Grounds Week is here
It’s Grounds Week and this year’s focus is on lawn care. We maintain a lot of lawns and green spaces for our clients, and often their residents, to enjoy. In the social housing and local council sector, we are a leading landscaping specialist, and we play a pivotal role in helping people enjoy their
Wildflower beds and a social housing project for bugs
The Chequers team has created six wild-flower planting plans for our customer Southern Housing – one of the largest housing providers in the UK. And, as part of our social value initiatives, team leader Dennis Reynolds (pictured above) has also made an individual bug hotel for each area. The hotels will encourage a
Chequers teams up with DWP to help abused women and youngsters into work
Chequers has partnered with the Department for Work and Pensions and will be taking part in employability days today and tomorrow [July 20 and 21]. Today they will be at the Royal Horseguards Hotel, Westminster, celebrating the work of the Employers Domestic Abuse Covenant and tomorrow they will be at a jobs fair at
We are delighted to share in hostel’s success as new book spotlights its long history
A new book, titled Arlington And Beyond, sets out the history of London’s historic hostel, Arlington House. It has been produced to mark the tenth anniversary of our client One Housing’s management of the building. The hostel was founded in 1905 and is the largest in Europe that caters for homeless people. Our Chequers
Chequers helps out with jubilee tree planting project
We are delighted that our grounds maintenance team has been able to help with the planting of a maple tree as part of the Queen’s Green Canopy project. The tree planting initiative has been created to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee and invites people from across the UK to ‘Plant A Tree For The
The Six Nations would not happen without green keepers
While you sit back and enjoy the final games of the Six Nations, take a minute to look at the pitch. Do they all look the same? Each is unique, the pitches in Murrayfield, Twickenham, Cardiff, Dublin, Paris and Rome may look similar, but the work required to create them is varied and talented
Let’s celebrate the expertise in the grounds sector
This week is Grounds Week, dedicated to celebrating grounds managers, operatives and apprentices. It is sometimes difficult to see what people in the grounds sector do, and green spaces can often be taken for granted, as if they are maintained by magic. However, the wealth of expertise involved in creating a green space
Chequers is supporting National Grounds Week
It’s National Grounds Week, which highlights the vital role grounds staff play in keeping green spaces accessible and making sport possible and Chequers is supporting the week and driving awareness of how skilled this industry is. A lot of expertise is required to keep our green spaces clean and green and growing, and grounds
