Ashfield Homes resident receives ‘thank you’ vouchers from J Tomlinson

Ashfield Homes resident Michelle Polglase was one very satisfied customer after receiving an unexpected bonus when she filled in her customer satisfaction survey following work carried out at her home by J Tomlinson.

The contractor is undertaking investment work valued at more than £30 million to Ashfield District Council’s housing stock in a five-year programme for Ashfield Homes Ltd.

As part of its follow up work, the Nottingham-based company asks residents to fill in a customer satisfaction form when improvements have been carried out at their homes – with the chance to win a shopping voucher prize once a quarter.

And the first lucky resident to win £50 Love to Shop vouchers since the Ashfield Homes project got underway was Michelle, who recently had a new heating system installed at her home in Percival Crescent, Sutton in Ashfield.

Pictured, left to right, are J Tomlinson resident liaison officer Elizabeth Buckingham, Michelle Polglase, J Tomlinson project manager Julian Wright, and tenant liaison officer at Ashfield Homes Misty McGrath.

J Tomlinson, which provides a range of integrated building solutions across the East Midlands, West Midlands and Yorkshire, is undertaking improvement work to thousands of homes in the Ashfield area, which includes replacement kitchens, bathrooms, central heating systems, electrical installations, roof coverings, windows and external doors.

Ashfield Homes manages Ashfield District Council’s rented housing stock of about 6,900 properties, and the work is being carried out right across Ashfield.

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Students supported by contractor J Tomlinson in partnership with Ashfield Homes and Ashfield District Council

Youngsters are being given support into the world of work as part of a number of community initiatives being undertaken by contractor J Tomlinson in Sutton-in-Ashfield.

The company is currently carrying out investment work valued at more than £30 million to Ashfield District Council’s housing stock in a five-year programme for Ashfield Homes Ltd.

As a business that is keen to support and encourage the next generation, the J Tomlinson team is taking part in several projects locally to support students as they prepare to leave school and start their careers.

The most recent involved providing interviewers for a mock interview day for year 10 pupils at Sutton Academy.

J Tomlinson head of bids Steve Timmins and HR administrator Lucinder Dulay, as well as Carol Atherton, from sub-contractor Avonside Roofing, joined a number of other employers and business representatives at the event, which was part of the Work Related Learning Course run by the academy for 14 and 15-year-olds.

“To make our mock interviews as realistic as possible, we ask members of the local community to act as ‘interviewers’,” explained the academy’s work related learning coordinator Penny Runnalls.

J Tomlinson has built up a relationship with the academy in recent times, and is also hosting two students on a two-week work experience placement in July – having organised a realistic application process that involved submitting a CV and undergoing an interview process with J Tomlinson operations manager Ian West. The exercise is aimed at giving the pupils experience and skills that should prove valuable in the future.

The Nottingham-based contractor is also committed to providing job opportunities to young people in the Sutton-in-Ashfield area, and is due to take on 12 apprentices as part of the improvement work project, which includes replacement kitchens, bathrooms, central heating systems, electrical installations, roof coverings, windows and external doors.

Ian West said: “As a company, J Tomlinson is committed to supporting the younger generation into work in whichever route they choose, and we understand the importance of providing realistic experiences and giving young people the chance to develop skills which will help them as they leave school and move into the world of work.

“We’re very much a part of the community in Ashfield - undertaking the work that we are completing in thousands of homes and employing many local people - and we are pleased to be getting involved in initiatives with Sutton Academy and other learning establishments across Ashfield.”

The firm, which provides a range of integrated building solutions across the East Midlands, West Midlands and Yorkshire, has also built up a relationship with the local job centre, with Ian West recently giving a careers talk about construction.  J Tomlinson has also taken part in Ashfield social eating project Let’s All Eat, which brings people together for social events, utilising supermarket surplus to combat social isolation and food poverty.

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