Nurture Group Employee Newsletter

April 2021

GEM AWARD CONGRATULATIONS

John Harnett

'Exceeding client expectations and receiving praise for short notice request carried out to excellent standards, in addition John stays until dark to complete work in time for deadlines'

Bryan Reynolds – Potters Fields Park

'Repeatedly going above and beyond to ensure the site is maintained to the highest standard'

Karl Buckingham – Potters Fields Park

'Repeatedly going above and beyond to ensure the site is maintained to the highest standard'

Dave Nicholls – Rishton Workshop

'Shown great character in absence of line manager's leadership. Managed workload and dealt with workshop duties by going above and beyond'

Anthony Wheatley - Elephant Park

'Worked tirelessly over the last year to improve client relationship and site appearance, especially an amazing display of flowers. Praise from residents'

Alejandro Moreno – Neo

'Joined toward the end of 2020 and formed solid client relationships and has made the site look incredible - a great turnaround. Received compliments from residents'

Edward O'Nion and Greg Stewart - Scotland

'Repeatedly going the extra mile'

John Paul Cross

'He chose to work in his own time to design and implement the site garden. He has shown initiative, problem solving and teamwork'

Nursery Court Training

Bill Davidson led an IOSH training session in the new 'green room' at Nursery Court.

HSE Bootle, CBRE

'I just wanted to write to pass on our thanks to the Team who worked on site at HSE Bootle. Marvin Dwyer and Ian Fisher are extremely hard working, pleasant, always helpful, and informative. All our requests are dealt with swiftly, he adapts his schedule around the requirements of the site. We just wanted to pass on our gratitude and appreciation' - Louise McAuliffe, H&S Executive, Liverpool CBRE

'Thank you for the excellent service provided by your gardeners Martin Dwyer and Ian Fisher who attend our site on a regular basis. They are hardworking individuals who are great ambassadors for your company. Our gardens always look well cared for and provide a great first impression for visitors attending our site' - Marie Thompson, Receptionist, Allied Bakeries

Farborough Business Park Internship

A supported internship is a government scheme assisting young people, 18yrs to 24yrs, who require support needs in the workplace; those with SEN (Special Educational Needs) or an EHCP (Education, Health and Care Plan). It is internship work experience, generally three days a week for six months with the ideal outcome resulting in paid employment.

Nurture are involved with the internship for Cameron Carrington via Farnborough Technology College. Assisted by Zoe Lehan, Job Coach at the college, we have organised it for Cameron, a young person with some learning difficulties to start work with us as he has an interest in working outdoors.

Cameron's supported internship will be until July. He will be with us 3 days per week, helping with all GM tasks except those that have the use of a hedge cutter and ride on. Cameron will be treated as a regular member of the staff and will go through the same process as all new staff members.

Cameron has been supplied uniform and all PPE and has been inducted and had an internal assessment for all duties which include pedestrian mower. He is very enthusiastic and during his time with us will be assessed for potential apprenticeships with Nurture.

Congratulations Kyle Leslie

Congratulations to Kyle Leslie who joined us as an apprentice in 2012 and has worked his way up through the ranks and collected lots of praise from his clients.

He fairly secured the position of Assistant Contract Manager recently, competing against a number of very strong candidates .

“I interviewed Kyle when he first joined us and it has been great to watch Kyle grow and develop; from when he passed his driving test, to getting married. I look forward to supporting Kyle develop into a key member of the South West Management team” - Jonathan Fraser, Director

Jaguar Land Rover Experience Solihull Track Work

'We've had Barry Ferguson and Mike Johns here for the last couple of days, carrying out some modifications to a feature that they put in for us late last year. What they have created for us is excellent and will be a great addition to all the drive experiences that we offer here. They have, however, now made a rod for their own backs - as Mike pointed out another area which could be modified for better use. Please do thank Barry & Mike for all their work over the last couple of days. The modified feature looks excellent and drives very well' - Rowena Furby, Lead Instructor

Before and after site photos

London Bridge City

Glen Harris took part in an Easter Fun event with all service partners on the Bridge City estate.

'The Bridge Group meet monthly to discuss all things LBC, they also hold monthly events to raise money for charity, the Easter egg workshop was purely for fun on this occasion' – Rory Manning

Monthly Business Briefs

Bogdan Balut - Contracts Manager delivering our important monthly Business Briefs to our team, maintaining social distancing.

April's subjects are: Safety when Maintaining Borders Invasive Weeds Dangers of Oak Processionary Moth Caterpillars

Merchant Square

Peter Griffin pictured happy at his work watering at Merchant Square. Andre Roos, the client, has provided positive feedback regarding Nurture and in particular Peter.

Belron

'Terry Hinds and Alan Berzi have undertaken a fantastic job and their proactiveness in keeping the site looking great has been extremely apparent, please pass on our sincere thanks to them' - Zia, Belron

Greenwich Park

Our van appeared in the Daily Mail online feature following the rule of 6 combining with warm weather seeing lots more people meeting up outdoors.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9421889/UK-weather-Britons-warned- fun-stick-rules.html

Ensure you make time for all your teams - Some of which you may not see very often. Make that Call & communicate often with all your teams

Employee Assistance Programme ‘LifeWorks’. Mental Welfare Support from Lifeworks app

The APP has lots of useful information about self-care, mental health and well-being and has Covid-19 toolkit for individuals too. If you haven’t yet registered, Busy Bees that operate the platform, are re-issuing the invitation to the app, so please download it on your phones, its free and could be helpful to many.

Perennial’s helpline is operating as usual on 0800 093 8543 or visit Perennial.org.uk. The confidential helpline is currently open Monday and Wednesday, 9.30am – 5pm and Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 9am – 5pm