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    Those who work with Brian O’Rourke describe him as an ‘old school’ Cleaning Operative, he has a no-nonsense attitude and a fantastic work ethic.

    Brian joined we clean in 2015, and began working at our LEAR Corporation contract in Redditch. Already having many years of experience within the Cleaning Industry, Brian understood that to be successful, you must work hard and diligently, meaning his transition into we clean was very smooth. 

    Brian and Marie Peplow, Contract Manager, at Lear Corporation in Redditch

     

     Throughout his two years, Brian has formed a close bond with Contract Manager, Marie Peplow. It came as no surprise to Marie when Brian was awarded the ‘Dee Richards’ Pride Award, commenting:

    “If there’s ever any extra work or Lear ever phone up, I can always get hold of Brian, he’s an absolute star who never lets me down! He’s supported me a lot, a really genuine, hard-working Operative!”

    We managed to catch 5 minutes with Brian, to ask him a few questions:

    What’s your name and where are you originally from?

    My name is Brian O’Rourke and I’m originally from Birmingham.

    How long have you been in the cleaning industry?

    Since 2007! But the boots on the other foot as before I worked as a Cleaning Operative I used to have to let the Cleaning team’s in.

    How long have you worked for we clean?

    Since the start of we clean’s relationship with Lear, so just over 2 years.

    What’s your role within the business?

    I work here at Lear Corporation as a Cleaning Operative keeping this big site in good shape!

    When does your working day start?

    Quarter to 4 here until quarter to 9 Monday to Thursday and then Friday I work from midday through until half past 9! It’s non-stop, I do all the offices and the bins!

    Whats your favourite thing about working for we clean?

    I’d have to say my Contract Manager, Marie! It’s always nice when she pops in and says hello.

    What do you feel makes working for we clean different?

    Everybody is really friendly and attentive. It’s always good meeting different people and having banter with them and everybody is very friendly and easy to get along with here on-site.

    What do you get up to at the weekend? Any hobbies?

    I’m into my gardening quite a lot at the moment, especially with spring coming up, so I spend as much time out there as I can!

    Finally, what does the award mean to you?

    Well of course it means a lot to me, but then it means a lot to my Mrs as well! She’s really proud of me and she said she’s still trying to figure out how I actually got the award!

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    Everybody at we clean is really pleased that our long-standing employee Christine Checkley who has worked at the Company Head Office as a Payroll Administrator for over 9 years, was able to have a very ‘uplifting and rewarding’ experience recently in America with her family to support her youngest son Jacob who was diagnosed in 2014 with severe Autism.

     After the initial diagnosis, parents Paul and Christine began searching for any sort of therapy to help their little boy. This is where Jacob’s Journey began, they came across an American programme called ‘Son-Rise’, which is based in Massachusetts at the Autism Treatment Centre of America. 

    The ‘Son-Rise’ programme is a ‘play-based alternative autism treatment based on getting to know the individual child, and trying to understand their world rather than trying to make them conform to ours.’

    Jacob’s Journey began as there wasn’t too much care available in the UK, and Paul and Christine felt that to help develop Jacob, their best option was to take him to Massachusetts to receive therapy. The only obstacle was the £18,000 it was going to cost for both the trip and the therapy.

    Paul and Christine visited London to attend start-up courses and learn more about the programme, which they felt Jacob responded well too, and they set up a playroom at their home to help develop Jacob.

    Paul and Christine set up a GoFundMe page ( https://www.gofundme.com/wx7h7fc ) to try and raise money and put on various fundraisers including: obstacle courses, pub quizzes, sponsored walks and coffee meetings. As a Company, we clean has made donations and has offered their support to Paul and Christine along with all of the staff by attending fundraisers and helping out where possible.

    Thankfully, after a lot of hard work and 18 months of fundraising, Paul and Christine were able to go ahead with the trip and get Jacob over to America for a week of intensive therapy. 

    Whilst at the Autism Treatment Centre they were set up in a house, where Jacob had his own playroom and both Paul and Christine could see the therapy in action. Jacob responded well to the therapy and since enrolling in the programme he has become a lot more sociable and even started playing with his older brother, Noah. Jacob has also begun using a few clear words and making eye contact with those he feels most connected to. They were both incredibly pleased to have gone on the trip with Christine commenting that:

    “America was amazing, we’ve seen great changes in Jacob and it was just such a great thing. we clean have been really supportive, through donations and allowing me the time off. All the staff have attended fundraisers and showed their support.”

    Once the therapy had finished Paul and Christine received a DVD from the playroom allowing them to see the therapy and try to mirror it back in England and they also learnt lots of great techniques that they could apply themselves. 

    Paul and Christine are incredibly grateful to everybody that helped fundraise and donated to this great cause and if you would like to donate then please visit Jacob’s GoFundMe page https://www.gofundme.com/wx7h7fc and you can learn more about their American Journey on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/Jacobs-Journey-504082706452758/

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    During the recent February Half-Term school holiday, our Specialist Cleaning Division carried out a complete floor restoration of the parquet flooring at the Birmingham based Great Barr Academy. 

