COMMUNITIES
BUILDING STRONGER COMMUNITY RELATIONS
Through volunteering, fundraising and support for local charities and causes, teams across the country are helping to strengthen the places where we live and work.
At Panshanger Park in Hertfordshire, Tarmac once again opened its doors in September to host and welcome the local community to the park for its Heritage Open Days, a national celebration of England’s rich heritage. The free event offered the opportunity for visitors of all ages to explore the historic and natural wonders of Panshanger Park, with behind-the-scenes access, engaging activities, and family-friendly fun. The park’s Stables, a space not normally open to the public, came alive with stalls, exhibitions, hands-on crafts, games and an opportunity to meet the park’s newest residents, the Iron Age pigs, creating the perfect day out for families, nature lovers, and history enthusiasts.
Across the country at Trinity Park, Ipswich, Tarmac colleagues attended the Suffolk Show, offering families an interactive experience including exploring a real Tarmac tipper truck, safety demonstrations using a blindspot mat and kit display, and children’s activities such as face painting and a colouring competition, with the winner receiving an annual pass to Colchester Zoo.
In July, seven volunteers continued the support of our ten-year partnership with the Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust, removing 600 plastic tree guards as part of the Trust’s plastic-free woodlands initiative. Removing the guards will help protect the long-term health of the ecosystem, with the plastic taken for recycling and the wooden posts left behind to become homes for bugs and wildlife.
Swapping their day jobs for gardening gloves, paint brushes and power tools, a team of volunteers from Tarmac spent a day helping to transform the Tilbury Sea Scouts’ community facilities. The team completed tasks such as clearing overgrown areas, removing debris, painting the hall, and restoring outdoor features. Their efforts created a brighter, safer and more welcoming space for the young people who use the Scout Hut.
Whilst we work hard to support our communities, operate responsibly and minimise impacts, we received XX complaints from members of the public in 2025, which we review and act on to reduce future disruption.
INSPIRING THE NEXT GENERATION OF EMPLOYEES
Tarmac is committed to engaging and inspiring the next generation of skilled employees and creating opportunities for the next generation to engage in our industry and our business. We achieve this by opening the doors to our operations through community events such as our International Women’s Day ‘takeover’ and Panshanger Park’s Heritage Open Days.
Alongside our attendance at careers fairs across the country, teams from across Tarmac took part in the Big Bang Fair 2025, the UK’s biggest celebration of STEM for school pupils. The fair is a popular event which brings together industry leaders and state school students in Years 6 to 9, offering live shows, interactive workshops, and high energy activities. Tarmac’s interactive stand had STEM activities, VR headsets, virtual diggers, and RC dumper trucks, to enable conversations and demonstrations around the real-world impact of minerals, and the exciting opportunities available in the minerals industry.
In August, Mountsorrel Quarry celebrated the winners of its first ever Rock Stars competition, which invited primary school pupils across Mountsorrel, Quorn and surrounding villages to showcase their creativity while introducing them to the area’s rich geological heritage and the work that Tarmac does in not only the extraction of materials but future conservation. The competition asked pupils aged 5-11 to produce imaginative entries exploring the story of the quarry’s famous pink granite. The winning entry, a granite-themed Pokémon card, impressed the judges with its originality and playful way of thinking about geology. The winner, runner-up and their families enjoyed a special day at Mountsorrel Quarry to celebrate their success. Wearing high-vis jackets and hard hats, they were taken on a behind-the-scenes tour of the site including seeing the quarry’s 100-tonne dump trucks.
CREATING MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITIES FOR VETERANS
Tarmac is committed to creating career opportunities for veterans, reservists, and service leavers, recognising the transferable skills, leadership and resilience that ex-military personnel bring. In 2025, we were awarded Silver status in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme for our ongoing commitment to the Armed Forces community and offering fulfilling career opportunities across our operations, as well as providing practical support to employees with links to the military. Achieving Silver status highlights our commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant, which ensures that those who serve or have served in the armed forces, and their families, are treated fairly and supported in the workplace.
SUPPORTING EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT
In 2025, Our Park continued to play a central role in developing new talent for the mineral products sector, supporting apprentices and early‑career colleagues through practical training, industry‑wide initiatives and strong employer partnerships. One of this year’s success stories is Jake, an apprentice from Chepstow Plant International, who joined the Professional Operator Development Programme (PODP) after leaving school with limited qualifications. Through hands‑on learning at Our Park, combined with support from Chepstow and the wider Minerals Matter initiative, he has gained essential skills, achieved recognised qualifications, and built the confidence needed to progress within the industry.
