Moat staff go round and round the garden in Maldon, Essex

On Monday 15 March, Moat staff from the community development, development and quality and defects teams took part in a garden clean up at a vulnerable supported housing resident’s home in Maldon, Essex. In December 2009 Moat staff from various departments carried out a bungalow makeover for the same resident whose home had fallen into disrepair due to neglect and personal issues. Due to poor weather conditions it was not possible previously to complete the makeover and clear the garden so staff returned to finish the job.

The event 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. Moat staff worked hard both in December 2009 and on Monday 15 March, to totally transform the resident’s home and garden. Park rangers from Maldon District Council and children from the Plume School in Maldon later helped to get rid of the garden rubbish.

Local business donated various tools, equipment and resources to provide the volunteers with everything they needed.

Moat’s head of development delivery, Jason Amos, says; “It’s always a priority to help our most vulnerable residents. This project has been great because we’ve all worked together with the same single purpose - to improve this resident’s quality of life. We couldn’t have done so without the donations from local businesses. In our own ways we all regularly contribute towards helping our residents but it has been great to get out of the office and do something different!”

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.

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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