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Sparrows makes £3,000 donation to Oil Chaplaincy Welfare Trust

Doug Sedge, Chief Executive Officer of Sparrows, has presented a cheque for £3,000 to the Oil Chaplaincy Welfare Trust – the only charity exclusively dedicated to providing crisis support for current and former workers in the oil and gas industry who are prevented from working by illness or injury.

The donation was received by Rev. Andrew Jolly, chaplain to the UK oil and gas industry.

With over 900 permanent staff in the UK, Sparrows is one of the largest employers in the UK oil and gas sector. Doug Sedge says the company is committed to playing its part as a good citizen in the industry and in the community.

“The Chaplain meets many of our staff on his regular pastoral visits offshore; he reminds us of the important things in life, including the importance of looking after each other’s safety and welfare” says Doug Sedge. “We all admired the dignity with which he supported families and led our industry in remembering the victims of Flight 85N, including Alex Dallas. But he helps us to mark the happy times too, in fact Andrew has conducted marriages for some of our employees.”

Accepting the donation, Rev Andrew Jolly said “The Oil Chaplaincy Welfare Trust offers crisis support to employees and former employees of the UK oil and gas industry; in my role as Chaplain, I meet some wonderful people who have had their careers shortened by illness and donations like this from Sparrows make it possible for us to give simple, practical help which can greatly add to their quality of life.”

The donation is a tradition started by Sparrows four years ago and is linked to the UK team achieving its safety improvement targets; the greater the achievements the larger the donation.

“Our employees understand the importance of safety and value the work of the Chaplaincy, this project which combines the two themes helps motivate us to improve our safety performance year by year” comments Doug Sedge.