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Purdy Contracts Ltd in the Spotlight: Powering Communities with Purpose

We’re excited to highlight Purdy Contracts Ltd—our top-performing supplier on Match My Project for May. A member of the Kinovo Group, Purdy is a trusted provider of mechanical, electrical, building services, and renewable energy solutions. They joined the platform through Hyde Housing and have demonstrated exceptional commitment to delivering meaningful social value.

Their impact so far speaks volumes:

27 organisations supported
42 projects completed
9 projects currently underway
139 hours contributed

But it’s not just the numbers that stand out—it’s the real, tangible impact they’re making in local communities.

Here are just a few examples of the initiatives they’ve supported:

South London Recruitment Event, in collaboration with the Department for Work and Pensions – Forest Hill Jobcentre

Replacing damaged basketball backboards for Prospex

Event team support for the Greenwich Community Santa’s Grotto, in partnership with Good Neighbours

Community feedback reflects the genuine care and professionalism of the Purdy team:

“Good Neighbours can’t express our gratitude for the Purdy team attending our event… The Purdy team were amazing, really hands-on, got stuck in, worked well with the team and were a real asset to the day.”
– Good Neighbours

“Purdy (Peter and Pippa) are fantastic to work with. Helpful, flexible and professional… The support makes a big difference to Oasisplay and the children and young people we support.”
– Oasis Children’s Venture

“Purdy Contracts were superb… We cannot thank them enough for the difference their contribution will make to the local community.”
– Prospex

“It was a pleasure to work with Purdy Contracts Ltd. They will make a real difference to 6 families in need who want to make the few clothes they have look smart.”
– The Rotary Club of Chichester Harbour

We’re very grateful for this kind support, helping us to help those in our local community who are facing financial crisis.

– Medway Foodbank

Every hour given, every partnership formed, and every project completed helps create positive, lasting change where needed most.

Purdy Contracts Ltd has shown what it means to go beyond the brief, setting a high bar for purposeful, community-focused engagement.

We’re proud to have them as part of the Match My Project network and look forward to seeing even more impact as they and our wider community of businesses continue to grow.

We recently heard from Ruth Martin, work placement coordinator at The Hive College, about how Match My Project has been helping her source opportunities for young people with disabilities in Birmingham.

I’m Ruth, I’m from The Hive College. We are an outstanding, according to Ofsted (and ourselves), college in Erdington North Birmingham. We offer courses for young people with disabilities, and that’s right across the spectrum. So we have some very complex learners, right the way through to those with more mild to moderate conditions.

And my role there is to get our learners into jobs. Did you know that less than six per cent of, this is in the UK, people with disabilities are in employment, and that is 4.8 per cent in Birmingham. So if that doesn’t make you uncomfortable and desperate to do something about it, then you can stop reading now! So how can you do something about it? And why Match My Project?

So I was introduced to Match My Project by a contact completely by fluke a couple of years ago. Didn’t really know what it was, gave it a go. Very, very simple and very quick to fill out. I think I probably spent a maximum of half an hour on there, and kind of thought nothing of it, but incredibly we got matched with an organisation with a company called Kier Highways. You might have noticed them at number one on the leaderboard in Birmingham and that’s because of what they have delivered.

Voluntary sector organisations have asked about longevity before and we are still very close partners with Kier. Not only did they deliver and provide an amazing work opportunity, a paid position for one of our learners, it’s super easy to use, super quick and I got this fantastic relationship from Kier Highways out of it. So they have delivered first aid training to some of our learners. They’ve delivered vehicle marshalling training. They have had our groups go round their stores and their centre in Aston.

We’ve had multiple work experience students. We’ve probably had about 10 students that have gone to them for long term work, experience opportunities. They have donated money – they’ve bought us three quarters of a car – £15,000 – in the last year. And most incredibly, one of their Social Value managers is now on our board of trustees.

So in terms of longevity, in terms of commitment, in terms of relationship, I hope that gives you a little flavour of the power that Match My Project can have. Such a very simple, very basic, low cost, low input from this side of the fence. But massive, massive what we’ve received back.

Community organisations and businesses in Birmingham can sign up to Match My Project here.