Phase 1 of the improvement works is now complete with new gabion-style benches installed, two underpasses cleaned and re-painted with fresh artwork, new bird boxes and hedgehog houses as well as a clean-up and new graffiti to the skate park. The work was undertaken by students from West Lancashire College via a community-led collaboration between VIY, TVD, WLBC, Uthink Creative, Whitfield & Brown, John McCall Architects and Ridge. Phase 2 of the project is due to start in early 2025 which will include tree and wildflower planting and improvements to the MUGA. Watch this space for further updates!
Following completion of the new houses at Fairburn, Tawd Valley Developments and all of the businesses involved engaged with residents about improving the Park area at Fairhaven Playground. Teaming up with national charity Volunteer it Yourself, the Park will be given a make-over; cleaning, painting, planting and hopefully some new equipment.
Please get in touch if you wish to volunteer on the project which will commence in September 2024.
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The Friends of Tawd Valley took delivery of a storage container donated by Tawd Valley Developments in support of the fantastic voluntary based environmental work in Tawd Valley Park, Skelmersdale.
Before a planning submission, Tawd Valley Developments, in collaboration with West Lancashire Borough Councils Housing Team, engaged with residents potentially affected by the plans to revive part of the Digmoor Estate. A second engagement session inviting the wider community was held in February 2024.
We teamed up with the local DWP Office, registering as a disability aware employer and mentoring workers to show the important contribution both the young and old can make to the construction sector and workforce in general.
At our Fairlie scheme, the introduction of a new road at the end of Fairburn resulted in the loss of some on-street parking so to compensate for this loss and provide additional spaces for visitors to the surrounding area, TVD created and opened a new car park providing 14 spaces.
Tawd Valley Developments, alongside many other local businesses took a stand at the West Lancashire College Careers and Progression Fair. The event had over 1000 young people attend, and the event was a great success thanks to employers and other organisations who kindly give up their time to support the event.
We met with our namesake for the first time on site in May 2022 to discuss the recycling of three trees cut at our Fairlie scheme and to walk and talk the voluntary work by the Friends of Tawd Valley and how we may collaborate in future.
On completion at Brierfield we took the opportunity to celebrate our strength in partnership and commitment to developing skills by officially opening the scheme with Cabinet Members of West Lancashire Borough Council; Councillor Yvonne Gagen and Jenny Wilkie, together with Whitfield and Brown’s Zoe Brooke, Nigel Welch and Charlotte a West Lancs College student on work placement.
More than 70 people attended this Lancashire-wide event initiated by TVD involving a wide audience of professionals, including contractors, developers, academics and local authorities. The aim was to hear about plans for low carbon homes and how to retrofit existing properties, learning about best practice and new technical innovations whilst networking and making new contacts.
To mark the final handover of our Fairstead scheme TVD met on site with a Whitfield & Brown trainee and apprentice both involved in this and other TVD schemes as it is important to emphasise the employment opportunities that arise from our developments and it was great to meet Josh and Dale, both cracking lads and well on their journey of a long career in construction.
As part of their work in the community, Tawd Valley Developments, along with one of their building partners Whitfield & Brown, provided a lesson in construction with pupils at Little Digmoor Primary School in Skelmersdale
Tawd Valley Developments joined forces with Whitfield and Brown and local recruitment agency Hays to encourage and support local people in improving their CV at this free to attend event.
In June 2021, Tawd Valley Developments and our scheme partners Whitfield and Brown and John McCall Architects donated iPads to St James’ Catholic Primary School in Ashurst, Skelmersdale which is immediately adjacent to our TVD Northfield development.
Tawd Valley Developments (TVD) held a hugely popular and successful Meet the Employer event at Greenhill Community Hub. Around 50 local businesses and young people engaged in the opportunities outlined by the TVD and Whitfield & Brown teams, together with West Lancs Council and College staff. It was good to see some positive outcomes delivered including young people offered jobs and training places with local businesses.
