Donations and sponsorship
Group donation and sponsorship strategy
Through financial contributions and the voluntary efforts of many of its staff, URENCO is able to support its local communities in a variety of ways.
URENCO's donation and sponsorship policy focuses on three key areas: education; healthy living and the environment.
URENCO recognises that supporting arts and culture is an important part of social responsibility and sponsors cultural projects at both a local and national level. Beneficiaries of URENCO’s sponsorship include classical concerts and performances in the Almelo community and the famous Jazz Festival in Gronau, which has received support from URENCO for over 17 years. Similarly there is a long running association between URENCO’s Capenhurst site and the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, which continued in 2008.
Additionally, Capenhurst is involved with a number of Shakespeare events for school children at a local theatre. Most recently, LES in New Mexico has set up a sponsorship programme with its local Southwest Symphony orchestra. These examples demonstrate URENCO’s commitment to supporting a broad educational and cultural experience for local communities.
At Group level, URENCO’s commitment to national culture and the arts has been demonstrated through its sponsorship of The British Museum and the Royal Opera House. Through such financial support URENCO ensures that it both allows access for stakeholders to cultural events and preserves a national heritage for future generations to enjoy.
Community Articles
Philharmonic Family Music Day
URENCO (Capenhurst) Ltd in partnership with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (RLPO) held a Community Music Day concert in Ellesmere Port Civic Hall.
The concert featured the Philharmonic Gospel Choir and the RLPO Brass Ensemble.
National Skills Academy for Nuclear in the UK
Additionally, as a part of URENCO’s commitment to development, it is one of the founding sponsors, and active partner of, the newly established National Skills Academy for Nuclear in the UK. The Academy’s objective is to create, develop and promote world-class skills and career pathways to support a sustainable future for the UK nuclear industry. URENCO’s commitment to future development of the industry will be strengthened by its relationship with the Academy, and, as a founding partner, URENCO will be able to advise on the skills and experience required to meet the needs of the business and the wider nuclear industry.
Preserving and encouraging biodiversity on URENCO sites
URENCO’s stakeholders, ranging from customers to parish councils, are now requesting higher visibility of URENCO’s environmental agenda. In response to this a new environmental garden design has been created at the Capenhurst site. The garden will provide a tranquil area for employees and positively enhance the surrounding area for visitors. The project reaffirms the Company’s commitment to continual improvement of its site landscape.
URENCO hosts successful UF6 seminar at Almelo
URENCO continues to strive for improvements in and around its core business. In 2006, the lack of an expert industry forum to exchange ideas on UF6 handling was identified and, in response, in May 2007, UEC sponsored, arranged and hosted a UF6 seminar where over 150 experts from the fields of handling, transporting and storing of UF6 met in Almelo to exchange ideas on best practices.
LES in the local Community - find out more about URENCO' s involvement in New Mexico, where the National Enrichment Facility is under construction.