2021 Sponsors
Thank you to the generous sponsors supporting International Women in Engineering Day 2021:
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Boeing
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Boeing is the world’s leading aerospace company and the largest manufacturer of commercial jetliners, defence, space and security systems, and service provider of aftermarket support, with capabilities in military aircraft, rotorcraft, electronic and defence systems, satellites, performance-based logistics and training and advanced communication systems. Boeing has been in partnership with the UK, the Armed Forces, British manufacturing and the British air transport industry for more than 80 years. Boeing has a long tradition of aerospace leadership and innovation and the company continues to expand its product line and services to meet emerging customer needs. Boeing has a growing UK workforce of 2,500 direct employees across the country and spends £2 billion a year in the UK supply chain. Boeing is organised into three business units: Commercial Airplanes; Defense, Space & Security; and Boeing Global Services. For more information, visit: www.boeing.co.uk or follow us on Twitter @BoeingUK
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Since the start of the pandemic, Boeing teams across the UK have operated alongside the Armed Forces in the key role they have played to support the UK government’s COVID-19 response. Last year, the RAF Odiham Chinook Support Centre, a joint RAF and Boeing team, produced 3D-printed clips that made personal protective equipment (PPE) more comfortable for NHS workers. The Portal, Boeing’s state-of-the-art analysis, experimentation and engagement facility in Hampshire, was offered for mathematical modelling and data analysis. Our employees have volunteered in their local communities, donated supplies and produced 3D-printed items for the NHS. Furthermore, we’ve supported reservist colleagues called up to serve in the Armed Forces. In 2020, some of our team were deployed to get medical equipment, staff and patients to where they are needed most.
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Since the start of the pandemic, Boeing teams across the UK have operated alongside the Armed Forces in the key role they have played to support the UK government’s COVID-19 response. Last year, the RAF Odiham Chinook Support Centre, a joint RAF and Boeing team, produced 3D-printed clips that made personal protective equipment (PPE) more comfortable for NHS workers. The Portal, Boeing’s state-of-the-art analysis, experimentation and engagement facility in Hampshire, was offered for mathematical modelling and data analysis. Our employees have volunteered in their local communities, donated supplies and produced 3D-printed items for the NHS. Furthermore, we’ve supported reservist colleagues called up to serve in the Armed Forces. In 2020, some of our team were deployed to get medical equipment, staff and patients to where they are needed most.
Cranfield University
A specialist postgraduate university, Cranfield’s world-class expertise, large-scale facilities and industry partnerships create leaders in technology and management globally.
Our education portfolio is renowned for its relevance to business and industry. We are the largest UK provider of master's-level engineering graduates and offer a flagship MBA, world-class customised executive education and professional development programmes. Our work informs government policy.
The research and consultancy we carry out for industry, government and business provides our students with a real-world learning environment, allowing them to develop as professionals and transfer their knowledge to the global economy.
www.cranfield.ac.uk
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Scientists at Cranfield University, in collaboration with University of Liverpool and Lancaster University, invited local residents across Bedfordshire to get involved in a citizen science research project by growing lettuce in their gardens. Residents who got involved were sent lettuce-growing kits containing seeds, a logbook, a trowel, plant labels, markers, and sample collection kits.
Scientists are exploring whether growing more of our own food, particularly in urban areas, could lead to healthier lifestyles, improved wellbeing, and better access to healthy and nutritious food, especially during crises such as the current pandemic. Local residents who participate were asked to grow lettuces for eight weeks, collecting samples and completing a weekly questionnaire
“Lockdown Lettuce Beds” is part of the Rurban Revolution research project which brings together expertise in ecosystems, psychology, plant sciences, and supply chains from Lancaster University, Cranfield University and University of Liverpool. Over the two years, we will be building an interdisciplinary evidence base on how urban green spaces and growing potentially influences:
Our education portfolio is renowned for its relevance to business and industry. We are the largest UK provider of master's-level engineering graduates and offer a flagship MBA, world-class customised executive education and professional development programmes. Our work informs government policy.
