A leading East Midlands building products manufacturer has donated around 1,000 bricks to construction students at Ashby School to use on their bricklaying courses.
Approximately three tonnes of Forterra's Ecostock bricks, made at its plant in Measham, were delivered to the school's construction centre to help train young house builders as part of the firm's education program.
The rise in home building across the country has led to an increase in demand for trained bricklayers and Ashby School, in Range Road, will soon have around 80 student bricklayers on its BTEC construction courses – some of them are apprentice bricklayers with local homebuilders.
Design teacher at the school, Chris Worth, said: "We would not be able to build without these bricks, so we are very grateful for the generous donation from Forterra.
"Each student will complete projects such as cavity walls and perfect techniques such as cutting and rolling and learn how to get things straight and plumb."
Helen Newberry, head of marketing at Forterra, said: "When we heard about Ashby School's need for bricks we thought it was a worthwhile cause that we could contribute to.
"We hope our bricks help the students learn the skills needed to become the next generation of bricklayers and we wish them all the best in their future careers."
Forterra is a leading manufacturer of a diverse range of concrete and clay building products. The company employs approximately 1,600 people in the UK across 17 manufacturing facilities – including Measham and Tamworth.
