Chequers Charge to Sustainability
January brings forth a new year of excellence, collaboration and one of our core values, sustainability. With an ever-changing city landscape, an innovative new scheme has Chequers Contract Services leading the charge for a greener London. A new Transport for London initiative called Go Ultra Low City (GULCS) has enabled boroughs to work alongside businesses
Award Success
on Thursday 27th September 2018 Executive Director James Kelly, CEO Rosaleen Liard and our BICSc Training Assessor of the Year finalist Marcio Geraldes were joined by Derek Sennett from Optivo Housing Association at the BICSc Annual Awards and Dinner. It was a very successful evening, seeing Optivo and Chequers collecting the award for ‘Client Commitment
Chequers at Pridefest
Chequers were proud to attend Croydon Pridefest as sponsors for the third year running! We ran a stall full of enjoyable games with several prizes to be won by the public. Croydon pride aims to provide a safe and tolerant community within Croydon for all of its diverse members. The event allowed people from the
Team Chequers Raise Over £1000
Once again Team Chequers have done us proud, raising over £1000 for charity at a run in Hyde Park! Nine Chequers employees took part in the annual Lady Garden Run to raise money for the Gynaecological Cancer Fund. Georgia, Marcus, Mason, Sina, Arshia, Katie, Amanda, Cat and Alexandra all ran 5k in support of
Bringing A Touch Of Magic To Milton Grange
Billy’s hard work finally paid off in May as a magical new installation delighted residents living with dementia at a care home in Eastbourne. The Tovertafel interactive ‘Magic Table’ debuted at Milton Grange, giving residents the chance to have some fun with the vibrant games and interact socially. It was made possible
Dementia Action Week
Some of our newest employees became Dementia Friends as part of National Dementia Action Week this week. Apprentices Sufyaan, Sina and Richard joined Mason from our Recruitment Team for the session which raised awareness of the difficulties people face when living with dementia. Those of you who work on senior living or extra-care
Hearing Resident Voices
Good communication is an important part of providing a good service. If we know and understand our clients then we know how to make sure they’re happy and improve. Some of our Contract Managers got a bit of face-to-face feedback from residents at CCHA’s (Croydon Churches Housing Association) Action Day this month.
Chequers Certified Gold
In recognition of our continued commitment to sustainability and reducing our carbon footprint, we have been awarded the Carbon Smart Gold certification! To take a proactive stance and address our contribution to climate change, we have committed to the Carbon Smart Programme. Being Carbon Smart means taking an intelligent and flexible approach to