    Parquet flooring is the name given to a type of flooring made from small blocks or strips of wood, which are laid to create a regular and geometric pattern. The wooden flooring at this Great Barr School dates back to the 1950’s and was in need of a renovation, and the School placed their trust in the Specialist Cleaning Division at we clean to bring their floor back to life!

    The Specialist Cleaning Division, headed up by Director’s Tim Byng and Steve Rawlings use the latest cleaning technologies and machinery available, which together with their 30 years’ worth of Cleaning Industry experience ensures that their team can maintain and restore an array of floor surfaces including:

    • Marble, terrazzo and other stone floors
    • A range of Vinyl flooring coverings
    • Wooden floors including Parquet and Granwood flooring

    The floor restoration at Great Barr Academy involved 4 Cleaning Technicians from the we clean Specialist Team who worked early mornings to minimise disruption to the School’s own in-house maintenance team. 

    The team initially gave the floor a complete sand down using Belt Sanders, ensuring they removed all existing varnish and white lines. Before making sure the floor was as level as possible and repairing any broken sections. Then, using powerful Trio Sanders with HEPA filtration attachments the team closed the wood grain, with any affected area’s in the working environment given a dust down. Finally, an environmentally friendly water-based lacquer was used to offer long-standing protection.

    We were pleased to receive some very positive feedback from Great Barr Academy’s School Site Manager, Will Brown who commented:

    “We are really pleased, the Headteacher is more than happy and we are looking forward to booking you in to complete the rest of our hallways. The team on-site were very professional and they worked diligently and efficiently!”

    As a Company, we believe in longevity, and we are confident that the methods and techniques we use, offer lasting substance, allowing our Clients to maintain their facilities, rather than replacing them. 

    If you would like a FREE NO OBLIGATION SURVEY & QUOTATION on any floor restoration, then please contact our Head Office on: 0121 453 6191 or e-mail info@wecleanltd.com with your specific requirements.

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    As an organisation, we clean is committed to providing and developing quality services that have a minimal environmental impact so as to help safe guard our worlds precious natural resources for future generations.

    The Company has consciously developed an internal Environmental Management System (EMS) ‘we clean GREEN’. The system’s overriding objective is to ensure that ‘green cleaning’ is at the very core of our daily activities and this formed the focal point of our ISO14001 Accreditation. 

    Critical to our ‘Green’ success is partnering with like-minded organisations that produce and supply environmentally friendly Recycled Paper Products, Eco Dosing Chemicals, Best Practice Training Systems and Service Innovation that will inherently protect our shared environment. Our passion to work green is encapsulated with the management message of our ‘principal’ supply partner, Merton Group UK: “working towards a safer environment”. 

    Merton Group has been a critical supply partner to we clean for over a decade, and our organisation is very much aligned with the Merton commitment to providing sustainability and greener solutions, whilst maintaining quality and effective cleaning products. In particular, one of their latest innovations, Ecodosing, is a great way to reduce waste, and help us to become more environmentally friendly.

    Ecodosing is an exciting new concept, which uses a clever dispensing mechanism allowing accurately measured shots of the super concentrated liquid without the need for cumbersome and costly dispenser units that have to be located in often ‘space restricted’ cleaning cupboards.

    Quick and easy to use, the portable, lightweight bottles deliver a controlled dose of super concentrate directly into either a 750ml trigger spray bottle or bucket. A single bottle of 1 litre or 250ml concentrate achieves significant cost-per-use savings compared to standard 5 litre bottle products, yet weighs less, is easier to store, easier to handle and more environmentally friendly to transport. Most importantly, there’s no chance of pouring money away through incorrect dosage. A simple 10ml squeeze-and-fill chamber eliminates product wastage and ensures accurate dosing every time. The handy-size 1 litre bottle will fill up to 100 triggers or 50 buckets, and is very easy to store. 

    In addition, Merton UK Group have been pioneers in developing a full range of Washroom disposable paper products made entirely from recycled paper to the Contract Cleaning Industry allowing ‘environmentally conscious’ businesses the opportunity to lessen the environmental impact of their operations.

    The recycled paper supplied to we clean via Merton UK Group has undergone a very sophisticated de-inking and washing process. This process uses no bleach and therefore dramatically reduces the discharge of harmful dioxins. The energy source for drying and steaming is natural gas and the water system is filtered and recycled to give further energy savings. All waste solids are inert and virtually harmless and the process also has the benefit of giving the paper a higher tensile strength as a result of slower bonding of the fibres.

    As a Company we are fully committed to being environmentally pro-active, our Environmental Management System is always looking for ways to reduce our negative impacts on the environment, as we continue to grow our reputation as the ‘GREEN’ Company for Birmingham and wider Midlands region!