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The award is in recognition of our commitment towards supporting and improving the overall wellbeing and prospects for the Barnet community including: Pictured from left to right are Bob Wilde, Social Value Co-ordinator, Greg Slater, Managing Director & Jason Oakford, Operations Manager.

Young apprentice Calum Baker is certainly leading the way in setting an example of his healthy lifestyle to his Vallectric site colleagues and others within the local Barnet community. His daily run into work not only promotes the benefits of invigorating exercise but also enables him to make his contribution to the environment through his own reduction in carbon footprint. Well done, Calum.

Leading by Example.... Lane Abrahams, one of Vallectric’s long-standing Site Managers, has taken it upon himself to cycle between sites on the Royal Borough of Greenwich Framework scheme, to reduce our carbon footprint and to improve his own physical condition and mental wellbeing.

Vallectric Ltd continues to play their part in the local community within the Royal Borough of Greenwich with a further recent donation of £1000 to The Greenwich Foodbank. Reliance upon the Foodbank managed by C.E.O. Jamie Ginns (pictured on the right with Vallectric’s Social Value Co-ordinator Bob Wilde on the left) has escalated on the back of the recent global economic downturn and current inflation, with something like 130,000 food parcels expected to be distributed this year.

Best foot forward for the charity Diabetes UK…. Vallectric employee Jenny Lucas pictured completing her 1 million steps challenge during July – September this year. Some of her colleagues were there to spur Jenny on and see her completion of this fine achievement. Vallectric were proud to support Jenny in her efforts to raise money for such a worthy charity.

Vallectric site staff at Barnet Homes St. Johns Close site seen here turning over their coffee break in support of the MacMillan National Coffee Morning on Friday 24/09/21. Cakes and coffee were in plenty of supply and a health donation will be winging it’s way to this worthy and deserving charity.

Stepping up for dementia…  Mandy Williamson as she raises funds for the Alzheimer's Society by completing 850,000 steps in the first 3 months of 2021. Vallectric were proud to support Mandy in her efforts to raise money to aid dementia sufferers who were hit particularly hard by the impact of the Coronavirus lockdowns.

While visiting our Greenwich sites, our Social Value Co-ordinator, Bob Wilde had a chance meeting with Kevin McBrien, the Centre Manager of the Clockhouse Community Centre. Always keen to help with the local community where we can, we offered our support to the training facility by supplying much needed desks and folding tables.   If you wish to get more of an insight into the various activities that go on at the centre, their website address is clockhousecc.org.uk

As one of the Royal Borough of Greenwich's ERM Framework Partners, Vallectric Limited have continued to support the local community and regional businesses. Aware of the need to support local foodbanks at this time of year, and especially in these exceptional times, Vallectric have contributed £1,000 to the Greenwich Foodbank Fund. The donation means that a large number of people across the borough will get the help they so desperately need during this crisis. Pictured are Jamie Ginns, Greenwich Foodbank; Bob Wilde, Vallectric

COVID-19 is having a significant impact on all of us, whether at home or at work. Sadly many Barnet residents have lost their income, struggling financially, lacking food to feed their families or can afford to buy daily essentials. The Community Response Fund supports trusted local organisations in Barnet to provide frontline support to those most in need. As part of our investment and commitment to the communities where we work, we have donated £1,000 toward the fund.

Vallectric were once again proud to be one of the main sponsors of The Barnet Groups Annual Community Awards – 2023. Representing Vallectric this year, were our Site Supervisor James Haynes, and Resident Liaison Officer Michelle McGovern. James conveyed “It was a superb evening and really pleasing to see those within the Barnet community being commended for their efforts and contributions. On a personal note, both Michelle and I would like to thank everyone for being so welcoming and we even got introduced to the Lord Major Nagus Narenthira, who was lovely. “

Continuing to encourage the contractors working currently with the Barnet Group, Charmaine Carr – Customer Involvement and Social Value drew Vallectric and FUSE together, with Vallectric providing sponsorship for a 5th Year FUSE anniversary community event, held on the 19.01.24, at the RAF Museum in Colindale. In attendance for Vallectric was their Resident Liaison Office, Michelle McGovern, and their senior apprentice Calum Baker. Michelle, commented, “FUSE is a fantastic forum to assist with reaching out to the younger members of the Barnet community. We feel privileged to have been the main sponsors of the event, and we wish to pass on our sincere thanks, as we felt warmly welcomed by the impressively dynamic Harriet Boamah, and all those families and young people attending. It was also really good fun!”

Vallectric Limited are delighted to have sponsored the Exhibitor Marketplace at this year’s Barnet Together Alliance Conference. The conference, held on Monday 2nd October 2023 at the RAF Museum; Hendon, was primarily focused on educating those present on the inequalities rooted in our society. Vallectric’s representative for the day was Managing Director Greg Slater, who commented “It was a pleasure to attend the Barnet Together Alliance Conference 2023 and meet the most amazing people and organisations, all of whom were so engaging and clearly passionate about positively contributing to the Barnet community. It was a humbling experience. We at Vallectric look forward to continuing to offer our support, via our established working relationship with Tim Blanc and Charmaine Carr of the The Barnet Group Community Engagement Team and to all residing within the borough.”

