We caught up with Ben Pritchard, one of our contractors with Magnox, to discuss his recent charitable endeavours and life away from work. Morson recently donated a signed football shrit to one of Ben's fundraisers in the hopes of enabling him to travel to Malawi for charity work.

What is your job role?

NDA Contract Management Support

How long have you worked with Morson?

Just over two years

What do you do on an average day?

Reporting, commercial analysis, customer liaison with the NDA, part of the team that ensures contractual compliance between traws and the NDA, contract administration.

Who is your main point of contact within morson?

Colin McCabe

You seem to be very involved with charity work, what can you tell us about your experiences so far? 

Over the past few years I've done a few fundraisers and volunteering activities. Most recently before this year I went to India with Oxfam for a couple of weeks. After coming back and telling everyone at work about the amazing experience I had and how I wanted to do something similar again, a few of my colleagues told me they were interested in joining me if i went again.

I learnt about 'Habitat for Humanity' during a presentation they made at a Constructing Excellence Wales event and found an opportunity to take a group out for a couple of weeks to help on a building project in Malawi. To raise money for this trip we decided to hold a charity ball and auction. After a lot of begging we had a collection of really good auction items including a Wales rugby shirt, some paintngs from a local artist and the signed Ronaldo shirt donated by Morson. The Ronaldo shirt raised £270 and the evening in total raised £5,000.

Unfortunately I couldn't make the trip to Malawi because various co workers dropped out and I didn't have enough bodies to make a team. However, my sister's school (Ysgol Syr Thomas Jones in Amlwch on Anglesey) annually take a group of 6th formers to a village in Zambia (Itala) to teach English for a few weeks so I was able to help wih her fundraising by donating half of my funds to her project.

I then donated the other half of the funds raised to 'Hospice at Home'; chosen because cancer has affected my family as it has done most, and 'Hospice at Home' has made a difference to friends and family in the past. I am grateful for everyone involved and whilst I couldn't make the trip this time, it's comforting to know that a lot of good came out of the fundraiser and to know that I have the support of so many should I plan for any trips in the future.

What would people be surprised to know about you?

Whilst in India I played golf on the highest golf course in the world (part of the travelling I did after the work with Oxfam).