The research and consultancy we carry out for industry, government and business provides our students with a real-world learning environment, allowing them to develop as professionals and transfer their knowledge to the global economy.
www.cranfield.ac.uk
#EngineeringHeroes
Scientists at Cranfield University, in collaboration with University of Liverpool and Lancaster University, invited local residents across Bedfordshire to get involved in a citizen science research project by growing lettuce in their gardens. Residents who got involved were sent lettuce-growing kits containing seeds, a logbook, a trowel, plant labels, markers, and sample collection kits.
Scientists are exploring whether growing more of our own food, particularly in urban areas, could lead to healthier lifestyles, improved wellbeing, and better access to healthy and nutritious food, especially during crises such as the current pandemic. Local residents who participate were asked to grow lettuces for eight weeks, collecting samples and completing a weekly questionnaire
“Lockdown Lettuce Beds” is part of the Rurban Revolution research project which brings together expertise in ecosystems, psychology, plant sciences, and supply chains from Lancaster University, Cranfield University and University of Liverpool. Over the two years, we will be building an interdisciplinary evidence base on how urban green spaces and growing potentially influences:
- Healthy and sustainable diets by improving availability, access and consumption of fruit and vegetables.
- Food production in terms of quantity, quality and safety and the resilience of the UK food system.
- Ecosystem service delivery, both inside and outside cities.
Dornan
Dornan is an engineering and contracting company that specialises in mechanical, electrical and instrumentation services. We employ over 1,400 employees across the UK, Ireland and Northern Europe, working in a variety of sectors, including Healthcare ,Education, Data Centre, Life Sciences, Commercial and Infrastructure.
Dornan’s values guide our business, ensuring we deliver projects with pride to the highest standards of safety and quality. Our people are integral to this process, and they are what differentiate us from their peers. Dornan seeks people that share our values and culture and encourage continual personal and professional development to ensure all our staff reach their potential.
https://www.dornan.ie/
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2020 demonstrated that there is a hero in all of us. Covid-19 caused us to care for and protect our communities to a greater extent than ever before. Dornan’s UCLE Marshgate project team embodied the ‘engineering and community hero’, alongside project partners Mace by helping vulnerable children, who needed ongoing support throughout the pandemic.
In November 2020, Dornan and Mace worked with AAA (Ambition, Aspire, Achieve). AAA focuses on and supports children and young people most in need, including those with disabilities or additional needs. Dornan provided help with the project management, QA & product procurement in delivering a garden, playground area, a new greenhouse, and chicken shed.
Dornan continues to recognise the importance of early engagement opportunities by working with apprentices and securing a more diverse team and, in turn, is delighted to use their engineering skills to benefit a community, which is local to some of these female team members.
Dornan’s values guide our business, ensuring we deliver projects with pride to the highest standards of safety and quality. Our people are integral to this process, and they are what differentiate us from their peers. Dornan seeks people that share our values and culture and encourage continual personal and professional development to ensure all our staff reach their potential.
https://www.dornan.ie/
#EngineeringHeroes
2020 demonstrated that there is a hero in all of us. Covid-19 caused us to care for and protect our communities to a greater extent than ever before. Dornan’s UCLE Marshgate project team embodied the ‘engineering and community hero’, alongside project partners Mace by helping vulnerable children, who needed ongoing support throughout the pandemic.
In November 2020, Dornan and Mace worked with AAA (Ambition, Aspire, Achieve). AAA focuses on and supports children and young people most in need, including those with disabilities or additional needs. Dornan provided help with the project management, QA & product procurement in delivering a garden, playground area, a new greenhouse, and chicken shed.
Dornan continues to recognise the importance of early engagement opportunities by working with apprentices and securing a more diverse team and, in turn, is delighted to use their engineering skills to benefit a community, which is local to some of these female team members.