Vallectric Limited are not only content with the standard of work delivered for their clients, Vallectric are also keen to support the communities in which they work, Helping to improve the quality of life for residents. Vallectric are a main sponsor of The Barnet Group annual community awards. Our social value coordinator Bob Wilde can be seen here (Extreme right) in attendance at this year's presentation held in January to present the 2022 awards.

Our Operations Manager Jason Oakford presenting the Your Choice Barnet Making Progress Award to deserving winner Sarah Okeke-Aru at The Barnet Group 2019 Customer Awards. Sarah was given the award in recognition of her outstanding progress at Rosa Morison, a day service for adults with profound and complex learning disabilities.

Jason Oakford (our London based Operations Manager) presents Keanu Hamm with award for Young Volunteer of the Year, an award for unsung heroes under the age of 25 whose achievement, dedication, or good neighbourliness deserve recognition in the local community.

Vallectric Site Manager James Haynes, currently working across various locations within Barnet completing ERM improvements works, was given the role of Easter Bunny this year delivering raffle prizes to 6 winners in total. 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes were distributed to winners across our Barnet works where Vallectric have been carrying out Fire Safety Works, Electrical Rising Mains replacements, Communal Lighting and various multiple other works. A special runner up prize was also delivered to one of Barnets younger residents, the delightful Charlie, seen here receiving his prize and modelling his new Easter hat! For clarification Charlie is pictured on the left. Charlies Mum Sarah thanked the team for the surprise delivery and had high praise for the work carried out in her home. She stated “I’d like to thank your guys for all their hard work, they had lots to do in my home and were always clean, tidy, and polite. They were also happy to work around my commitments to work and nursery runs which I really appreciated”.

In preparation for World Recycling Day Vallectric's teams have taken to the streets of Barnet with their litter pickers and rubbish bags. Over the last 8 weeks, lunch and tea breaks have been forfeited in the challenge to collect as many bags of recyclable material as possible before March 18th. Some 24 bags of rubbish were collected in total, weighing in at 194kg, 43% of which was recyclable! Resident Liaison Officers Jenny Lucas and Michelle McGovern pictured here both thoroughly enjoyed getting out and about and received lots of words of encouragement from local residents which certainly helped on the rainier days! Keeping our sites and the areas surrounding them clean and tidy is important to Vallectric as is recycling and monitoring our own site waste. Our waste management stats from the same 8 week period show that 92% of our site waste was recycled.

Whilst working on the Royal Borough of Greenwich’s Communal Electrics and Re-Decoration Framework, Vallectric have donated and delivered to Crook Log’s Primary School, Bexleyheath some empty wooden cable drums for their Forest School Area. Headmistress, Linda Swain, thanked our Site Manager, Lane Abrahams for the kind donation, and conveyed that the cable drums had been put to good use as outdoor work benches, a rocking chair, a den for birds, and a table for making mud cakes! Vallectric’s Operations Director, Jason Oakford, commented that “ We are pleased to have again been able to offer a contribution to the Greenwich community, and it is fantastic to see these items being put to such good use and the children enjoying outdoor activities. The making of mud pies looks to be popular!”

Working in conjunction with The Barnet Groups Residents Liaison Officer (RLO), Angela Wigg and their Customer Involvement and Social Value Officer Charmaine Carr, Vallectric’s RLO’s Jenny Lucas and Michelle McGovern organised a serious of festive afternoon tea parties for the Resident’s of 14 Barnet Homes Sheltered Homes Blocks. Vallectric’s Senior RLO, Jenny Lucas, commented, “It was an absolute pleasure to spend time with the lovely Residents, whom we have forged a strong bond with, over the time we have spent working in and around their homes. We all enjoyed afternoon tea and festive cakes, sang along to the Christmas music, and played board games, which was so nice at this time of year.”

This year Vallectric Limited donated the Christmas tree to the Hanshaw Drive residents. It is traditional for the residents to decorate the tree. It seems this year that Marge Lacey (left) and Audrey Weaver (right) moved on from decorating the tree and added some festive trim to our Site Manager James Haynes, which he seems pleased about. Thanks ladies.

Vallectric were more than happy to donate some unwanted used pallets and wooden cable drums to the gardeners at Rathbone Allotments in Barnet. The gardeners have been looking for wood to construct individual plots and furniture, so the donation was gratefully received. Here we see Goursen Ibrahim, one of the enthusiastic gardeners, receiving part of the donation, from James Hayes Site Supervisor for Vallectric.

