Little Acts of Kindness 1 – 25

Operation Easter Eggstravaganza

You’d think Easter would bring a little light relief to the busy site teams working on the Salix Homes sites, with a few days off to give the teams a chance to recharge their batteries and fill up on Easter goodies. But before they closed down their sites, they had one major task to complete… Operation Easter EggstravaganzaRead more…

Duchy daredevil needs a little TLC

A local lad was whizzing around happily on his bike on the Duchy estate when he came a cropper and fell off. He was spotted by Emanuel Whittaker Joiner, Steve Clark who noticed he had cut his leg. Steve took him back to the site office to fix him up. Read more…

Hannah shares her toys

Whilst carrying out asbestos removal works the site team encountered a number of properties used by First Choice Homes Oldham (FCHO) asylum team to house displaced families. One family in particular tugged at the heart strings of Resident Liaison Officer, Louise Langford. Read more…

Emanuel Whittaker to the rescue

City West resident Mr Barton was having some long awaited works carried out to his bungalow on Carrfield Avenue. The contractors carrying out the works, Vaughns, were putting the finishing touches to his new wet room.   Read more…

What a transformation for Burnage Community Centre!

The users of Burnage Community Centre have soldiered on with their drafty old windows for many years.  But thanks to a generous donation of 19 new UPVC double glazed windows, courtesy of Southway Housing, the Centre is looking forward to a brighter future. Read more…

Birthday Surprise for Dorothy

Dorothy Bailey of Black Friar Court got more than she bargained for when she was asked to leave her flat for the day to allow essential asbestos removal works to be carried out. Lead Resident Liaison Officer, Adam Berry, noticed that it was Dorothy’s 85thbirthday on the day of her works. Read more…

Daniel becomes Bob the Builder for a day

The re-roofing works on Rendlesham Close has sparked off a career move! During a routine daily visit, local resident Amy Walton told Resident Liaison Officer Sue Crocker about her three year old Great Grand Son’s fascination with the scaffold and roofing works. Read more…

Rachel saves the day

New apprentice plasterer Rachel Howarth has had her fair share of the limelight since joining Emanuel Whittaker’s just two months ago.  After featuring on Jeremy Paxman’s Newsnight highlighting the issues of worklessness amongst young people, she received an apprentice award from Salix Homes. Read more…

 

Eco friendly residents pull the plug on baths

The Vertical Villages Residents Committee came up with a great idea during one of the recent meetings. They know of a local man who’s producing locally grown organic fruit and vegetables.  Short on planting ground, he has been asking for containers that he can use to grow the produce. Read more…

Emanuel Whittaker donation helps kick start youth gardening project

Local resident Dennis Powell has been keen to share his love of gardening and has been involved in Burnage in Bloom for several years.  He has been spreading his enthusiasm for all things green amongst his local community and has been working with local youths at the Burnage Arts and Media Centre, Read more…

Reiki helps residents relax

Lead Resident Liaison Officer Adam Berry also happens to be a qualified Reiki Practitioner. So residents at Black Friars tower block, where Adam is currently working are to benefit from free Reiki Healing sessions to help them cope with the works. Read more…

Pens help educate children

Local resident Peter from Black Friars Court happened to mention to the Emanuel Whittaker team that he and a friend collect pens and send them to India. The pens are used in schools and local communities to help in the education of local children, where pens and other stationary items are scarce. Read more…

Honest John

During his routine duties, Emanuel Whittaker plasterer John Jagger found a wallet in the street near his site at Stoney Knoll.  He took the wallet and its contents to the site office, where the site supervisor Trudel Ajayi looked through it to try to discover the identity of the owner. Read more…

Lee’s going the extra mile

During a cold snap, local resident Bert was having his internal works carried out to his home at Gloverfield.  Bert was very unwell and suffering from flu. It was clear that Bert needed to rest, and noticing his poorly condition, Labourer Lee Barham thought he’d make him a cup of tea. Read more…

Clear out your clutter

The weathers picking up and its beginning to feel a bit like spring. But residents at Black Friars Court are already thinking about doing their spring cleaning in preparation for the improvement works that are about to take place in their homes. Read more…

Minehead Garden Improvements

Southway Housing have gone all green fingered!  A team from the Neighbourhood Services department are planning to give up their time and deliver some much needed improvements to the Minehead Garden as part of a staff volunteering day. Read more…

Adding the finishing touches…

Linden Avenue on the Duchy Estate has had a real makeover, with both internal and external works having been completed to residents’ homes. Residents are absolutely delighted with the works, and were even happier when the Site Team gave the street the once over with a brush and shovel. Read more…

Site team come to Sheila’s rescue

Losing your keys can be annoying at the best of times, but when you’re diabetic it can become a real nightmare. Read more…

Every little helps…

Emanuel Whittaker staff are expected to be good neighbours when working in and around resident’s homes, and have to follow a strict code of conduct when it comes to respecting customers and their homes. Read more…

If I had a hammer!

Whilst working at Pennington Close Sheltered Scheme, the Site Manager John Millward was approached by a resident with a small request.  He wanted to do some DIY in his bathroom and needed some silicon.  John found some for him, and even went the extra mile to help him finish off his little DIY job. Read more…

Dorothy celebrates her 91st birthday

Dorothy Croft of Rendlesham Close celebrated her 91st birthday on 27th February. With all the disturbance of having the Emanuel Whittaker roofers and scaffolding all around, it didn’t seem to be a cause for celebration. Read more…

Vive le cabaret!

Residents of Pennington Close were treated to another outing courtesy of Emanuel Whittaker. This time the lively residents opted to go to the theatre. But instead of watching a light hearted comedy or historic drama, the racy bunch opted to go for a cabaret show at the Lowry Theatre in Salford. Read more…

Margaret gets a little birthday surprise

Margaret Bennett of Lucy Winskill House got more than she bargained for when Resident Liaison Officer Louise Langford paid her a visit last week. It was Margaret’s 80th birthday.  So to mark the occasion, Louise went round with a bunch of flowers and a card from the site team to mark the occasion. Read more…

Community Centre gets a snooker table

The residents of the De Traffords are hoping to share their good fortune since having their communal facilities refurbished. Having seen the quality of the refurbishment at their neighbouring blocks at Laurence Lowry Court, The Meadows and Streetgate they’ve decided not to replace their snooker table in their communal facilities Read more…

Lucy Winskill Grand Opening

Residents at Lucy Winskill House had the opportunity to celebrate in style in their new communal facilities on at their grand re-opening event on 23rd February 2012. The new communal facilities were opened by the two eldest residents of the De Traffords, Read more…