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Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB)
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The Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) is the skills, standards and qualifications body for the development of the engineering construction workforce of Great Britain. The ECITB works with the government, employers and training providers to attract, develop and qualify the engineering construction workforce in a wide range of craft, technical and professional disciplines. We invest over £21 million each year to support skills development within the industry. This includes providing technical, management and professional training and supporting apprenticeships and careers programmes. The ECITB plays a vital role, along with the education sector, government and employers, in ensuring the UK has workers with the skills to meet the needs of the engineering construction industry. www.ecitb.org.uk
GCHQ
GCHQ is a world-leading intelligence, security and cyber agency with a mission to help keep the UK safe. Our brilliant people use cutting-edge technology and technical ingenuity to identify, analyse and disrupt threats in an increasingly digital world.
In the UK we work closely with MI5, MI6, law enforcement and the military to protect the country from terrorism, hostile state activity and serious and organised crime. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) which is part of GCHQ, aims to make the UK the safest place in the world to live and do business online. We also work closely with our partners in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, which form the 5EYES intelligence alliance on global issues.
GCHQ’s people come from diverse backgrounds and bring their unique skills, but all share a passion to make a difference for their country. Whether you’re an engineer or can speak a language, have a PhD in computer science or have come straight from school and want to be an apprentice, there is a career for you at GCHQ. The one quality we ask for in everyone is a commitment to keeping the UK safe. To find out more, visit www.gchq-careers.co.uk.
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Given the nature of our work, we’ve previously spent nearly all our work time in our offices. This meant that when COVID appeared, none of the normal HR and finance apps that employees use day to day could be accessed at home, even on our corporate devices. Enter our Engineering Heroes, in the form of a freshly created set of development teams, led by Fran as Product Owner - with a task to break new ground and provide the new apps our people needed, in a secure and accessible way, ASAP!
During this awesome effort, Fran and the teams involved needed to move at pace to change policy and help understand and drive security principles, designing and implementing solutions while adapting to changing business priorities. But within weeks the effort had provided apps that enabled key functions such as time recording, expenses and a phonebook for thousands of our people, wherever they were working. The diversity across the teams helps them to come up with innovative solutions to these new problems. Since then, they’ve been continuing to deliver great products, and are helping the organisation go through a cultural shift, as well as providing the immediate tactical response.
In the UK we work closely with MI5, MI6, law enforcement and the military to protect the country from terrorism, hostile state activity and serious and organised crime. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) which is part of GCHQ, aims to make the UK the safest place in the world to live and do business online. We also work closely with our partners in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, which form the 5EYES intelligence alliance on global issues.
GCHQ’s people come from diverse backgrounds and bring their unique skills, but all share a passion to make a difference for their country. Whether you’re an engineer or can speak a language, have a PhD in computer science or have come straight from school and want to be an apprentice, there is a career for you at GCHQ. The one quality we ask for in everyone is a commitment to keeping the UK safe. To find out more, visit www.gchq-careers.co.uk.
#EngineeringHeroes
Given the nature of our work, we’ve previously spent nearly all our work time in our offices. This meant that when COVID appeared, none of the normal HR and finance apps that employees use day to day could be accessed at home, even on our corporate devices. Enter our Engineering Heroes, in the form of a freshly created set of development teams, led by Fran as Product Owner - with a task to break new ground and provide the new apps our people needed, in a secure and accessible way, ASAP!
During this awesome effort, Fran and the teams involved needed to move at pace to change policy and help understand and drive security principles, designing and implementing solutions while adapting to changing business priorities. But within weeks the effort had provided apps that enabled key functions such as time recording, expenses and a phonebook for thousands of our people, wherever they were working. The diversity across the teams helps them to come up with innovative solutions to these new problems. Since then, they’ve been continuing to deliver great products, and are helping the organisation go through a cultural shift, as well as providing the immediate tactical response.
Institute of Refrigeration
The IOR WinRACHP (Women in Refrigeration Air conditioning and Heap Pump) network is proud to support International and National Women in Engineering Day. The network was established in 2016 as a practical response to research findings which identified global skills shortages in engineering and technical staff, the growing demand for refrigeration professionals, and opportunities to increase representation of women in this field.
