Moat sales, marketing and new business team give MERA resource centre in Maldon, Essex a fresh new look! » Communities » 24dash.com

On Monday 16 November, seven members of Moat’s sales, marketing and new business team spent the day decorating the Moat East Residents’ Association (MERA) resource centre on the High Street in Maldon, Essex.

The project was organised as part of Moat’s commitment for staff to become more involved in Moat communities and to increase knowledge of all areas of the organisation. The amateur decorators chose to freshen up the centre as it has not been decorated in a few years. The centre is staffed by volunteers and the team thought it was a worthy recipient of their community-focussed efforts. One sales and marketing assistant was so dedicated, she helped with the project on her 50th birthday! MERA provided the materials and the team painted the main room and kitchen.

Moat’s MERA resource centre was opened in 1999 and residents can call in for advice and assistance, get involved in Moat as an organisation or make use of the many services on offer. There are also many services available to the residents of the wider Maldon district which include photocopying, laminating, faxing, e-mailing web browsing, basic computer tuition, housing advice and support with letter writing. The centre is manned by volunteer residents and is open between Monday and Friday from 10am to 5pm and on Saturdays from 10am to 1pm.

Moat sales and marketing officer, Sarah Bowden, who helped to organise the project, says; “We had a great day! It was fun to get out of the office and spend some time helping Moat residents in a different way. The MERA resource centre is a fantastic service for those local to Maldon and now it looks brighter and even more welcoming than it did before.”

About Moat:
Moat is a housing association providing affordable homes in thriving communities for people in the South East. For over forty years, Moat has delivered high quality general needs homes for affordable rent, supported accommodation and tenancy support services, and has a strong affordable home ownership and key worker housing offer. Follow us on www.twitter.com/HomeBuyUK.  

Moat is one of the Homes and Communities Agency’s development partners and is also the government’s appointed HomeBuy Agent in Essex, Kent and Sussex. Employing 450 people, Moat provides excellent customer service to residents of our 20,000 affordable rented and shared ownership homes.

In the East, Moat owns and manages over 4,000 homes across 17 local authority areas in Essex and Hertfordshire. Moat is in partnership with the Greater Haven Gateway Choice based lettings, covering Maldon, Colchester, Braintree, Barbergh, Ipswich, Mid Suffolk and Suffolk Coastal local authority areas.

Moat works as an active partner in the Stansted Area Housing Partnership, M11 corridor, Thames Gateway, London commuter belt and Haven Gateway.
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