total 188 students were interviewed over Microsoft Teams with representatives from Jacobs, Orano, DRS, HS2 Network Rail, Sellafield and many more.

Feedback was well received from both the students and employers. One student said, “It was good to see what a real interview would be like, and the feedback was great.”

Mrs Kelso, Headteacher at St Benedict’s School said “I am delighted that our pupils have had this chance to develop their interview skills. Using a virtual platform has made it almost as good as meeting in person. We very much appreciate the support of all the volunteers for making this a success.”

Skills 4 You Ltd, Minibus Donation

Skills 4 You is a registered charity in Cleator Moor who provide training opportunities to disadvantaged individuals residing in Copeland. Many of the people referred to Skills 4 You have very complex issues which can cause barriers

to finding employment and making progression in their life.

The project is based in Cleator Moor but also offers support to people from areas further afield.

Shepley Group donated a Minibus for use by local community groups and in November it was passed on to Skills 4 You. Karen Jones, Managing Director said “I wanted to thank you for your donation of a minibus. Your generous gift will have a major impact on the work that we do in the centre and the local community. Being able to transport our learners to different locations will give us opportunity to do a range of different projects that we haven’t been able to do in the past and allow us to make a positive difference.”

Picture shows learners and staff with the SEL minibus.

Picture shows Karen Jones, Managing Director with thanks note to SEL group

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Virtual School Support

Rebecca Allison, Megan Kearney and Rosie Harrison got involved in supporting the Business and Schools Collaboration Project (BSCP) virtually this year. Shepley Group employees would usually attend events at various schools including careers fairs, open evenings and World of Work Mornings. However due to the coronavirus outbreak and current restrictions in place this was simply not possible.

Therefore, Inspira decided to do things virtually to make sure students didn’t miss out on any opportunities and guidance to help shape their future career paths.

Rebecca, Megan and Rosie captured a pre recorded video talking about their routes into employment and current job role. Each video highlights the different routes into work whether this is through College, University or an Apprenticeship Route to help students identify which path they would like to take when they leave school.

The videos will be shown to students across different schools in the local area in their form time. Many other organisations were involved in creating pre recorded videos including Sellafi eld, Balfour Beatty, Network Rail, United Utilities, Jacobs, NHS and many more.

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Rosie HarrisonMegan Kearney