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BHP Billiton - Liverpool Bay Asset

Post Office Rural Action Award 2005 in association with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

This is a magnificent gesture by BHP Billiton and underlines their commitment to the local and general community.  The Centre will be a great asset in ensuring young people understand the work of the emergency services as well as increase safety awareness.

Sandy Mewies AM for Delyn

BHP Billiton are enhancing their reputation and building staff pride and motivation by creating a safety village and building a community centre for an isolated and scattered community in North Wales.

Processes

BHP Billiton, in partnership with the Police and Communities Trust, have created a safety village – Dangerpoint – to provide hands-on, interactive scenarios to children and others to help prevent accidents and deaths.

Any details on the processes that are relevent
BHP liaised with Police and Communities Trust to turn their visitor centre into an interactive safety village and also created a fire-safety workbook for use by schools in Wales.  They continue to support Dangerpoint through senior management participation on the Board of Trustees and management board.

They have worked with and supported the Talacre Community Centre Trust via substantial monetary donations, staff member as secretary of the Trust and expertise to make the five year campaign a reality.

Business objectives

The Liverpool Bay Asset (LBA), one of BHP Billiton’s largest operated assets, want to leave a vibrant, independent community with an improved infrastructure, environment and skills base when LBA comes to an end.

The main driver of their community activity is the pro-active management of their reputation, retention of their licence to operate and providing a positive form to engage with their key stakeholders.

Society benefit

  • Creating Dangerpoint – a safety village where children and vulnerable people learn about safety and accident prevention in innovative ways.  This benefits every child in North Wales with an estimate of 9,000 visitors in it s first year.  The Centre is the first of its kind in Wales. They have also persuaded other key companies to support the Centre via donations. 
  • Talacre’s community centre – LBA have been a catalyst and key partner in the construction of this community centre to provide a meeting place, social venue and central point of contact for this isolated and scattered community.
  • BHP Billiton has supported a number of school projects, including RSPB Bird Week, environment appreciation and dunes erosion monitoring.  These all hep to educate children on environmental issues and broaden their appreciation and experiences of energy, the environment and safety.

Impact

  • Dangerpoint provides a forum to for BHP Billiton to positively engage with the emergency services, regulators and other key stakeholders in a positive setting
  • Staff job satisfaction has risen by 15% and employees views that BHP Billiton are committed to the community increased by 21%
  • Approximately 9,000 visitors were expected at Dangerpoint in its first year to learn about safety in an interactive way. Additional donations to support Dangerpoint were levered from a number of key companies including Barclays, Co-op, Redrow, Scottish Power and Toyota
  • The fire safety workbook and follow-up lessons has been used by over 392 schools with children’s knowledge of safety information increased by 30% by using the workbook
  • BHP Billiton acted as a catalyst to secure £220,000 of Article 33 funding from the Rural Development Plan for Wales for the Talacre Community Centre and well as £25,000 support from local businesses. This has made the 5 year campaign a reality. They helped create a fundraising committee, publicity strategy and stakeholder communication programme – essential to its sustainability

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