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New affordable homes for former factory site in Bridgwater

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From Bridgwater Mercury, 28 September 2019

By Steven Salter

A TOTAL of 28 new, affordable homes are taking shape on the site of the former Slocombe’s factory in Monmouth Street in Bridgwater.

Officers and councillors from Sedgemoor District Council recently enjoyed a visit to review progress of the scheme.

These new homes, costing £4.3m to build, will be owned by SHAL Housing Association and are a result of the collaborative work of a team of partners including Sedgemoor District Council, SHAL, Summerfield Homes and EDF Energy.

Duncan Harvey, service manager for Housing Development at Sedgemoor District Council said:

“This scheme is an excellent example of how a brownfield site can be redeveloped to provide much-needed affordable housing.

“Providing affordable homes is a priority for the council and this project represents another significant step forward.

“To see construction finally starting on such a challenging brownfield site is amazing and is a testament to the hard work and strength of our relationship with SHAL and Summerfield Homes. We persevered, when many might have given up.”

Angela Gascoigne, CEO at SHAL, said:

“The partnership working has been, in my view, exemplary. SDC were determined this site would be regenerated, and the funding from EDF and Homes England ensured these homes will be at rent people on lower incomes can afford.”

The picture above shows representatives from SHAL, Sedgemoor District Council, Summerfield Homes, contractors, EDF and Homes England at the former Slocombe Factory site on Monmouth Street and below is an aerial view of the site.

Monmouth Street, Bridgwater Aerial

Summerfield cycle team top £5000!

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We are SO proud of them!

Clive Linham, Simon Gamlin, Carol Gamlin, Alistair Lee, Nick Birch, James Shaw, Jon Jackson and Dave Partridge, you are heroes!

66 miles up and down across Exmoor and more than £5000 raised for Prostate Cancer UK – what a superb achievement.

The Summerfield cycle team really did us proud on the Great Exmoor Ride from Taunton to Blue Anchor on Sunday 1 September. They want to thank everyone who sponsored them, both for their money and their kind comments.

What’s more, they’re not turning down further donations! If you are feeling generous please click here for their JustGiving page.

The photos are in fairly random order …..

Boules boost for Maggie’s

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The ninth Summerfield Taunton Boules Tournament began unpromisingly damp but soon dried up as play got underway. 40 teams from in and around Taunton enjoyed some very competitive boules whilst enjoying a bit of networking and a buffet lunch at Taunton Vale Sports Centre.

This year the event was in aid of Maggie Keswick Jencks Cancer Centres. Ilaria De Valeri of Maggie’s told the gathering about the centres, all within easy reach of hospitals, where patients and their families can stay for as long as they like in beautiful and relaxing surroundings, supported by experienced staff and advisers. They plan to build a Maggie’s centre adjacent to Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton.

Ben Trickey, Commercial Director at Summerfield, said

“Summerfield would like to thank the businesses that have supported us and our Boules Tournament again this year. A fine turnout of some excellent local and regional businesses has enabled us to raise much needed funds for Maggie’s, which was voted by the Summerfield staff as our charity of the year for 2019. The figure was then topped up by Summerfield to bring it up to a total of £3,250.”

Katherine France, Maggie’s Head of Fundraising, said

“We would like to thank everyone who took part and raised such a fantastic amount. As 1 in 2 people will now face cancer in their lifetime, Maggie’s cancer support is needed now more than ever. Your generous donations will help us to reach even more people who need us.”

The colourful ‘Rule Brettania’ team from Peter Brett took the fancy dress prize, with an honourable mention for the ‘gilets jaunes’ of Ashfords Solicitors.

It was an all-bank Wooden Spoon final, with Natwest taking the prize from Handelsbanken.

Chartered Accountants Albert Goodman defeated Croft Surveyors’ ‘Boulepark Figures’ to take the Plate, and solicitors Foot Anstey’s ‘HyperBOULEE’ team held their nerve to take the Cup after beating Chartered Accounts PKF Francis Clark in a tense but enjoyable final.

Mark Blackwell, Summerfield Developments’ Managing Director, said

“The Boules Tournament has become a much-anticipated fixture in the Taunton calendar. It is a pleasure to give local companies the chance to get together and at the same time support a worthy charity aiming to provide a facility which will be so appreciated by the people of Taunton and the surrounding area.”

To register interest in next year’s Boules event, please email Gill Ellis at Summerfield and to find out more about Maggie’s please visit their web site.

Main picture shows Cup Winners Duncan Sykes, Tim Taylor, Chris Mullet and Richard Walford of Foot Anstey’s ‘HyperBOULEE’ team with Summerfield’s Managing Director Mark Blackwell.

Only a day to go!

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The Taunton Toad Trail is ending tomorrow, Friday 13 September

Maps of the complete Toad Trail can be purchased for £1 (proceeds to the League of Friends at Musgrove Park Hospital) at Summerfield’s marketing suite at Killams Park in Taunton (TA1 3FR).

Read more here.

Come and see our Toad while you can!

Summerfield cycle team hopes to raise £4000 for Prostate Cancer UK

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The Summerfield cycle team completed their strenuous cycle ride on Sunday 1 September and enjoyed glorious Exmoor views in fine weather (even though they still had to pedal downhill because of a headwind!). They arrived in Blue Anchor exhausted, hungry and jubilant. Their JustGiving page is showing £3,747.28 as of 2 September but they are hoping to exceed £4,000. That would be 8 times their original £500 target! If you’d like to help them achieve this total for Prostate Cancer UK please donate via their JustGiving page. They send their thanks to all who have donated so far and to any new donors.