Our Park’s integrated approach to development, blending practical training, real world experience and structured mentorship, demonstrates the value of collaboration across employers and sector bodies.
SOLUTIONS FOR THE PLANET
In 2025, we completed a 10 year partnership with Solutions for the Planet, working together to inspire and support young people across the communities in which we work. We are proud of the impact and contribution our volunteers have made over this time, sharing their knowledge, passion and experience to support the next generation to develop innovative ideas for a more sustainable future. In 2025, our 23 mentors and 6 judges contributed over 700 volunteer hours.
STEM AMBASSADOR PROGRAMME
STEM skills are vital for tomorrow’s employees, and open the door to rewarding experiences, personal growth, and high quality career opportunities. In recognition of this, Tarmac joined the STEM Ambassador programme in 2025, which supports a network of thousands of volunteers to bring real-life examples of STEM careers into schools, colleges, and universities across the UK.
Partnering with Minerals Matter, Tarmac is focused on supporting young people to develop the knowledge and skills that help create the workforce of the future, showcasing the diversity of the organisations that operate in the sector and the range of roles that are available, along with the broader opportunities of STEM pathways. In 2025, Tarmac volunteers helped deliver 26 activities, contributing over 100 hours of time and reaching in excess of 1,900 participants.
CONNECTING COMMUNITIES WITH NATURE
Tarmac is committed to creating opportunities for communities to connect to nature. As an organisation with a diverse real estate portfolio, we recognise we have a responsibility to deliver on this goal. Our Land and Natural Resources team is committed to ensuring all our land is responsibly worked and sustainably restored for the benefit of the business, local people, and the wider community.
Langford Lowfields demonstrates how long-term planning and partnership working can transform an active quarry into a thriving natural space that strengthens community connection to the environment. As the largest reedbed in the East Midlands, the reserve now provides accessible green space where people can experience wildlife, improve wellbeing, and learn about conservation.
The collaboration effort between Tarmac, Trinity College, and the RSPB has enabled the site to be restored with public benefit at its core. Local communities have been actively involved throughout the project, from early engagement and volunteer programmes to educational visits and citizen science activities. Today, around 30 volunteers support habitat management and welcome visitors, helping to build a strong sense of ownership and pride. Its transformation from quarry to wetland has created a lasting legacy, a high quality, nature rich space that benefits both people and biodiversity, and sets a benchmark for how restored land can bring communities closer to the natural world.
In August we shone the spotlight on one of the UK’s rarest natural wonders, the chalk river flowing through Panshanger Park. We hosted Hertfordshire’s first route in the Chalk Stream Challenge, a fun, educational activity from the Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust. With only around 200 chalk rivers in the world, nearly all in England, these are special habitats. Peaceful, clear, and full of life, Panshanger’s stretch of the River Mimram is fed by underground aquifers, creating a cool, clean, and oxygen-rich environment which is perfect for sensitive species like brown trout, water voles, and rare aquatic plants. We’re proud to play our part in protecting this globally rare ecosystem.
CREATING LASTING SOCIAL VALUE
Creating social value remains central to how we operate and deliver our purpose. As a business rooted in communities across the UK, we recognise that the choices we make and the partnerships we build shape social, economic and environmental outcomes. Throughout 2025, this approach was reflected in the wide range of work carried out across our operations, from volunteering and charitable support to nature‑based community projects, open days, heritage events, STEM engagement, and education initiatives.
Working collaboratively across our value chain and guided by our four focus areas, Supporting Local Economies, Community Wellbeing, Inclusion and Diversity, and Environmental Sustainability, we continue to create positive and lasting impact. Our commitment to social value helps us build stronger relationships with the communities around us, support opportunities for future generations, and contribute to thriving, resilient places across the UK.
SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES THAT SUPPORT US
Across 2025, Tarmac donated over £900,000 to good causes, either in the provision of materials to support projects, direct donations or via the Tarmac Landfill Communities Fund. These donations provide support for a range of initiatives including local community projects, environmental projects, and even new equipment for local sports clubs, all making a vital contribution to the communities in which work.
LOOKING FORWARD
Strengthening relationships with the communities where we operate emains a key strategic focus for 2026. By building on our volunteering, education and community investment activities, and working in partnership with local organisations, we will continue to create meaningful opportunities and support community wellbeing and long‑term resilience.