Network meetings are open to anyone (male or female) working in any Refrigeration Air Conditioning of Heat Pump industries in any role such as service & maintenance, design, research, engineering, science, sales, administration, marketing, training etc. Anyone interested in promoting and supporting professional opportunities for women in RACHP can get involved. There are regular career development events in the UK and internationally where members work together to share information about activities that have been successful in attracting more young people, especially young women.
Resources available from the network page include: A linkedin group, Career profiles and Regular events and workshops. See https://ior.org.uk/about/women-in-rachp
Follow us on Twitter @thecoolinghub and #womeninrachp.
Network meetings are open to anyone (male or female) working in any Refrigeration Air Conditioning of Heat Pump industries in any role such as service & maintenance, design, research, engineering, science, sales, administration, marketing, training etc. Anyone interested in promoting and supporting professional opportunities for women in RACHP can get involved. There are regular career development events in the UK and internationally where members work together to share information about activities that have been successful in attracting more young people, especially young women.
Resources available from the network page include: A linkedin group, Career profiles and Regular events and workshops. See https://ior.org.uk/about/women-in-rachp
Follow us on Twitter @thecoolinghub and #womeninrachp.
Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team
Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team is the works team of Mercedes-Benz, competing in the FIA Formula One™ World Championship – the pinnacle of world motorsport and the largest annual sporting series in the world.
Based at two world-class technology campuses in the UK, the team designs, develops, manufactures and races the race cars and Hybrid Power Units driven by seven-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton and race-winning team-mate Valtteri Bottas.
Formula One is a uniquely demanding technical and human challenge, requiring the right alchemy of cutting-edge technologies, high-performance management and elite teamwork to deliver results at Grands Prix around the globe in a season running from March to December.
The Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team set new benchmarks for F1™ success on its way to winning the Constructors’ and Drivers’ World Championships in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020. During those seven Championship-winning seasons, the team scored 102 wins, 204 podiums, 109 pole positions, 71 fastest laps and 54 one-two finishes from 138 race starts.
For more information visit www.mercedesamgf1.com
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During the first months of the pandemic, a small group of Mercedes-AMG Petronas’ designers and engineers started work on a new design for a ventilation shield. Named the Zephyr, the purpose of the system was to enable surgeons, anaesthetists and nurses to care for patients and at the same time be protected from respiratory diseases carried in the air, liquids or blood. Due to the increased number of COVID patients being seen by the NHS, the team working on the Zephyr received numerous emails from doctors seeking to put the system into use in their hospitals.
With the help of a healthcare consultant and a number of doctors, the Zephyr team have now received fast track approval from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), such that the system may now be used on the wards. The team are now working at double the planned rate of production to manufacture the Zephyr systems and deliver them to hospitals.
Based at two world-class technology campuses in the UK, the team designs, develops, manufactures and races the race cars and Hybrid Power Units driven by seven-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton and race-winning team-mate Valtteri Bottas.
Formula One is a uniquely demanding technical and human challenge, requiring the right alchemy of cutting-edge technologies, high-performance management and elite teamwork to deliver results at Grands Prix around the globe in a season running from March to December.
The Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team set new benchmarks for F1™ success on its way to winning the Constructors’ and Drivers’ World Championships in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020. During those seven Championship-winning seasons, the team scored 102 wins, 204 podiums, 109 pole positions, 71 fastest laps and 54 one-two finishes from 138 race starts.
For more information visit www.mercedesamgf1.com
#EngineeringHeroes
During the first months of the pandemic, a small group of Mercedes-AMG Petronas’ designers and engineers started work on a new design for a ventilation shield. Named the Zephyr, the purpose of the system was to enable surgeons, anaesthetists and nurses to care for patients and at the same time be protected from respiratory diseases carried in the air, liquids or blood. Due to the increased number of COVID patients being seen by the NHS, the team working on the Zephyr received numerous emails from doctors seeking to put the system into use in their hospitals.
With the help of a healthcare consultant and a number of doctors, the Zephyr team have now received fast track approval from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), such that the system may now be used on the wards. The team are now working at double the planned rate of production to manufacture the Zephyr systems and deliver them to hospitals.
