Category: Neighbourhood

 
 
In Your Area, Neighbourhood | 01/11/2019
Neighbourhoods team get Autumn in Action

Our Neighbourhood Engagement team takes pride in our neighbourhoods and wants to work with residents and partners to achieve our mission of “Creating homes Building Lives”. The team will be…

 
General, In Your Area, Neighbourhood | 28/10/2019
Good Neighbours Days resume

Last week our Good Neighbours Day resumed with the first event being held in Wigan on Wednesday 16 October. These events are a great opportunity for prospective residents to meet…

 
Gardens & Allotments, In Your Area, Neighbourhood | 17/10/2019
Ridgeway Street Wellbeing Garden opens

The Ridgeway Street Wellbeing Garden is now open to residents at the Ridgeway Street Community Garden.  Manchester Urban Diggers and North Manchester BUZZ community health service opened the Wellbeing Garden…

 
In Your Area, Neighbourhood | 03/10/2019
Primary pupils poised to teach benefits of recycling

Neighbourhood Engagement Officer, Gemma Bennett, held a recycling workshop at St Stephen’s Primary School in Preston to support Recycle Week 2019. The school has its own eco-council of 14 children…

 
In Your Area, Neighbourhood | 01/10/2019
Hyde residents ready to recycle with app

Our Neighbourhood Engagement Officer, Tanuja Patel, teamed up with Engagement Officers from TMBC  in Hyde recently to engage with people about recycling in the area as part of Recycling Week…

 
General, In Your Area, Neighbourhood | 27/09/2019
Neighbourhood team support Tameside Autumn Jobs Fair

The Neighbourhood Engagement team, working with Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council (TMBC) and Job Centre Plus, helped to plan and took part in the Tameside Autumn Jobs Fair held at Dukinfield…

 
General, In Your Area, Neighbourhood | 25/09/2019
Putting the pride back in Hyde

The Litter Hubs Project is now running across the Hyde area. Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council’s (TMBC) Operations and Neighbourhoods Service have supplied equipment so individuals, local groups, big or small…

 
General, In Your Area, Neighbourhood | 14/09/2019
Braving the weather to support local families

The Neighbourhood Engagement team, in partnership with the Smallshaw-Hurst Children’s Community (affiliated with Save the Children), braved the rain five weeks in a row when delivering activities for families across…

 
In Your Area, Neighbourhood | 05/09/2019
Pennington House residents get crafty

Every Thursday afternoon at 2 pm, residents from Pennington House, Leigh, have been hosting craft sessions, with many other local residents coming down to the communal lounge to take part….

 
Jigsaw Foundation, Jigsaw Rewards, Neighbourhood | 30/08/2019
Jigsaw Foundation grant funding to Wigan Youth Zone and Homeless Support Project

Wigan Youth Zone has been awarded £25,000 from the Jigsaw Foundation. It is a state-of-the-art youth facility for young people that offers a place for youngsters to meet friends, learn…

 
In Your Area, Jigsaw Foundation, Jigsaw Rewards, Neighbourhood, Scrutiny | 20/08/2019
Jigsaw Foundation – funding helps healthy living in Stalybridge

Jigsaw Foundation has awarded Stalybridge Celtic Foundation £26,197.50 to deliver projects within the Hague, Ridgehill and Central Stalybridge neighbourhoods. It will help improve the health and lifestyles of people in…

 
General, In Your Area, Neighbourhood | 20/08/2019
Neighbourhood team co-host at Manchester Caribbean Carnival.

Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 of August, Neighbourhhood Engagement Officers, Vikki Barry, John McGlynn and Gemma Bennett, co-hosted an event at Manchester Caribbean Carnival. The Carnival is a huge event…

 
In Your Area, Jigsaw Foundation, Jigsaw Rewards, Neighbourhood | 15/08/2019
Jigsaw Foundation – funding given to children’s ward and community project

MedEquip4Kids is a charity which works hard to improve the health of children and babies in the UK by providing equipment not available from limited NHS resources. Jigsaw Foundation has…

 
Neighbourhood | 05/07/2019
Wigan Community Day

Adactus Housing Association volunteers will have a stall at Wigan Community this Saturday 6 July 2019.

 
Neighbourhood | 24/05/2019
Training to benefit communities and job prospects!

The Neighbourhood Engagement Team organised and ran two accredited training courses for tenants at our head office in Ashton-under-Lyne. 24 residents completed the First Aid at Work and Food Hygiene…

 
General, Neighbourhood | 16/05/2019
We have just launched our Jigsaw Homes Group Garden Competition 2019!

Are you proud of your garden?  Whether you have a collection of pots on your patio, a shared space with your neighbours, or a huge garden, we want your entry!…

 
Neighbourhood | 14/05/2019
The Brian Kidd Recreational Facility

On the 9th of May Miles Platting Housing and Grounds team supported an event to honour Manchester City’ Assistant Coach Brian Kidd renaming the St Georges Community Grounds (which Adactus…

 
General, Neighbourhood | 13/05/2019
500+ vacancies make jobs’ fair a big hit for Tameside…

Friday 10 May saw the 4th Tameside Jobs Fair hosted by Jigsaw Homes Group at its Head Office in Ashton.  The event proved hugely popular with over 476 job seekers from…