As Midland Fire have grown, we are proud to work with several charitable and local organisations to give something back to our community.
We are expanding our sponsorships to support clubs and charities in the areas where we work. Including Birmingham, Coventry and Nottingham – Not just our hometown of Burton On Trent.
We have active sponsorship at a number of local sports clubs throughout the local area. This ranges from kit sponsorship and advertising board to free fire alarm maintenance.
Below are just some of the sports clubs we sponsor.
Scropton Horse Riding Centre is home to Scropton Riding for the Disabled. This includes activities with horses for health, wellbeing and sport. The centre welcomes riders with a wide range of physical, learning and sensory disabilities and also provides opportunity to those with para-equestrian ambitions.
Midland Fire are proud to offer Scropton Riding Centre free fire alarm maintenance, helping ensure the safety of visitors.
We work closely with Burton Albion FC and have taken part in various team building and charity events over the past few years.
A regular on our fixture list is the Corporate 5-a-side tournament – Midland Fire staff get the opportunity to play at the Burton Albion grounds. Each year the event raises around £5000 for local causes working in partnership with The Burton Albion Community Trust.
Midland Fire have supported Burton Albion Community Trust for a number of years. In 2019 we made it official and became a “Friends of the Community” Supporter.
As part of the agreement we are providing all BACT facilities with adequate fire safety systems and maintenance services.
You can find out more on the Burton Albion Community Trust website:
https://burtonalbioncommunitytrust.co.uk/
More recently we have taken part in the BACT Charity Golf League. Taking first place at Church Broughton.
We are also taking part in the Easter egg donation. Distributed to food banks / food pantries in the area.
“As an organisation at the heart of the community, we are very proud to work with Midland Fire Security Services Ltd they share our values and ambition to make a difference in the community.”
John Widdowson. Interim Head of Community. Burton Albion Community Trust.
As part of our continued work with local sports clubs Midland Fire are pitch side sponsors of Burton Rugby Club. We also sponsor the Under 8s allowing them to purchase new kit.
The rugby club facilities are serviced by Midland Fire including Fire Alarms, Intruder Alarms and Disabled Refuge Systems.
“It’s great to have Midland Fire as one our sponsors, their commitment and contribution to the Club has been fantastic and means a great deal to our community sports club. We look forward to working with them and hopefully this will be the start of a long and rewarding partnership.”
Claire Bradley, Honorary Secretary
Reaching out to the local community in Coventry – Midland Fire have sponsored a new defibrillator for Berkswell and Balsall Common Hockey Club.
Circus Star is a circus for children and families that have found it difficult to attend in the past. It is aimed at children with disabilities, families on low incomes and those facing challenges such as domestic violence, bereavement or who may be living with a life-limiting condition.
Midland Fire are proud to have donated funding to Circus Star so that children and families can attend free of charge.
You can find out more about Circus Star on their website. Watch their Youtube video for more.
Every year Midland Fire takes on new apprentices, providing full on the job and theoretical training to industry standards. At any one time we have several apprentices at different stages of their Electrotechnical Qualification. This includes stages 1, 2 and 3. Since the start of 2023 we have 2 office administration apprentices to help meet the demands of a growing order book.
We pay a fair “earn while they learn” salary covering living expenses during training and upon completion offered a full-time position within the business.
Midland Fire Apprentices get block release to attend Burton Training Organisation (BTOL) Ltd. BTOL operates in association with Derby College – teaching both practical and theoretical skills.
Dave Green the Training Manager at Midland Fire presented to students at Derby College to help generate interest in Life Safety and Electrical apprenticeships.
Following our presentation Midland Fire successfully took on a trainee fire alarm engineer from Derby College.
To recognise the talent of our Apprentices we have had entries in Skill Electric’s Apprentice Awards.
SkillELECTRIC is the electrical industry’s premier skills competition, celebrating the best practical and technical skills from across the UK.
Midland Fire Apprentice Joe Wilcock was entered into the Skill Electric 2023 awards.
In March 2024 over two separate weeks Midland Fire provided work experience placements for two students from the Noel Baker academy in Derby.
This is the second year we have helped students from the local area, it is part of their curriculum to spend a week in a commercial environment, the benefits to the students are numerous.
Work experience will not only help you get more job opportunities, but also:
To maximise the benefits we had both students carry out various tasks both within the office and visiting sites to see the work that is undertaken, providing valuable insight into the workplace.
‘Noel-Baker Academy believes all our students are entitled to experience a workplace and that this gives them an excellent taste of their next steps towards the best of their future options.’
We are open to supporting more community projects in the local area. Please contact us with details of your request and we’ll see if we can help.
01283 741000
info@midlandfire.com
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Midland Fire Security Services Ltd
Unit 7 Grange Farm, Belmot Road, Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire DE13 9HJCompany No. 03846886
Vat No. 737982383
