Category: In Your Area

 
 
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…

 
Development, In Your Area | 18/10/2019
Boundary Lane Rent to Buy properties hand over

10 Rent to Buy properties on Boundary Lane in Hesketh Bank were handed over to Adactus Housing Association (part of Jigsaw Group) by the contractor, Liberty Group, on 23 September…

 
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, Jigsaw Foundation, Jigsaw Rewards | 06/09/2019
Jigsaw Foundation 2019 grants fully allocated for Adactus Housing Association

Our Jigsaw Foundation launched in April 2019 and is the Group’s approach to community investment. It combines the old Breathe Investment Grants and Great Neighbourhoods Fund. The Jigsaw Foundation has…

 
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….

 
In Your Area, Jigsaw Foundation, Jigsaw Rewards | 03/09/2019
Jigsaw Foundation awards Manchester Carers Forum £11,540

One of Adactus Housing’s last grants for 2019 has been awarded to Manchester Carers Forum, who has been awarded a grant of £11,540 over a two year period. The project…

 
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…

 
In Your Area, Jigsaw Rewards, Scrutiny | 02/08/2019
Jigsaw Rewards Scrutiny panel update

Our Jigsaw Rewards Scrutiny panel met for the second time to discuss on-going investigations into the Jigsaw Connect service.

 
General, In Your Area, Jigsaw Foundation | 18/07/2019
Jigsaw Foundation helps fund projects in the heart of our communities

Jigsaw Foundation is now awarding grants to community and resident projects, charities and voluntary organisations to provide essential funding in our neighbourhoods to those who need it most.

 
In Your Area | 31/01/2019
51 new homes to be built in Ormskirk in new mixed-use development set to boost employment

51 new affordable homes are to be built in Ormskirk, West Lancashire, as part of a mixed-use development which will create jobs in the area with a new Lidl supermarket…