John Masefield Cheshire Home residents get dining room makeover and a clearer stream bank thanks to Tessella employees.
Oxford, UK | 25 August 2009. Tessella were once again out in full force for their annual community day and this year Tessella employees volunteered to help the John Masefield Cheshire Home in Burcot, Oxfordshire.
Tessella were set the [...]

Tessella and JANET UK stuck their oar in by taking part in the Dragon Boat Race 2009 organised by the The Rotary Club of Abingdon Vesper, to raise money for Cancer Research UK and the Rotary Club of Abingdon Vesper.
James Duckworth, business development at Tessella said:  “Tessella were extremely happy to have JANET on board and [...]

 Matthew Pigg – Tessella
 
Tessella staff took part in Swimathon 2009 held at the Hitchin Swimming Centre to raise money for Marie Curie Cancer Care.  Two teams from Tessella, plus a third team made up of Tessella staff and clients managed to raise over £1,200.  Each team, consisting of 4 people, swam 200 lengths (5km).
“It was great [...]

In December, Tessella decided not to send out the usual Season’s Greetings paper cards but instead sent eCards to help towards saving the environment. 
And with each eCard sent, Tessella pledged to pay £1 to Cancer Research UK.   A grand total of £1,000 was raised for Cancer Research UK!

 
Caption: Tessella employees ready to get stuck in.
Tessella employees volunteered to help with conservation efforts at two sites in Oxford; the Oxford Urban Wildlife Trust’s 6-acre Boundary Brook Nature Reserve and the Ss. Mary and John Churchyard Project.
Out in full force, and with tools supplied by Oxford Urban Wildlife and the Churchyard Project, 48 Tessella [...]

 
Tessella employees from the Burton branch, took time out to spend the day working with park ranges from East Staffordshire District Council on the Kingfisher Project, an initiative aimed at the regeneration of land around the Trent and Mersey Canal. 
Tessella employees planted a variety of fruit trees by the park entrances creating a more welcoming environment [...]

In March 2008, staff from Tessella’s Warrington office spent a day in the Cheshire countryside working for the UK National Trust, via their Employee Volunteering Programme.

Restoring Victorian culverts
Constructing and painting tree guards
Planting trees

The National Trust Hare Hill Estate has only two full time grounds staff, and the Warden relies heavily on volunteers [...]

Tessella sees Corporate and Social Responsibility as far more than a politically-correct-box to tick.
Whilst the company exists to make a profit and to expand our operations, by the nature of the innovative work we do, we are quietly confident of the positive contribution we make.
However, when we have the opportunity, both [...]