Helping Havering shine with Marlborough Highways’ £20,000 Christmas donation

Christmas donation
November 19, 2024

Helping Havering shine with Marlborough Highways’ £20,000 Christmas donation

  • By Marlborough Highways

As the Highways Maintenance service contractor in the London Borough of Havering, Marlborough Highways is delighted to announce a £20,000 donation in support of Havering Council’s 2024 public Christmas displays. The money is being used to buy and install Christmas trees, ensuring every town centre in the East London borough is beautifully decorated and full of festive spirit.

As local government across the country experiences financial pressures, Marlborough’s donation has been welcomed by residents and councillors alike, with Collier Row, Elm Park, Hornchurch, and Rainham (pictured) amongst the locations to benefit.

Marlborough is also working closely with Havering Council’s operational team throughout the festive period, providing complimentary traffic management services in support of local Christmas charity events. These efforts ensure that residents and visitors to the borough can safely enjoy the celebrations, with minimum disruption to neighbourhood communities.

Furthermore, Marlborough is donating £1,000 to the Kids Bank HQ, which is a wonderful charity that supports underprivileged families in Havering and beyond. The money will be spent on new toys and other items, which will be given to the children of service users. A team of Marlborough volunteers will wrap the presents in preparation for distribution throughout December, ensuring that the children have gifts to open on Christmas Day, helping them to feel cared for and loved.

Marlborough’s Christmas donations and professional assistance forms part of the company’s broader commitment to supporting communities in Havering. Across the year, the organisation is proud to deliver a range of meaningful social value initiatives in the authority, including staff volunteering, school engagement, and programmes to support resident employment.

Cllr Ray Morgon, the Leader of Havering Council, said, “My sincere thanks goes first to Marlborough Highways who will be providing Christmas trees to a number of local areas and also to the other businesses and community groups who have worked so hard to ensure Havering can still celebrate Christmas.”

Andrew Rosindell, MP for Romford, also welcomed the support, stating, “I am pleased to learn that thanks to the generosity of Marlborough Highways, Christmas trees will now be placed in town centres across Havering this year. This donation of £20,000 is a welcome gesture that ensures every community will have the chance to celebrate Christmas in the way they deserve.”

Will Blostone, Director, Marlborough Highways, added, “We understand how important community spirit is, especially during the holidays. By supporting Havering Council with this year’s Christmas celebrations, we want to spread festive cheer and help create vibrant, welcoming spaces where families and friends can come together and enjoy the season.”

(Image: The Christmas tree in Rainham. Pictured left to right, Lorna Waters, Havering Council; Rob & Carol Baker, Rainham Community Group; Councillor Gerry O’Sullivan, Mayor of Rainham; and Nick Reading, Kevin Prince and Jamie Bird, Marlborough Highways).

“One of the things I value most is their very collaborative and transparent team culture. It makes a big difference to have a contractor that wants to work closely with us and is supportive and responsive. With Marlborough, I get a team who are attentive, work collaboratively and honestly with me and don’t lose focus on delivering first class communications and compliance.”
Carly Norris, Project Manager Operations, Hackney Council
“From the design stage, Marlborough has been fundamental in delivering the Broad Lane Square improvements scheme. During the works, not only did the team manage to keep to the programme, but they went the extra mile to ensure attention to detail and came up with innovative solutions to address issues encountered on site. My thanks on behalf of Haringey goes out to Marlborough for their dedication to deliver.”
Dana Rasheed, Project Manager, Haringey Council
“Working alongside our Term Service Contractor Marlborough Highways, we successfully completed renovations to the Crowstone Footbridge. The designs were provided by Marlborough, and the work was unique. The scheme was completed to budget and ahead of its programme duration.”
Neil Handley, Senior Engineer, Southend-on-Sea City Council
“I would like to thank you and your team for your efforts, the Marlborough crews were professional, courteous, and hard working all day and ensured the event went without a hitch. You and the team were a credit to the company, demonstrating commitment and support to the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham.”
Nick Davies, Specialist Services Manager, Barking and Dagenham Council
“I just wanted to say what a pleasure it has been to work with Marlborough Highways over the last six months. The quality of work is superb, and there has been some excellent collaboration between Milestone and Marlborough to complete, what at times, has been quite a challenging scheme. I hope to work with Marlborough on another project in the near future.”
Colin Hill, Schemes Manager, Milestone Infrastructure
“Marlborough worked with us in constructing a 1.3km cycle track. There were a number of technical difficulties to overcome, and their gifted foreman worked to propose some innovative solutions to the challenges we faced. The result is a facility that the locals are proud of, providing walkers and cyclists with alternative access to the hospital and nearby school. The scheme was a lot of hard work, but well worth it.”
Rob Venables, NEC Project Manager, Essex County Council
“Marlborough attracts people who take care and have pride in their work. Several gangs of Operatives worked tirelessly for six months to reconstruct drainage networks, lay more than 3km of high quality bespoke granite kerbs and granite channels blocks to ensure positive drainage. The technical compliance, attention to detail and level of quality finish along the entire carriageway was exceptional”.
Mark Chiverrell, Technical Director, Project Centre
“We saw huge benefits in appointing Marlborough as our full service contractor and we’re impressed – they’ve delivered consistent high quality service and superior quality control across every project. Marlborough, provide us with a ‘one-stop’ shop solution – we get the same quality of service and better control across all aspects of the project.”
Darren Bryant, Principal Engineer, Enfield Council

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