FORTERRA SEEKS COLLEGES TO BUILD PRESTIGIOUS PARTNERSHIPS
Let Forterra help your college to lay the
foundations for great skills.
Forterra is offering further education colleges the chance to transform their workshops into Construction Hubs.
Successful colleges will receive a donation of 12,000 London Bricks, branded merchandise, and the chance for their most outstanding student or apprentice to receive £500 worth of industry-leading tools.
Forterra is getting behind the Government’s careers strategy to help plug skills gaps by forging links between education and industry to support young people as they step onto the construction industry ladder. Our aim is to help inspire the workforce of the future to make a positive contribution to UK productivity.
Applications to become a Forterra Construction Hub are now closed. Please bookmark this page as we shall be keeping it updated with all the latest news and information from the successful colleges.
BENEFITS TO COLLEGES
BUILDING SKILLS FOR BETTER FUTURES
Workshops with the wow factor
Becoming a Forterra Construction Hub will give a lift to your resources and brighten up your workshops with:
- A donation of 12,000 London Bricks
- Branded merchandise
- A chance for your most outstanding student or apprentice to receive £500 worth of industry-leading tools
Put your college on the map
Improve your employer engagement through links to one of the largest manufacturers of building products in the UK.
Enhance the profile and prestige of your department within the college and in the wider community. A boost to your reputation could help with student recruitment and increase numbers on college construction programmes.
Engage with Industry
Help to give your students the edge through exposure to employment settings and skilled individuals with current industry knowledge and expertise.
Links with industry will boost your students’ CVs and enable them to get a head start in the world of work.
HELPING TO BUILD CAREERS IN CONSTRUCTION
London Brick has been the original choice for professional builders since 1877, with its distinctive ‘frog’ design making it easier to cut, handle and lay.
Used in approximately 23% of England’s housing stock, it is made from raw material millions of years old, the excavation of which has changed the landscape, created thousands of jobs, helped in the construction of some of our most recognisable buildings, and even created a wildlife reserve. Read more
London Brick has been the original choice for professional builders since 1877, with its distinctive ‘frog’ design making it easier to cut, handle and lay.
Used in approximately 23% of England’s housing stock, it is made from raw material millions of years old, the excavation of which has changed the landscape, created thousands of jobs, helped in the construction of some of our most recognisable buildings, and even created a wildlife reserve.
London Brick has long been associated with economic re-generation. From the construction of the railways in the 19th century, to meeting the post-war housing crisis head-on, the brand has been integral to UK industrial strategy throughout its lifecycle.
Increased production saw output reach 16 million bricks per day after the Second World War. Today, London Brick is produced almost exclusively for the residential renovation, maintenance and improvement (RM&I) market.
The styles and colours in its range are designed to match the five million homes built using London Bricks, as owners look to improve and extend their homes.
WHAT COULD YOUR STUDENTS AND APPRENTICES BUILD WITH 12,000 BRICKS?
Colleges that become exclusive Forterra Construction Hubs will take delivery of a donation of bricks for their own use. All you need to do is tell us how you will use the bricks and how students will benefit.
Our panel of experts will judge the best ideas and up to six colleges will be selected and notified by 6 pm on 6th April 2022.
Successful colleges will also receive branded posters, banners and merchandise for their college workshop.
In addition, Construction Hubs will benefit from the latest brickwork expertise and an insight into careers within the industry through site visits and visiting speakers.
Forterra Construction Hubs – Terms and Conditions
- Applications are open to UK further education colleges offering a course in construction to students or apprenticeships, except employees of the Promoter, their families, agents or any third party directly associated with administration of the scheme.
- Applications must be submitted via www.forterraconstructionhubs.co.uk.
- The opening date for entries is 12:00hrs on 2nd February 2022. The closing date for entries is midnight on 2nd April 2022. Applications received after this time will not be accepted.
- The Promoter accepts no responsibility for applications not successfully completed due to a technical fault, computer hardware or software failure, satellite, network or server failure of any kind.
- Up to six colleges will be selected as Construction Hubs.
- Each successful college will receive the following:
• A quantity of 12,000 London Bricks delivered to their college;
• £500 worth of industry leading tools for their most outstanding student or apprentice;
• London Brick branded merchandise; and
• Forterra and London Brick branded posters and banners for college workshops. - Successful colleges will be notified by email or telephone (using details provided at entry) by 6pm on 6th April 2022.
- The goods detailed in section 6 will be delivered to the successful colleges by 13th May 2022, unless otherwise advised.
- The goods for the winning colleges are non-exchangeable, non-transferable and no cash alternative is offered.
- The Promoter reserves the right to replace the goods with an alternative option of equal or higher value if circumstances beyond the Promoter’s control make it necessary to do so.
- The decision of the Promoter regarding any aspect of the competition is final and binding and no correspondence will be entered into about it.
- Participants are deemed to have accepted and agreed to be bound by these terms and conditions upon entry. The Promoter reserves the right to refuse entry or refuse to award the goods to anyone in breach of these terms and conditions.
- The Promoter reserves the right to hold, void, cancel, suspend, or amend the scheme where it becomes necessary to do so.
- Insofar as is permitted by law, the Promoter, its agents or distributors will not in any circumstances be responsible or liable to compensate the successful colleges or accept any liability for any loss, damage, personal injury or death occurring as a result of taking up the goods except where it is caused by the negligence of the Promoter, its agents or distributors or that of their employees. Your statutory rights are not affected.
- Successful colleges will be required to participate in publicity related to the competition which may include the publication of the college name and photograph in any media and participate in marketing activity for the following 24 months if requested.
- Personal data supplied during this scheme may be passed on to third party suppliers only insofar as required for fulfilment/delivery/arrangement of the goods.
- The scheme will be governed by English law and entrants to the scheme submit to the jurisdiction of the English courts.
- The Promoter of the competition is Forterra Building Products Limited, 5 Grange Park Court, Roman Way, Northampton NN4 5EA.