OPITO
OPITO is the global skills organisation for the energy industry. More than 375,000 people are trained to OPITO standards every year, across 50 countries through 200 accredited training centres.
OPITO works to develop a safe and skilled workforce by driving global standards and qualifications, creating workforce development solutions and leading dialogue with industries and governments. With operation centres in four regions - UK and Europe, Middle East and Africa, Asia Pacific and the Americas - OPITO is driving safety and competency improvements to benefit the industry and providing career pathways and training opportunities for the current workforce and the next generation.
For more information, please visit www.opito.com
OPITO works to develop a safe and skilled workforce by driving global standards and qualifications, creating workforce development solutions and leading dialogue with industries and governments. With operation centres in four regions - UK and Europe, Middle East and Africa, Asia Pacific and the Americas - OPITO is driving safety and competency improvements to benefit the industry and providing career pathways and training opportunities for the current workforce and the next generation.
For more information, please visit www.opito.com
Royal Academy of Engineering
The Royal Academy of Engineering is harnessing the power of engineering to build a sustainable society and an inclusive economy that works for everyone.
In collaboration with its Fellows and partners, the Academy is growing talent and developing skills for the future, driving innovation and building global partnerships, and influencing policy and engaging the public.
Together they are working to tackle the greatest challenges of our age.
What the Academy does
TALENT & DIVERSITY
The Academy is growing talent by training, supporting, mentoring and funding the most talented and creative researchers, innovators and leaders from across the engineering profession.
It is is developing skills for the future by identifying the challenges of an ever-changing world and developing the skills and approaches needed to build a resilient and diverse engineering profession.
INNOVATION
The Academy is driving innovation by investing in some of the country’s most creative and exciting engineering ideas and businesses.
It is building global partnerships that bring the world’s best engineers from industry, entrepreneurship and academia together to collaborate on creative innovations that address the greatest global challenges of our age.
POLICY & ENGAGEMENT
The Academy is influencing policy through the National Engineering Policy Centre – providing independent expert support to policymakers on issues of importance.
It is engaging the public by opening their eyes to the wonders of engineering and inspiring young people to become the next generation of engineers.
For more information visit https://www.raeng.org.uk/engdiversity or contact us: diversityteam@raeng.org.uk
#EngineeringHeroes
The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged UK society in many ways. The Academy is recognising the contributions that the engineering community has made in helping society address those challenges by making a number of President’s Special Awards for Pandemic Service. These are just two of the award winners.
Only six months into her career at National Physical Laboratory (NPL), engineer Jean Morris instigated and played an important role in developing a programme to build and test prototype ventilators. A large part of the work was undertaken by three graduates of the NPL apprentice programme, Joshua Bayfield, Joshua Schofield and Arthur Vie. Jean Morris and her team designed a fan-based ventilator with a portable and lightweight design that costs approximately a tenth of the cost of a commercial unit, and all parts are either made with common machine tools or easily sourced.
University College London-Ventura CPAP breathing aids were developed by a team led by Professor Rebecca Shipley and Professor Tim Baker working with Mercedes-AMG High Performance Powertrains. The team manufactured 10,000 breathing aids for use in UK hospitals and shared the designs with organisations from 105 other countries at no cost. Clinical data from UCLH shows that half of patients treated with CPAP do not progress to invasive ventilation.
In collaboration with its Fellows and partners, the Academy is growing talent and developing skills for the future, driving innovation and building global partnerships, and influencing policy and engaging the public.
Together they are working to tackle the greatest challenges of our age.
What the Academy does
TALENT & DIVERSITY
The Academy is growing talent by training, supporting, mentoring and funding the most talented and creative researchers, innovators and leaders from across the engineering profession.
It is is developing skills for the future by identifying the challenges of an ever-changing world and developing the skills and approaches needed to build a resilient and diverse engineering profession.
INNOVATION
The Academy is driving innovation by investing in some of the country’s most creative and exciting engineering ideas and businesses.
It is building global partnerships that bring the world’s best engineers from industry, entrepreneurship and academia together to collaborate on creative innovations that address the greatest global challenges of our age.
