£35,000 has been given in charitable donations by training and certification provider, BPEC, to projects that use plumbing skills to enhance the lives others less fortunate either here in the UK or abroad. At its third Life Award presentation ceremony held at Derby County Football Club, on Friday 10th October and attended by over 100 […]
£13,500 was presented to Jeffrey Cohen from Water Works. Water Works is a grassroots charity committed to supporting rural Malawian communities gain access to safe drinking water and hygienic sanitation facilities. Improving the standards of clean drinking water and sanitation across 10 villages will improve the lives of over 300 households in Malawi.
The BPEC Charity awarded £10,600 to the Peace and Hope Trust (PHT). PHT has been working amongst the poorest communities in Nicaragua for over two decades. This support will help build and equip a vocational centre with an emphasis of teaching basic plumbing skills.
The BPEC Charity Life Award 2014 was presented to Dean Buchanan from Datum Foundation to assist the development of a new secondary school being built in Malawi. They received an initial award of £10,357 from The BPEC Charity, along with pledges of further support for the next three years. Achieving the Award will allow the […]
The World Plumbing Council has decided to extend the closing date for those interested in submitting an application for the 2014 World Plumbing Council Scholarship program to the 31st August 2014. There are two scholarships available, they are; World Plumbing Council Education and Training Scholarship – A one time scholarship for an individual involved in […]
The CIPHE is undertaking some research into professional recognition and Apprenticeships and we would value your input for the following survey. The Research Stakeholder Group is exploring how the present apprenticeship system for the plumbing and heating sector is currently working. It also wishes to identify support amongst micro SMEs for professional recognition, such as […]
Wednesday 16th April First day to start work, plenty of driving around sorting out materials and meeting builder Stafford, who is helping us. All locals are excited about the work which is going to start. Several are helping with the donkey work, digging out the holes for the footings once George and I have marked […]
Tuesday 15th April Good nights sleep of 5 hours and all ready to go! We had to stay in the bottom bunks because it was safer. We thought we heard rain during the night however, it was the volcano rumbling! One earthquake last night, 4.2 but didn’t feel a thing! Travelling to Bluefields, only 10 hours in […]
Sunday 13th April The journey begins. Apprehensive as earthquakes have been happening but just done the hardest thing and said goodbye to Bridget. Next stop Heathrow and a well-deserved pint with George. Monday 14th April Up early, 4.45am for flight at 8.30am. George and I very keen to get going, both OCD. Taxi late, not […]
The latest heats of SkillPLUMB 2014 have concluded with top skills on display all round, with Jack Sturdy in the English Midlands and Benjamin Cooke in North of England both taking first spots in their respective competitions. Jack, a student at South & City Birmingham College was named the winner over nine other competitors at […]
The World Health Organization has declared plumbers the most important front line health workers around the globe. Most people know from seeing the basins, taps and toilets that of what they are seeing, much of the work is behind the scenes. This “hidden” work meets the essential requirements of our daily lives especially when living […]
BPEC have recently updated their Part L Energy Efficiency training and assessments in-line with recent updates to Part L of the building regulations. The updated training and assessment documentation is now available to Part L approved BPEC centres via the centre zone of the BPEC website. If you are interested in becoming approved by BPEC for […]
BPEC have recently updated their Domestic Ventilation manual and assessments following consultation with a group of the major UK ventilation manufacturers; all members of BEAMA or the RVA, who work closely together as a joint training group to monitor and review the effectiveness of the BPEC Ventilation Training Manual and assessments. This move also reflects […]
The World Plumbing Council Chairman, Mr. Sudhakaran Nair has launched the WPC Education and Training Scholarship Program for 2014. He announced that, “2014 is the first year that two scholarship opportunities have been offered by the World Plumbing Council”, Mr. Nair said “The Scholarships provide an opportunity to increase global awareness of the contribution that […]
The first two SkillPLUMB 2014 heats have got off to a flying start with apprentice Robert Carter winning the South of England heat, and Lloyd Wakefield taking first spot at the Welsh event. Robert, a student at the College of West Anglia and employed by Derek Hales Ltd, was up against eight other competitors at […]
Life Award 2013 May 2014 The maternity had two sections on the BPEC project; the toilets and showers located within the postnatal ward mainly for patient use and the toilets and showers at the delivery room including staff toilet. Work required includes, wall tiling, replacement of patient showers, toilet seats. The floors were generally in […]
Life Award 2012 Since I spoke at the BPEC Life Award presentation in October 2013 all guttering systems have now been installed to the clinic and these have now been plumbed directly to the rainwater storage tank that was constructed by the funding from the Life Award. Before the funding payment was made I had […]
May 2014 Today’s the day. The team are as ready as they can be. The work on site with the geysers has been completed by the suppliers and I have been told that the pipework from the roof has been left for their connection. The inserts for the 22mm PEX pipe have been located in […]
BPEC’s Mally Butters and George Thomson are flying out to Nicaragua to build a laundry facility which will improve the lives of Alba and her family. They are being accompanied by Richard Geary of the Peace and Hope Trust. An earthquake struck Nicaragua early on Monday (14th April 2014), damaging at least seven houses in […]
Life Award 2013 March 2014 The toilet for the store is almost completed. Tiling and plumbing works completed with toilet seat, shower, wash hand basin and urinal fixed. Door fixed – left with lock to be mounted and the exterior and entrance to the door to be plastered. There is ongoing work at the physiotherapy […]
Musha Wevana March 2014 There has been considerable progress for Musha Wevana both on location and here. Working in Africa is not just a different continent; it’s a different world to here. And that’s before I have even set foot there. There is a different approach to what can be done and what can’t, a […]
The Principle Nursing Officer, doubling as Administrator, Wandifa Samateh has written a short report documenting the progression of the Bansang Hospital. Background information: Bansang Hospital is the oldest and the second largest hospital in the Gambia. The Hospital was built in 1938 during the colonial period to serve the rural population who are also considered […]
Life Award 2013 28th January 2014 We spend the morning advising the owners of Luigi’s on how to use their solar thermal systems to supply their hot water and to heat the swimming pool! After advising the hospital it feels somewhat embarrassing. We are taken to the airport and the shuttle bus driver calls over […]
Life Award 2013 27th January 2014 Final breakfast overlooking the river – sunrise is fantastic. Stroll up to the hospital chatting to locals all the way. Review meeting with Baba Jeng – Watson led the feedback on what we had found and what we recommended. Mark followed with a description of what we found in […]
Life Award 2013 26th January 2014 A much enjoyed lie-in this morning, breakfast at 8.30am (actually 9.10am in Gambia time). Anita came to collect us in the trucks after we had peanut rice for breakfast. We went to buy rice and glucose food and milk for the family we are going to see today. We […]