Friday 9th January I begin the morning by bringing up the much needed shells from the jetty to the site, the rest of the sand from the store, and some remaining stone. The next section of the tank base is completed after lunch, which leaves a small section of the first half of the large […]
Life Award 2013 25th January 2014 We return to the hospital and me (Dave) and Watson visit other parts of the hospital plumbing systems and find more jobs completed with unsuitable fittings as the right materials are unavailable. Mark identifies that many electrical jobs cannot be done properly due to lack of materials and tools […]
Life Award 2013 24th January 2014 Outside the hospital are market traders selling food stuffs to the patient escorts, the mothers, wife etc. of patients. Watson and I (Dave) spend the morning with three plumbers from the maintenance team. We visit the children’s unit and see the ‘new showers’ (fitted under a separate grant) but […]
Life Award 2013 23rd January 2014 Woken by the sun and dawn chorus. We have breakfast on the veranda over the river, accompanied by the voices of locals pulling the chain which works the ferry across the river. We are collected and taken to the hospital to meet all of the principal officers and the […]
Thursday 8th January I woke early to pray for help, I walked to the top of the hill, and prayed again for help, knowing I can stay another 2 days max. Though without the mixer we would never get the base complete, or a good mix either. I took another look at the wires, and […]
Life Award 2013 22nd January 2014 The travel into Banjul was surprisingly un-modernised with street sellers on most corners and lots of security visible. We are met at the offices of the Honorable Minister for Health and each introduced to him and his Principal Private Secretary. They expressed their gratitude for everything BPEC are doing […]
2013 Life Award 21st January 2014 Gatwick cold and foggy – we begin our adventure to Bansang Hospital. The team consists of Dave Pollard, Mark Antrobus and Watson Carlill. Watson and Mark were told off for joining wrong queue. The queue they attempted to join was only for people that have spent £10,000/annum with Monarch. […]
Tuesday 7th January The remaining material was taken up the hill at a struggle as it had heavily rained the night before. More shells were being used than should have been for the road, so I put out an urgent call to the Rama people to get 100 more sacks of shells. By using more […]
New Year The next few days were to be rest days, though we only took 1 day, and then continued with the work, as there was much to do. I had to alter some pipework at the water tank that serves the existing property. This would enable me to pump water to the new water […]
Life Award 2013 Myself, Mark and Watson were up at 05:30am (21/01/14) to travel to a very cold and foggy Gatwick airport for their flight to Gambia. When we arrive Mark and Watson are told off for joining the wrong check-in queue despite all the signs stating Monarch check-in – All destinations. A rather abusive […]
Life Award 2013 BPEC’s Dave Pollard is today flying out to visit Anita Smith, winner of the 2013 Life Award, at The Bansang Hospital in The Gambia. Dave is one of a team of three volunteers heading out from the UK to offer their expertise. He will be joined by Mark Antrobus and Watson Carlill, two of […]
Welcome to the new BPEC website which; as well as having a fresh new look, allows you to view samples of our training manuals via page turning technology, has an enhanced qualification section and also has greater detail of the projects supported by the BPEC Charity and the application process to be considered for the […]
Life Award 2013 But there will be little sightseeing involved for Holmfirth man Mark Antrobus who will be working to improve sanitation at The Bansang Hospital. Holmfirth plumber, Mark Antrobus, who is due out to Gambia to work on a hospital. Mark is swapping his work van for a scooter when he heads to Gambia […]
Gas Safe Register have issued a technical bulletin concerning the dangers of Asbestos which can be downloaded by businesses who are registered with Gas Safe via: https://engineers.gassaferegister.co.uk/ For more information on the dangers of Asbestos why not visit the BPEC Asbestos Awareness App and Video via: https://bpec.org.uk/asbestos/
Life Award 2013 December 2013 Anita and Nick are back in the UK however, there is a team within the Bansang Hospital who can continue working and pulling all the plans together. The core management team (Wandifa Principle Nursing Officer, the CEO, P. Accountant, Procurement Officer) left for Banjul on Thursday 28th November to meet Laila […]
The HSE launch a series of Legionella workshops entitled: Are there legionella risks in your workplace? – LCA/HSE Duty Holder Events, February – April 2014 As a dutyholder you are responsible for complying with health and safety and taking responsibility for managing those risks. Find out all you need to know about legionella control and […]
Life Award 2013 November 2013 Friday 1st November 2013 Nick, Richard, Kath (accountant / secretary) and Anita meet at Gatwick airport at 7am joined by the former British High Commissioner Phil Sinkinson OBE, now Patron to BHA. Their plane took off an hour later than scheduled. Nick did a great job of calming down what […]
Trevor Deacon, Trainer/Assessor at West London Training Ltd has been awarded £2,000 in the 2013 BPEC Life Awards. Trevor was presented with the Award to travel in May 2014 to the Zimbabwean town of Marondera to an orphanage called Musha Wevana. He will be accompanied by an eight person team who will provide hot water […]
Irish plumber John Robinson has won £8,000 in the 2013 BPEC Life Awards. John, from Ballyearl, Newtownabbey, County Antrim was presented with the award for his work alongside a village community in the Bluefields region of Nicaragua in a place called Rama Cay. John will be working alongside the Friends in Action charity to enable […]
Danny Jones and his team from Willmott Dixon 4Life Academy and Exodus Solutions Ltd have been awarded £5,000 in the 2013 BPEC Life Awards. Their project involves helping one of the poorest communities in the world called Agome Sevah in rural Togo, West Africa. Danny is working in partnership with Dekamile which is a UK […]
Life Award 2013 The BPEC Charity has announced Anita Smith and her team have won £15,006.02. The Bansang Hospital was announced as the recipient of the 2013 Life Award. The team is led by Anita Smith and also includes Nick Foley, a plumbing and heating engineer. Winning the award means that they will now be able […]
BPEC Life Award 2013 Over £30,000 has been given out in charitable donations by the BPEC Charity to projects that use plumbing skills to enhance life. At the second Life Award presentation ceremony, the BPEC Charity made four awards to deserving projects. In memory of BPEC’s founding chairman Raymond J Brooks, they were presented by […]
The BPEC Biomass course and assessments have now been successfully mapped against the QCF and National Occupational Standards (NOS) to meet the forthcoming likely requirement for anyone applying for MCS certification to hold QCF and NOS mapped qualifications. BPEC are delighted to announce a further Train the Trainer course at Specflue, Sudbury, Suffolk for five […]
Development Award February 2013 It’s been an extremely busy start to the year for me. I have been focusing on bringing together the equipment needed to carry the project forward. Thanks to the personal BPEC award I received, I’ve been able to purchase a MacBook Pro laptop that has incredible processing power, and is ideal […]
Life Award 2012 A Leeds team has won £12,000 in an awards scheme which rewards projects that use plumbing skills to enhance life. The BPEC Charity has announced The Mozambique Health Centre Project as the winner of its first ever Life Award. A team at NG Bailey, which is based in Brown Lane West, Leeds, […]