Dowhigh are proud to confirm we signed the Armed Forces Covenant.
“We commit to uphold the Armed Forces Covenant and support the Armed Forces Community. We recognise the contribution that Service personnel, both regular and reservist, veterans, and military families make to our organisation, our community and to the country.”
The Armed Forces Covenant
An Enduring Covenant Between
The People of the United Kingdom
Her Majesty’s Government
- and –
All those who serve or have served in the Armed Forces of the Crown
And their Families
The first duty of Government is the defence of the realm. Our Armed Forces fulfil that responsibility on behalf of the Government, sacrificing some civilian freedoms, facing danger and, sometimes, suffering serious injury or death as a result of their duty. Families also play a vital role in supporting the operational effectiveness of our Armed Forces. In return, the whole nation has a moral obligation to the members of the Naval Service, the Army and the Royal Air Force, together with their families. They deserve our respect and support, and fair treatment.
Those who serve in the Armed Forces, whether Regular or Reserve, those who have served in the past, and their families, should face no disadvantage compared to other citizens in the provision of public and commercial services. Special consideration is appropriate in some cases, especially for those who have given most, such as the injured and the bereaved.
This obligation involves the whole of society: it includes voluntary and charitable bodies, private organisations, and the actions of individuals in supporting the Armed Forces. Recognising those who have performed military duty unites the country and demonstrates the value of their contribution. This has no greater expression than in upholding this Covenant.
Section 1: Principles of The Armed Forces Covenant
1.1 Dowhigh Limited will endeavour in out business dealings to upload the key principles of the Armed Forces Covenant, which are:
- no member of the Armed Forces Community should face disadvantage in the provision of public and commercial services compared to any other citizen
- in some circumstances special treatment may be appropriate especially for the injured and bereaved.
Section 2: Demonstrating our Commitment
2.1 Dowhigh recognises the value of serving personnel, reservists, veterans and military families bring to our business and our community. We will seek to uphold the principles of the Armed Forces Covenant, by:
- Promoting the Armed Forces: prompting the fact that we are an Armed Forces-friendly organisation, to our staff, customers, suppliers, contractor and wider public, through the use of our social media sites to publicise our Covenant and display the Covenant logo.
- Veterans: supporting the employment of veterans, as part of winning new contract awards, recognising military skills and qualifications in our recruitment and selection process; working with the Career Transition Partnership (CTP) to support the employment of Service leavers.
- Educational / work placements: We will work with the Career Transition Partnership (CTP) to support opportunities for veterans / service leavers to engage in further training work placements within the road construction business.
- Mental Health and Well-being applied to all employees / trainee: Dowhigh are signed up to the mental health charter, the lighthouse, and we are a disability competent employer. All employees / trainees have access to independent support and assistance through the various options Dowhigh have signed up to.
- National Events: We will continue to support Armed Forces Day, Reserves Day, the Poppy Appeal Day and Remembrance activities.
- Armed Forces Charities: supporting Armed Forces charities with fundraising and supporting staff who volunteer to assist.
2.2 We will publicise these commitments through our literature and / or on our website, setting out how we will seek to honour them and inviting feedback from the Service community and our customers on how we are doing and how we can improve.