
SGP Restoring and Transforming a Leonard Cheshire Residential Home
October 2007
Stephen George & Partners feel that we should go beyond the basics of ethical business and embrace our responsibility to people and to the planet. We firmly believe in a hands-on involvement for as many staff members as is practically possible. In 2007, we made a commitment to invest in people, based on the core value of respect and we called it Respect 2007+. Staff rolled up their collective sleeves and spent a day restoring and transforming a Leonard Cheshire residential home in Gloucestershire that had been damaged in the summer floods. The home provides active, independent living for 36 disabled residents. Lora Fullbrook, Fundraiser and Volunteer Co-ordinator for Leonard Cheshire Disability, said: “I think it is wonderful that Stephen George & Partners really have made a massive difference. I just wish more people could have that kind of perception on things and want to help in such a positive way”.
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SGP Publishes 2nd Edition of The Guide to Building Materials & The Environment
December 2010
Following the success of our interactive design tool, we have made extensive additions and revisions to this updated version.
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STEPHEN GEORGE & PARTNERS RUN THE RACE FOR LIFE
July 2014
On Sunday 6 July, a team of seven from Stephen George & Partners completed the 5k Race for Life at Victoria Park raising money for Cancer Research.
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BUILDER CHALLENGE FOR ARCHITECTS
August 2014
Team from housing association compete in events such as hammering nails into a piece of timber and wheelbarrow races involving a lot of water. This year John Morfey was part of a consultants team. With a barbecue, a bar and the Davis band the whole evening was great fun.
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CUMMINS RELAY CHALLENGE
October 2014
SGP show their support to help raise money for LOROS. Two teams from Stephen George & Partners donned their trainers for the Cummins Relay Challenge to help raise over £5,000 for the local charity.
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STEPHEN GEORGE + PARTNERS SPONSOR ALEX’S WISH
August 2017
We’re proud to announce that Stephen George + Partners has become a corporate sponsor and supporter of local charity Alex’s Wish.
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PHAN-TASTIC GEOFF RAISES OVER £1,000 FOR CHILDREN
October 2018
Sweeping majestically across the dance floor, white masked and cape swirling, the Phantom of the Opera came to life as SGP’s own Geoff Ward took part in Variety’s Strictly Ballroom 2019.
Read moreStrictly comes to Yorkshire
June 2019
Geoff Ward raises £1,333.00 taking part in the Variety’s Strictly Ballroom competition in Leeds. Variety, the Children’s Charity is an events-led organisation, supporting sick, disabled and underprivileged children across the country. SGP has sponsored the annual Yorkshire Property Awards for a few years now as we have been moved by the work Variety do in providing much needed help to the children and young persons in desperate need in the Yorkshire region. Read Geoff’s blog here: https://www.stephengeorge.co.uk/blog/strictly-comes-to-yorkshire-wardys-doing-the-pasodoble/
Read moreSGP Leeds Raising Money for the Butterfly Appeal
June 2019
In support of the Yorkshire Teaching Hospital Charity, raising money for the Butterfly Appeal, Steve Batson, Jack Cole and Andrew Hinchliffe of SGP Leeds are taking part in the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge on Saturday 22 June 2019. This by no means will be easy; the challenge is to walk the circular route, scaling each peak in turn aiming for a time less than 12 hours – the total walking distance is 39.2km (24.5 miles). However difficult, it is well worth it for such a good cause and therefore any support would be welcomed, whether that be sharing the team’s JustGiving page and/or donating via JustGiving. For more information relating to the charity, and to find out why it is so important, can be found by visiting Yorkshire Hospital – The Butterfly Appeal website.
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Proud to Join The Planet Mark
October 2019
SGP is proud to announce that they have been accepted for The Planet Mark certification which recognises outstanding achievements, encourages action, and builds an empowered community of like-minded individuals within the realm of sustainability.
Read moreSGP Wombling
March 2020
Endeavouring to inspire others to take pride in their environments, we carried out a womble (picking up litter and waste) in our local area. In the space of one hour, we had collected several bags of rubbish, the content of which was recycled where possible, but otherwise disposed of properly.
Read moreDesign a House Online Competition
June 2020
SGP, and sustainability education specialists, Brief Cases from The Heaven Company, have created a fun competition for all budding architects to get creative and design a house for a client of their choosing – and the chance to win up to £100 in Amazon vouchers! We put together a fun little brief to keep both children and parents entertained during lockdown isolation and beyond. The competition is open to two different age groups 8 to 11 and 12 to 15. To give your children full freedom of imagination and expression, we are even asking them to ‘create’ their own client and site location for their house! So whether designing a ‘house for a hero’, an athlete, a nurse or a favourite superstar, your kids can draw it on paper, grab the safety scissors and make it from cardboard or use their favourite computer programme to bring their ideas to life. Kanti Chhapi. Studio Director at SGP said: “It’s incredibly important to keep young minds actively engaged at a time when they are subject to all manner of social restrictions that can prevent learning. Children have some amazing ideas and at a time when housing delivery and housing design are being hotly debated at national level, we thought it was time for the children to be consulted! The aim of our mini-brief is to get children’s design skills flowing and to think about an effective home layout for a client of their own choosing. They simply need to sketch their designs…
Read moreMeat Free Mondays
August 2020
Jess Puttock and Jess Lintern presented Meat Free Mondays at SGP knowledge forum. The thought-provoking and enlightening presentation has not only inspired us all to think about what we consume and how often, but also the effects that it has on our health & wellbeing and the world around us. We look forward to sharing meat free recipes within our teams and reducing our carbon footprint in the process.
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The Planet Mark Award Winner for Best Sustainability Campaign
October 2020
We are delighted to have won The Planet Mark Award for the Best Sustainability Campaign. This award is in recognition of our ‘Stephen George + You’ academic programme where we make a strategic investment in local communities. For this we, in partnership with The Heaven Company, have carried out several ten-week education programmes involving groups of Key Stage 3 & 4 – Years 7 to 10 students – at selected schools in the South, Midlands and North of England. The programme aims to teach students about their understanding of the built environment today, what it means to them and what the future holds. The award was presented to Nick during the awards ceremony which took place virtually on Thursday 15th October. In addition, we are thrilled to have been a finalist for The Best Newcomer Award.
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