International Women’s Day 2023

At Severn Trent Services we love to support and celebrate International Women’s Day. Severn Trent currently ranks in the top 20 in the UK for gender equality (Equileap’s 2022 Gender Equality Global Report) and it’s incredibly important to continue championing it in our workplace. We would like to introduce you to Helen, Sally-Ann Betts and Helen who want to tell you about their experiences in working for us.

This year’s theme is #EmbraceEquality The aim of the IWD 2023 #EmbraceEquity campaign theme is to get the world talking about Why equal opportunities aren’t enough. People start from different places, so true inclusion and belonging require equitable action. Read more about this here.

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Severn Trent Services talks man health

Teams in Severn Trent Services have been putting their health and well-being first with help from Paul Bannister, founder of ManHealth – an organisation supporting men through difficulties in their mental and physical ill health, ultimately to prevent suicide

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Oren Environmental and the Big Garden Birdwatch

Between 27-29 January 2023, twitchers everywhere will participate in the RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch campaign.

The initiative encourages people to spend one hour of their weekend logging the birds they see. This helps the RSPB to monitor the volume and profile of birds across the UK.

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Mine life. From making a mess to clearing it up

Andy Craggs, Dave Hepple, Sean Box, and Alastair Pentland have one special thing in common. They – or their family members – worked down the coal mines in the north of England.

Back in the day, coal mining may have had some negative effects on the environment. Yet many of the people who worked in the coal mining industry are now in jobs doing innovative things to negate those impacts.  

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Road Safety Week 2022 – What we do to keep our vehicles road safe

Between the 14th – 20th November is Road Safety Week. A campaign centred around raising awareness of how to use roads safety and ensuring we all use safe road worthy vehicles.

Severn Trent Services have a large fleet of vehicles, so it is of the upmost importance that we regularly check and maintain our vehicles to make sure they are road safe each day. We asked Senior Field Technician Phil Isaac, what daily checks we perform on company vehicles.

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Tony’s tours at Dawdon mine water treatment plant

Tony Keeney is a water maintenance technician. He works for Oren Environmental, which is part of Severn Trent Services. On behalf of the Coal Authority, he manages the day-to-day operations at Dawdon mine water treatment plant in County Durham. A job he’s done for longer than 14 years.

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We’re always better together – the Betterment programme

The Betterment Programme, run by Operations Manager Charlie Anderson, sees three areas of Severn Trent Services come together to increase our service offering to our customers.

It involves Oren Environmental, which is expanding its team to offer grounds maintenance services for our Ministry of Defence contract managed by our Water Services Contracts team. They’ll also deliver asset condition grading services – on the buildings and civil engineering side – to assist our Central Support Services team.

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Severn Trent Services announces Robin Phillips as Head of Sustainability

Robin Phillips, who’s worked for Severn Trent Services for over 25 years, is the organisation’s first Head of Sustainability.

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