POLICY & ENGAGEMENT
The Academy is influencing policy through the National Engineering Policy Centre – providing independent expert support to policymakers on issues of importance.
It is engaging the public by opening their eyes to the wonders of engineering and inspiring young people to become the next generation of engineers.
For more information visit https://www.raeng.org.uk/engdiversity or contact us: diversityteam@raeng.org.uk
#EngineeringHeroes
The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged UK society in many ways. The Academy is recognising the contributions that the engineering community has made in helping society address those challenges by making a number of President’s Special Awards for Pandemic Service. These are just two of the award winners.
Only six months into her career at National Physical Laboratory (NPL), engineer Jean Morris instigated and played an important role in developing a programme to build and test prototype ventilators. A large part of the work was undertaken by three graduates of the NPL apprentice programme, Joshua Bayfield, Joshua Schofield and Arthur Vie. Jean Morris and her team designed a fan-based ventilator with a portable and lightweight design that costs approximately a tenth of the cost of a commercial unit, and all parts are either made with common machine tools or easily sourced.
University College London-Ventura CPAP breathing aids were developed by a team led by Professor Rebecca Shipley and Professor Tim Baker working with Mercedes-AMG High Performance Powertrains. The team manufactured 10,000 breathing aids for use in UK hospitals and shared the designs with organisations from 105 other countries at no cost. Clinical data from UCLH shows that half of patients treated with CPAP do not progress to invasive ventilation.
Royal Air Force
The role of the Royal Air Force is to protect the UK, its territories and interests, whilst maintaining a state of readiness to respond to new challenges and unexpected crises. We are on hand 24/7 to respond to threats, deliver aid and work in partnership with our allies to prevent conflict. We encourage talent and innovation in every role, to relish opportunity and to fulfil their potential. It is the skills, courage, dedication, ingenuity and enthusiasm of our people that allow us to succeed in our role.
The RAF Youth and STEM Team are dedicated to inspiring the next generation of engineers, by promoting the importance of studying STEM subjects that will lead to future careers in Engineering. The RAF deliver a national programme of STEM engagement that is further supported by over 500 STEM Ambassadors and numerous free online resources at www.rafyouthstem.org.uk
The RAF Youth and STEM Team are dedicated to inspiring the next generation of engineers, by promoting the importance of studying STEM subjects that will lead to future careers in Engineering. The RAF deliver a national programme of STEM engagement that is further supported by over 500 STEM Ambassadors and numerous free online resources at www.rafyouthstem.org.uk
V12 Footwear
We create safety footwear that is as tough as the environments they face. Our footwear is designed with three simple but important principles in mind: comfort, safety and durability. We know how much feet matter, and how important it is to look after your greatest asset, your staff. Comfortable and safe footwear is imperative in reducing slip accidents and wearer fatigue. For over 20 years, we have been researching, testing and innovating; embracing new technologies and better materials to protect people. Our fleet of test pilots put our footwear through its paces out in the real world, meaning wearers can work confidently, comfortably and safely. We provide safety footwear to industry leaders such as BP, Rolls Royce and Sky. But don’t just take our word for it, we have a 4 star grip rating from HSL, we are Satra members, Keymark accredited and we offer a 200-day guarantee on all our boots. www.v12footwear.com
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At V12, we are proud to have been a key contributor to keeping women in the industry safe, helping to ensure they get home safe every day, by giving them the right footwear. In the last year, we have been the proud supplier of footwear to thousands of women and although we do not know every person wearing V12’s, we can be sure that those in our footwear have stepped up to ensure that the industry continues to run smoothly. Our mission of keeping them safe and comfortable means their full time and attention is focused on getting the job done.
Key workers, maintaining and building infrastructure, still go out to work each day, whilst many of us are able to accomplish our jobs remotely, from the safety of our homes. And although our contribution only extends to keeping people booted, we are very proud of the people who wear our shoes. We have been able to supply footwear to a number of workers within the Nightingale projects, working at speed to fulfil and deliver over 200 pairs of boots in under 3 hours, a position we were grateful for – supporting critical workers to stay safe whilst saving lives.
