Leading Cheshire developer Barratt and David Wilson Homes North West awarded a group of pupils at Cranberry Academy for their outstanding entries to their year-long Building Buddies scheme.

The Building Buddies Award is being hosted at the local primary school close to the homebuilder's Lloyd Mews and Scholar's Place developments in Alsager, guiding pupils through the construction process with four exciting activities.

The winners of the first and second task in the scheme were awarded with vouchers and a visit to David Wilson Homes' Scholars Place development on Hassall Road.

This specially designed scheme is intended to encourage children to show an interest in the industry, helping them to consider a career in construction from an early age.

The scheme comprises four tasks which will be run across the academic year, two of which have now been completed. The first task involved pupils designing and naming their own development. The second task was marketing based, and gave pupils a chance to describe what kind of customer their development was designed for. The next two tasks include partaking in a wildlife friendly exercise and poster competition.

Mrs Helen Morris, Principal at Cranberry Academy, said: “We are very grateful to Barratt and David Wilson Homes for this opportunity for our children to be involved in the local housing developments through the Building Buddies Award Scheme. 

“Our Year 5 pupils really enjoyed completing the first tasks and having a go at designing their own development logos. We're looking forward to completing the remaining tasks across the year.”

Split into four quarters, the Building Buddies Award is set to teach young children about planning and land, sales and marketing, technical and construction.

Lynton Dudgeon, Sales Director at Barratt and David Wilson Homes North West, said: “Through the Building Buddies scheme, we have the chance to educate young children on the construction industry as well as raising awareness of important issues such as site safety.

“The entries for the first two tasks have been phenomenal. It was great for the winners of tasks to be able to visit our nearby Scholars Place development to see how a development is constructed and ran by the team on site.

Lloyd Mews currently has a selection of three and four bedroom properties available to reserve with prices starting from £159,995 to £288,995. The onsite sales and information centre on Dunnocksfold Road is open Monday 12:30pm to 5:30pm and Thursday to Sunday 10am to 5:30pm.

Scholar's Place currently has a selection of four and five bedroom properties available to reserve with prices starting from £338,995 to £459,995. The onsite sales and information centre on Hassall Road is open Monday 12:30pm to 5:30pm and Thursday to Sunday 10am to 5:30pm.

For further information about the developments, please visit www.barratthomes.co.uk/lloydmews and www.dwh.co.uk/scholarsplace or call the sales numbers on (Barratt) 0333 455 3073 or (DWH) 0333 355 8480.

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NOTES TO EDITORS 

1. For further information about Barratt and David Wilson Homes please contact Ellie Mason or Catherine Senior on 0116 247 1777 or ellie@unsworthsugden.co.uk or catherine@unsworthsugden.co.uk

2. Barratt and David Wilson Homes is part of Barratt Developments PLC, a FTSE100 company

3. Barratt Group sold 17,579 homes in the year to June 2018, making it the biggest housebuilder by volume in Britain

4. Barratt was awarded a maximum five star rating for the tenth consecutive year in the 2019 Home Builders Federation Customer Satisfaction Survey

5. Site managers working for Barratt Group won 83 awards for quality workmanship in the 2018 NHBC Pride in the Job Awards. Barratt has won more Pride in the Job awards than any other housebuilder for the last 14 years