As a thank you to residents of the Barnet Homes Hanshaw Drive Estate for their patience and forbearance whilst recent works were being carried out around them, Vallectric Ltd arranged and sponsored a Friday fish & Chips lunch which was well received and thoroughly enjoyed by all. The work carried out within the sheltered accommodation blocks included: Architectural Works, Trenching, Door Installations, Flat entry Communal Fire Doors, Electrical Intake Cupboards, Decorations to Communal Walls and Ceilings. Fire Safety Works including installation of Sprinkler Systems & install of MDF Boxing.

When it came to emptying out the furniture provided for residents in the temporary accommodation made available whilst work was being undertaken in their own properties, Keith Hunt (Centre) a resident at Barnet Homes St. Johns Close was in the right place at the right time. Keith’s own settee had passed its useful life and he was in need of a replacement. It therefore seemed a worthy cause for Vallectric to donate the settee that they were moving out. I think that we can tell from the picture featured here what Keith’s reaction was.

Approaching completion of the £2m ERM and Fire Safety Project for Barnet Homes at St. John’s Close, the Vallectric team recently sponsored a Fish & Chip meal for residents as a thank you for their patience and forbearance during the period the work was being carried out. To keep numbers manageable and for convenience of residents the meal was served in a few sittings such as the one pictured here.

A team of Vallectric site operatives at the Barnet Homes St. Johns Close site, recently gave up their time voluntarily, to help residents with those ‘odd Jobs’ needing to be done. The Vallectric team are pictured here ready to set about their tasks which included picture hanging, putting up shelving, putting up blinds, painting walls, carpet laying, washing and rehanging curtains.   Needless to say, the day was well received, and the work completed was much appreciated by the Barnet Homes residents.

The Vallectric Limited team working in Greenwich, along with Aimi Weaver, Royal Borough of Greenwich RLO, donned their Santa hats, grabbed their litter pickers and black bags and set to work tidying the area around one of the blocks.   Site Manager, Lane Abrahams commented: ‘As a team, including Aimi, we wanted to improve the area for the residents, the best way we could help and have an immediate impact was on the cleanliness of the area. We got into the Christmas spirit and all became litter pickers for the day.’

  Vallectric provided the materials and assisted a resident team (led by  Paul Smith, pictured) to landscape the pond area of Vale Court to provide a welcoming outdoor relaxation area for all residents to escape the rigours of indoor life during lockdown.

If we can provide a little joy in lockdown, we will. Our RLO Michelle McGovern surprises Peter Townend with box of chocolate biscuits for his birthday. All done with social distancing, of course!

It’s time for tea at Vale Court, Barnet. Residents at the sheltered block are pictured below enjoying a cuppa with Vallectric’s Senior Resident Liaison Officer, Jenny Lucas. Our staff are busy making sure the works are of the highest quality, but there’s always time for a quick tea break with residents. It’s a good opportunity to catch up, discuss the works and update them on our progress.

At Vallectric Limited, we take our commitment to the environment very seriously. This pictures, taken at The Oaks in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, show Site Manager Lane Abrahams leading the team on a litter-picking day.

Keen gardener Tony Smith is delighted with the new garden shed at his home in Vale Court, Barnet, which was bought for residents by Vallectric. Space was limited on site and the temporary site office prevented access to the residents’ garden store. To ensure the flowers continued to bloom, Vallectric provided Tony with a new shed. Site Manager Julian Griffin (pictured left with Tony Smith) said: “We know how much the garden means to residents so we were only too happy to help out.”

As a thank you and to spread Christmas cheer to the residence of the Orchard Estate Vallectric held a Christmas raffle seen here is one of our lucky winners accepting their prize.

Vallectric Ltd in company with Barnet Homes Executives and Residents celebrate Her Majesty The Queen’s 70th Jubilee Year. As a memento of the occasion, Vallectric had some special medals created which they awarded to selected residents in recognition of their positive actions benefiting the local community.

Spreading Joy at Christmas amongst Barnet Homes residents, at two of their sites; (Granville Road ) and (St. John’s Close ) seen here, some of the gifts distributed as raffle prizes to the lucky winners.

In recognition of the patience and forbearance shown by residents whilst fire safety works were carried out to their properties, and to introduce some early Christmas spirit, the Vallectric team working at Longford Court and Upper Fosters initiated a series of Prize draw raffles with Christmas gifts being given away to the lucky winners.   Ian Woollard, Barnet Homes’ Project Manager for both blocks, drew the winning tickets. Vallectric Limited provided the Christmas gifts.

Vallectric, Mears and WG Wigginton’s (and the local pub Gertie Brown and Universal Laundry) collectively made a generous donation of £500, which went towards the annual Sheltered Housing Easter Tea Dance on 16th April. This type of event really helps older people in the court benefit from that all-important social interaction. Full story

Not your usual meal for a Christmas Party, but fish & chips proved to be a great success at this party organised for the residents by our RLO team.