AUGUST 2023 – A NEW LEASE OF LIFE

We’ve been at our training workshop in Rotherhithe for about 12 years now. Our Lease from Southwark Council has recently expired but we’re pleased to inform that after negotiations with Southwark a new ten year Lease has been agreed. The less happy side is that our...

MAY 2023- RETROFITTING EMPTY HOMES

Our friends at the charity Action on Empty Homes have published a report this month titled ‘Retrofit Empty Homes Action Partnerships’. It looks at how communities can unlock empty homes through a process of retrofitting them at scale and at speed. The report...

FEBRUARY 2023 –DRONES OVER BECKTON !

We don’t usually feature the maintenance work we do on our renovated empty properties, many of which require extra TLC as the years go by. These maintenance jobs offer great opportunities for our trainees to hone their skills. A quick mention here for some recently...

DECEMBER 2022 – TRAINEE NUMBERS RECOVER

After two years badly affected by Covid, our trainee numbers have recovered this year as we approach Christmas. We’ve had 21 trainees through the workshop door during 2022 with over half of them ex-services personnel. Particular congratulations to our Trainee of the...

OCTOBER 2022 – COMMUNITY ACTION ON EMPTY HOMES

Our friends at the charity, Action on Empty Homes, continue to call for the expansion of Government funding to support communities refurbishing long-term empty homes. The last National Empty Homes Programme, which helped PHASES to bring a number of empty properties...

JULY 2022 – TRAINING SUCCESS

Our funding through the EQUIP programme (partly financed by the European Social Fund) has enabled us to increase the number of our people progressing onto further trade-specific training. In particular, four of our trainees have progressed on to courses this year at...
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