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At our fourth annual Charity Golf Day and Sportsman’s dinner held at the MacDonald Portal Hotel, Tarporley, our employees, customers and suppliers enjoyed some competitive auction bidding ... raising over £38,000 for Francis House.   Francis House provides a home from home where families can receive professional care, support and friendship for themselves and their children, who have life threatening or life limiting conditions. From their site in Didsbury, the organisation is a lifeline to more than 500 families from across Greater Manchester including Stockport, Oldham, Bury, Rochdale, Manchester, Salford and Trafford. Peter Forster, Francis House Hospice’s Fundraising Manager, said: “We are really grateful…

In July we donated £1,010 to a local swimming club, the Cheshire-based Northwich Centurions, to help fund their annual swimming gala. Northwich Centurions are a swimming club that teaches its members to swim in an enjoyable, safe and caring environment, whilst providing an opportunity for them to reach their maximum potential, in line with their own individual aspirations. The group trains at Northwich Memorial Court on Chester Way, which is near to our Imperial Park II development, located on Rosemary Drive. With the help of the Barratt Manchester’s donation, the group will be able to host the gala and hire the swimming…

Our Site Managers have won a top national award for the quality of the homes they are building from the National House-Building Council (NHBC). Steven Jordan (Scholars Green), Jim Thomson (J One Seven), Sean O’Regan (Hillside Central), Neil Salisbury (Wesley Chase) and Craig Hancock (College Gardens) and  have been recognised by the NHBC at its annual Pride in the Job Quality Awards. Known as the “Oscars of the housebuilding industry”, the Pride in the Job Quality awards recognise the best run building sites in the country and are the highest accolade a site manager can achieve. In addition to spot checks…

4 of our site managers won Pride in the Job Awards in 2018 which demonstrates our commitment to delivering the highest quality of homes and striving for excellence across all aspects of construction. A huge congratulations to Sean O'Regan- Hillside Central, Craig Hancock- College Gardens, Jim Thompson- J One Seven and Steve Jordan- Scholars Green. The NHBC Pride in the Job Awards recognise the highest standards in housebuilding, with winners selected from more than 16,000 site managers working on sites across the country. We've picked up more awards than any other housebuilder for fourteen consecutive years, Leading Construction continues to be…

On Friday 20th July this year we hosted our charity Golf Day and Sportsman’s Dinner in aid of Francis House, our chosen charity of the year. 72 golfers swung into action on the 18 hole golf course at Mere Golf and Country Club, with a total of 150 guests attending the evening dinner. Sub-contractors, business partners and work colleagues contributed towards an impressive total of £16,510.74 which was presented by Finance Director Mike Cleary and Commercial Manager Matt Paul to Fund Raising Manager Peter Forster and Deputy CEI Rachael Taylor. The charity golf day was just one of the many activities undertaken by divisional staff to raise money for Francis House.…

Barratt Manchester recently donated £2,000 towards the Longridge Cluster School’s Armistice Project. The ‘Longridge Cluster Schools Armistice Project’ involves 500 children and adults from the Longridge Cluster Schools working together to perform a show in Preston Guild Hall called ‘Armistice’. The show, written by Barnacre Road Primary School Head Teacher – Simon Wallis, will be performed on November 11th 2018, which marks the centenary for the end of The Great War. The performance aims to tell the story and remember the key events of the conflict through music, dance, drama, poetry and visual arts and will culminate with an act…

Staff at Barratt Homes Manchester have been tucking in to treats in a bid to raise money for 'charity of the year' Francis House Childrens Hospice. Tony Heywood, Company Buyer opened ‘Tony’s Tuck Shop’ in early 2017 and hasn’t looked back since, raising £5,555 in the last year by selling the nations favourite snacks to hungry employees. Francis House provides a home from home where families can receive professional care, support and friendship for children with life limiting conditions. Tony said: “I decided to set up the tuck shop as it was an easy way to raise money and I knew that staff in the office would get involved!…

Pupils at Garstang St Thomas Church of England School have received bright bag tags and hi-viz vests from Barratt Manchester to help them stay safe and seen when travelling to and from school. We donated 30 hi-visibility bag tags and 30 hi-visibility jackets to the school which is located near to our development, The Links on Preston New Road in Garstang, for the school’s pupils to wear while walking to and from school, making them easier to be seen in the dark. Michaela Lancaster, Sales Director, said: “We want to urge pupils to keep safe and seen on the roads, and our…

A new road name has been unveiled at our St Martins View development in Rochdale, which pays tribute to the history of the site. The development was built on the site of the former Whipp and Bourne Factory, suppliers of marine switchgear for major ships, such as the Titanic, Ark Royal and the Royal Yacht Britannia. The new road leads from the main Manchester Road in to the development and has been called Ark Royal Avenue. We built 138 new homes at St Martin’s View, which sold out last year. The road names were chosen by Rochdale Borough Council, local Councillors and…

Stories were brought to life in front of the eyes of pupils, thanks to storytelling events at Barratt Homes’ developments Quernmore Park, Lancaster and J One Seven, Sandbach. School children were invited to the developments for a day of magical storytelling which was hosted in one of the show homes, to mark National Storytelling Week.   We invited professional storyteller's, both members of the Society for Storytelling, to spend the day at the developments, telling stories to the pupils and engaging them in the literature. The awareness week ran from 27th January to 3rd February and aims to unite both children and adults in…