High Sheriff's Award - Take Two

The Up and Under Group won an unprecedented second High Sheriff's Award last week. After scooping the award for Innovation at the High Sheriff's Awards for Enterprise last year, Up and Under once again took to the winners stage to receive the, Bank of America sponsored, award for Corporate Social Responsibility.

The prize recognises the Cheshire based asset management and refurbishment company's contribution to young people in their community. Recently the Company paid for a trip by the Cheshire Buddies to an outdoor centre in the Lake District which specialises in providing adventurous activities for people with disabilities. After visiting the youngster MD Andy Fewtrell said "having been thrashed at pool several times it was hard to tell who had the disability! This experience has really opened my eyes to the way that 'disabled' people are perceived in our society"

The Company, who provide a diverse range of services from their Crewe office including: bridge inspection, high rise building maintenance, safety consultancy & training, confined space surveys, pigeon control works and office refurbishment, are managing to increase their community involvement despite difficult economic conditions. It seems that our clients value the fact that some of the money we earn from them goes into good causes, or what we call "Good Stuff".

Already this year The Up and Under Foundation - Up and Under's own charity - has helped less well off youngsters with the cost of Scout camps and will be taking a group of young carers away for an exciting weekend at the Conway Centre, Anglesey, in May. For more details of grants that are available see www.upandunderfoundation.org. Last year the Company worked hard to enable 8000 people to hold MD Andy's Olympic Torch. It suffered a few knocks, but it brought smiles to a lot of faces. With a company mission statement of 'Make Money, Do Good Stuff With It' customers can see the benefit of working with the Up and Under Group.

On Sunday 9th June Up and Under are running a corporate cycle challenge, to raise money for the Foundation, with distances of 50 and 100km based around the beautiful Cheshire countryside. For information and to enter go to www.foundationrides.co.uk. There are prizes for the company/club and individual raising the most through sponsorship. If you are looking for a good reason to get your bike out of the garage this could be it.

This is the 7th year of the Cheshire High Sheriff's Awards for Enterprise. They recognise successful businesses across Cheshire and highlight outstanding achievement by local companies. Founded by former High Sheriff off Cheshire David Briggs MBE in 2006, the Awards for Enterprise are judged on enterprise, corporate social responsibility an innovation.

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Friday Fun - Man Rules

Man Rules - these are our rules!


Men are not mind readers.

Learn to work the toilet seat. you're a big girl. if it's up, put it down. we need it up, you need it down. You don't hear us complaining about you leaving it down.

Crying is blackmail.

Ask for what you want. let us be clear on this one:

• subtle hints do not work!
• strong hints do not work!
• obvious hints do not work!

just say it! 

Yes and no are perfectly acceptable answers to almost every question.

Come to us with a problem only if you want help solving it. that's what we do. sympathy is what your girlfriends are for.

Anything we said 6 months ago is inadmissible in an argument. in fact, all comments become null and void after 7 days.

If you think you're fat, you probably are. don't ask us.

If something we said can be interpreted two ways and one of the ways makes you sad or angry, we meant the other one.

You can either ask us to do something or tell us how you want it done, not both.

If you already know best how to do it, just do it yourself.

Whenever possible, please say whatever you have to say during commercials.

 

Christopher Columbus did not need directions and neither do we...

 

All men see in only 16 colors, like windows default settings. Peach, for example, is a fruit, not a color. pumpkin is also a fruit. we have no idea what mauve is.

 

If we ask what is wrong and you say 'nothing,' we will act like nothing's wrong. We know you are lying, but it is just not worth the hassle.

 

If you ask a question you don't want an answer to, expect an answer you don't want to hear.

 

When we have to go somewhere, absolutely anything you wear is fine...really. 

 

Don't ask us what we're thinking about unless you are prepared to discuss such topics as football or motor sports.

 

You have enough clothes.

 

You have too many shoes.

 

I am in shape. round is a shape!

 

Thank you for reading this. yes, i know, i have to sleep on the couch tonight.. but did you know men really don't mind that? it's like camping...

 

Pass this to as many men as you can - to give them a laugh... 

 

Pass this to as many women as you can - to give them a bigger laugh!

 

There must be a female version of this, please post it on our facebook page

Foundation Support for Buddies

A group of disabled youngsters enjoyed a weekend of adventure in the Lake District as a result of a significant grant from the Up and Under Foundation. The youngsters are all part of the Cheshire Buddies, which is a voluntary community group which supports children and young people with disabilities to access a range of activities which they would not normally have the opportunity to be involved with.



Stephanie Lawley, one of the group leaders said:

“They have all had a fantastic time and the trip has meant a great deal to them and their parents. The young people have enjoyed all the activities, being away from home, swimming, the archery and this afternoon we did climbing and rope swinging”

Sunday saw the group on their bikes

The Up and Under Foundation was established in 2007 and is largely funded by the activities of staff and friends of the construction and asset management company, the Up and Under Group. Later this year the Foundation will supporting another weekend trip, this time for a group of young carers from Crewe. Additionally they will be helping less well off individuals to take part in adventurous activities working with schools and scout groups.

All of this excitement is great for developing youngsters experience and confidence. I does come at a cost though and later in the year both the Buddies and the Foundation will have significant fund raising efforts. The Buddies will be fund raising at B&Q over Easter, and the Up and Under Foundation have organised a corporate cycle challenge on Sunday 9th June - see www.foundationrides.co.uk.

Cheshire Buddies are planning to take a second group to the Isle of Man later in the year and have the significant challenge of a Lands End to John O'Groats cycle ride to complete. For more information of the Buddies activities see www.cheshirebuddies.co.uk.

Sadly they were forced to listen to Andy's singing ;o)

For more information about the Up and Under Group www.upandunderfoundation.org 

Safety Update - How's Your First Aid Knowledge?

If somebody in your workplace, your sports club, at the supermarket or even at home collapsed in front of you, would you know what to do?

Can you answer these questions?

• Do you recognise the symptoms of a Heart Attack?
• Do you recognise the Symptoms of a Stroke?
• Can you check somebody’s pulse?
• How do you check if somebody is breathing?

These are all essential skills and a small amount of knowledge could help save someone’s life. If you haven’t had first aid training please consider getting some.

And finally if you are waiting with a patient who’s heart has stopped, do you know where the nearest defibrillator is? There are more and more of these life saving pieces of kit becoming available. For a list of publically available defibrillators (PADs) check out this web site. If your company, shop or sporting club has one that is not listed here see if you can get it registered.

Friday Fun - First Aid

OK I agonised about this one. It was sent to me after a recent incident - out of work - where I had to administer CPR.  There is a useful lesson in it, so it isn't purely gratuitous.

Probably one for the boys though!

Latest Project - Bridge Inspections in Gloucester

A couple of recent projects highlighted the value of a team comprised of competent inspection engineers with industrial rope access skills.

Avoiding disruption is highly valued by our clients and in these two projects:

• A narrow road bridge over a river gorge
• A bridge carrying a footpath and cycleway

We avoided inconvenience to users completely.  On the former we carried out a PI without the need for traffic management whilst in the latter case the footpath and cycleway remained open safely throughout the works.

 Additional services were provided including removal of vegetation and a scour investigation

We work hard to ensure that all our clients needs are met, if you want to find out more contact us 01270 589615