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General, Jigsaw Rewards | 21/11/2019
Jigsaw Rewards feedback – out-of-hours survey

At Jigsaw Homes Group, we operate two contact centres in Leigh and Ashton. The centres have an out-of-hours service which currently operates at the following times:- 6pm until 8am Monday…

 
In Your Area, Jigsaw Rewards | 21/11/2019
Jigsaw Rewards members feedback on Resident Involvement Strategy

Jigsaw Homes Group has developed a new draft Resident Involvement Strategy to explain how our residents can get involved with the Group. There are various involvement options available to residents. …

 
In Your Area, Neighbourhood | 19/11/2019
Autumn in Action weeks 2 & 3 round up

We’ve now completed weeks 2 & 3 of Autumn in Action and our Neighbourhood Engagement team have been out in our communities, delivering a wide variety of events and activities…

 
In Your Area, Neighbourhood | 12/11/2019
Neighbourhood Engagement team support 25 residents into work

Since April 2019, Jigsaw Group’s Ashton-under-Lyne Work Club has helped to support 25 unemployed residents secure paid employment. This was achieved by the Group’s Neighbourhood Engagement team working in partnership…

 
General | 12/11/2019
Homes for Cathy

Jigsaw Homes Group is a member of Homes for Cathy, a national alliance of housing associations and homelessness charities dedicated to raising awareness of the needs of homeless people. We…

 
Jigsaw Group News | 07/11/2019
Tenants’ Annual Report 2019

Following from the publication of our Financial Statements for 2018/19, we pulled together some of the key highlights during the year along with our performance and customer satisfaction with our…

 
In Your Area, Jigsaw Foundation, Neighbourhood | 06/11/2019
Jigsaw Foundation funding boosts LINK Project.

Jigsaw Foundation has awarded £12,860 to the LINK Good Neighbours Arts and Activities Project. The project is run by Rusholme, Fallowfield and Moss Side Good Neighbours CIO group. Several Jigsaw…

 
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…

 
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…

 
Jigsaw Foundation, Jigsaw Rewards | 15/10/2019
Jigsaw Foundation funding of £144,000 boosts community projects

27 community projects from across the neighbourhoods where Adactus HA and Beech HA own and manage homes have benefited from grants awarded by Jigsaw Foundation, Jigsaw Homes Group’s approach to…

 
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…

 
Jigsaw Rewards | 02/10/2019
Jigsaw Scrutiny Panel to scrutinise Fire Risk Assessments

On 25 September 2019, a new Jigsaw Rewards Scrutiny Panel met at our office in Ashton to start their scrutiny of Fire Risk Assessments. 8 of our tenants came from…

 
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 | 15/09/2019
Donkey sanctuary visit promotes health, wellbeing and volunteering opportunities

As part of the Neighbourhood Engagement team’s summer interventions , Neighbourhood Engagement Officer, Vikki Barry, arranged for some of the families from temporary accommodation schemes to visit the Donkey Sanctuary…

 
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…