SCHOOLS across Furness have shared a £35,000 pot from BAE Systems for use in encouraging sustainability and environmental projects. Infant and junior schools could apply for up to £750 each. For secondary schools, the figure was £1,500. In the end, 37 schools received funding with projects including transforming schools gardens, staging an educational sustainability day… Continue reading BAE Systems supports Sustainability in Schools
On Saturday 26 November a planned security exercise is taking place at the Barrow shipyard, which involves MOD Police firing blank rounds of ammunition. Members of the public should not be alarmed and there is no need to take any action.
Great to see so many people at the Running and Be Well Festival on Walney. Well done to everybody who took part. BAE Systems, Mind in Furness, Be Well Festival, Cumbria County Council, Furness Running Health & Wellbeing Festival
Janet Garner, Principal of the Submarine Academy for Skills and Knowledge chats to Andrea about the publication of BAE Systems Social Impact Report. Janet describes the rewarding experience of working in partnership with community groups to help make a real difference to local people over the past couple of years. A link to… Continue reading Janet Garner, Principal of the Submarine Academy for Skills and Knowledge chats to Andrea
Andrea’s guest this afternoon is Janet Garner, Principle of the Submarine Academy and with responsibility for overseeing BAE Systems’ Corporate Responsibility for Community Involvement in the local community. Find out how BAE have supported the Platinum Jubilee events, how they see their role in the wider community and their thoughts on an exciting future… Continue reading Andrea in the Afternoon with Janet Garner, Principle of the Submarine Academy
A boss at one of Lancashire’s biggest employers has shared his story of bowel cancer in an effort to encourage people to be more open about their health. Chris Boardman, Group Managing Director for BAE Systems’ Air sector, was diagnosed with colon cancer earlier this year and underwent successful surgery this summer. In a… Continue reading ‘Don’t wait’ – BAe boss’ plea to anyone with bowel cancer symptoms
A group of mental health champions at BAE Systems reworded the lyrics to the band aid song, Do they know its Christmas? To raise awareness about mental health and acknowledge that it might not be the most wonderful time of the year for everyone, for so many reasons. It can feel an overwhelming… Continue reading Spread some love this Christmas time
HUNDREDS of apprentices and graduates are joining BAE Systems Submarines in Barrow this September. Overall, more than 800 apprentices will be joining BAE Systems’ ranks across the UK this year in addition to more than 350 graduates, which marks the second consecutive record year for early careers recruitment despite the ongoing pandemic. This… Continue reading Record Year for BAe Systems UK Recruitment
Anson, the fifth of seven Astute class attack submarines being built for the Royal Navy, has been launched at our BAE Systems site in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. The 7,400-tonne nuclear-powered submarine, officially named at a ceremony in December, emerged from the Devonshire Dock Hall and entered the water for the first time earlier today. The launch… Continue reading Fifth state of the art Astute submarine is launched
Volunteers from BAE Systems Submarines helped with the COVID testing regime that allowed schools to open this month. The business allowed workers paid time off to assist with giving Lateral Flow Tests if schools felt they would benefit from extra assistance. Tests had to be done in school for the first two… Continue reading Shipyard Volunteers help with testing in Schools
