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South Wales Argus
12 hours ago
- Business
- South Wales Argus
Lovell celebrates Volunteers' Week with recent work
Lovell, a provider of partnership housing, took part in the awareness campaign, which has been running for over 40 years and highlights the diversity and unity of volunteer work across the UK. One of Lovell's recent initiatives was at the Ringland Regeneration project in Newport, where 19 people from Lovell and its project partner, Hedyn, participated in a community litter-picking session. This marked the third session since work began on the site last year. The Ringland regeneration project is a large-scale transformation programme being delivered by Lovell for Hedyn (formerly Newport City Homes), breathing new life into the Ringland area of Newport. The £47 million project will provide 158 new homes, and the Ringland shopping centre will be relocated. In another initiative, Lovell employees participated in a record-breaking river clean-up effort in Pontypridd. The Taff Tidy project aimed to break the previous world record of 329 volunteers for the largest mass river clean-up. The project saw volunteers at nine different locations along the River Taff simultaneously clearing the river. Lovell's social value manager, Meriel Gough, marketing and business development co-ordinator Noorhan Griffiths, bid co-ordinator Tom McDonald, and build manager Paul Phillips joined the effort. The Lovell employees devoted four hours to enhancing the local area, contributing to a total of 1,327 volunteers who decisively broke the previous record. Gemma Clissett, regional partnerships director at Lovell, said: "At Lovell, giving back to the communities we build in is a crucial part of our core values. "We are very proud of the volunteering work we do, and all the other community work we carry out with schools, colleges, and other local organisations. "We look forward to offering our help and support to more of them going forward."
Business News Wales
4 days ago
- Business
- Business News Wales
South Wales Developer Celebrates Volunteers' Week
Developer Lovell celebrated Volunteers' Week by looking back on some of the recent volunteering work it has taken part in. Volunteers' Week is an awareness campaign sponsored by Works4U, which highlights the diversity and unity of volunteer work across the UK, and has been running for over 40 years. One of the recent Lovell volunteering initiatives took place at the Ringland Regeneration project in Newport. 19 people from Lovell and its partners on the project Hedyn gave up their time to take part in the third community litter picking session since work started on the site last year, with the help of equipment supplied by Keep Wales Tidy. The Presbyterian Church in Ringland who assisted and provided the team with hot drinks and food once the work was finished. Lovell also took part in a record-breaking river clean up in Pontypridd. Lovell's Social Value Manager Meriel Gough, Marketing and Business Development Coordinator Noorhan Griffiths, Bid Coordinator Tom McDonald, and Build Manager Paul Phillips took part in Taff Tidy, a world record attempt for the largest mass river clean-up which was organised by Keep Wales Tidy and Kate Strong. The project saw volunteers at nine different locations along the River Taff take part in a simultaneous river picking effort, to beat the previous world record of 329 volunteers which was set on the River Gange. The Lovell employees gave up four hours of their time to improving the local area, and along with the other volunteers across the region were able to decisively beat the record with 1,327 people taking part in total. Gemma Clissett, regional partnerships director at Lovell, said: 'At Lovell, giving back to the communities we build in is a crucial part of our core values. We are very proud of the volunteering work we do, and all the other community work we carry out with schools, colleges and other local organisations. We look forward to offering our help and support to more of them going forward.' The Ringland Regeneration project is a large-scale transformation programme being delivered by Lovell for Hedyn (formerly Newport City Homes), bringing a new lease of life to the Ringland area of Newport. The £47 million project will see 158 new homes be provided and the Ringland shopping centre be relocated.
South Wales Argus
17-05-2025
- Health
- South Wales Argus
Newport construction team receives charity wellbeing talk
The initiative was a collaboration between partnerships developer Lovell and mental health charity Signposted Cymru. The charity, which focuses on immediate intervention for those struggling with mental health issues, provided the team working on the Ringland Regeneration project with a session on improving mental health. Charity founder Darren Thomas addressed 60 employees and contractors. Mr Thomas said: "It was an honour to be invited to speak at the Ringland Regeneration project as part of Mental Health Awareness Week. "The conversation around mental health is more important than ever, and Lovell's commitment to supporting their workforce and the wider community is genuinely commendable." Gemma Clissett, regional partnerships director at Lovell, said: "At Lovell, we take positive mental health very seriously and are always finding ways to improve the support we offer. "We care deeply about our employees and contractors, and hope they feel reassured knowing they can turn to our mental health first aiders, or any of the dedicated charities we work with, should they ever need to." Lovell donated £200 to the charity as a thank you for the talk. This brings the total of funds raised for Signposted Cymru to £4,715.