The picture shows the team at the start in Taunton. L to R: Clive Linham, Simon Gamlin, Carol Gamlin, Alistair Lee, Nick Birch, James Shaw, Jon Jackson and Dave Partridge

Summerfield cyclists quintuple their target for Prostate Cancer UK

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Seven keen Summerfield cyclists are taking part in the Great Exmoor Ride on 1st September.

The team have been practising for the arduous 66 miles across the moor. The route, from Taunton to Blue Anchor, offers spectacular views but at a cost – plenty of uphill climbs!

Simon Gamlin, speaking for the group, said:

“The team photo shows us in the pub because that’s where all good fund raising challenges spring from. It didn’t take us long to realise we needed to be serious and we have quickly moved on. We are training hard and swapped the cider for coffee and cake. All support for this great charity is greatly appreciated by us all.”

Cycle Ride 1 Mid session stop for coffee and cake

Above: Simon Gamlin, Nick Birch, Clive Linham, John Jackson, Carol Gamlin and David Partridge in the pub after their first practice ride

Simon added:

“We have a Team Just Giving Page which we set up at the start. It is going really well. We started with a target of £500 but due to fantastic support from so many kind supporters quickly surpassed this and we revised the target to £2000.”

As of 22 August, the JustGiving total stands at a magnificent £2,475, with more cash donations and sponsorship money yet to be added in! But the team don’t want to stop there: they will really appreciate any further contributions. To add your own donation please visit the team’s JustGiving page. https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/SummerfieldCycle

To read more about the Great Exmoor Ride or to take part in it please click here for their web site. http://www.greatexmoorride.com/home

To read more about the great work done by the charity Prostate Cancer UK please click here. https://prostatecanceruk.org/

 

Main picture shows 5 of the team: Simon Gamlin, Clive Linham, David Partridge, Carol Gamlin and Nick Birch at a recent mid-session stop for coffee and cake.

 

 

Taunton site manager wins NHBC Quality Award for outstanding homes at the Killams Park development

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Mark Woodland of Summerfield Developments (SW) Ltd is one of only 55 site managers in the South West to have won a Quality Award in the first round of NHBC Pride in the Job Awards 2019. Now in their 39th year, the Awards are the most highly regarded competition in the house-building industry, dedicated to recognising site managers who achieve the highest standards in house building.

Nearly 450 UK site managers have won a Quality Award in the first round of NHBC Pride in the Job Awards 2019, representing the top 3% of the sixteen thousand site managers entered.  Being selected as one of the UK’s top site managers is testament to their commitment to delivering quality homes for residents.

Judging for the Awards is rigorous, beginning in July 2018, with each site manager assessed across these six key areas: consistency, attention to detail, leadership, interpretation of drawings and specifications, technical expertise and health and safety.

Mark will now go on to compete for a Seal of Excellence and Regional Award that will be announced at events across the UK in the autumn, with the Supreme Award winners unveiled at a gala ceremony in January 2020.

Mark Blackwell, Managing Director at Summerfield Developments said:

“I am extremely pleased that the team building homes at Killams Park has been recognised again for the third consecutive year. Whilst Mark Woodland as site manager deserves the award, it is a team effort and all involved with the project are to be congratulated.”

Commenting on the Awards, Nick Cunningham of NHBC added:

“Launched nearly 40 years ago, Pride in the Job has been instrumental in driving up the quality of new homes. Despite the challenges the industry has faced in recent times, this year’s winners have kept their focus on delivering high quality new homes for their customers.

A site manager’s role is undoubtedly one of the toughest in house building and their drive for excellence is very much at the heart of the competition. Receiving a Quality Award is a great achievement for any site manager. It’s no surprise that Pride in the Job winning sites have higher levels of customer satisfaction as these homes are without doubt among the best the UK has to offer.

On behalf of everyone at NHBC, I would like to congratulate Mark on this fantastic achievement.”

Photo: Mark Woodland outside the Killams Park marketing suite.

Summerfield Homes – proud to support The Taunton Toad Trail

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Taunton based regional housebuilder Summerfield Homes is sponsoring one of 22 toads in Taunton’s Toad Trail. The fibreglass toads are sited in and around Taunton and the Trail will help The League of Friends of Musgrove Park Hospital, currently celebrating their 60th anniversary, to raise funds and buy extra equipment for the hospital. Proceeds from this project will go on improvements to the Bracken Birthing Centre, a new birthing pool and improved facilities at Musgrove.

It is hoped the trail, launched in July and continuing for two months, will provide family entertainment over the summer holidays and encourage visitors into the county town.

Summerfield Homes invited the pupils of Thurlbear Primary school to design their toad in a competition run earlier this year. Paige, winner of the competition, was delighted to see her design recreated when she recently unveiled the toad, located in front of the marketing suite at Summerfield’s Killams Park development.

Paige’s design incorporated bricks, a hi-vis jacket and hard hat in keeping with Summerfield’s business of building homes. The toad was carefully painted by Jenny Keogh of Go Create and lacquered by Holleys Autobodies.

Maps of the complete Toad Trail can be purchased for £1 at various locations, including the marketing suite at Killams Park, where the Taunton based regional housebuilder is currently building luxury 2, 3 and 4 bedroom homes.

Killams Park is one of the most sought after locations in Taunton, just 1.5 miles from the centre of town, yet still enjoying stunning local countryside. Nearly a third of this prestigious development is dedicated to green and open spaces. The houses are beautifully designed, traditionally constructed and finished to an excellent standard.

Paige with her design
Paige with her winning design and certificate standing in front of the unpainted toad in the Killams Park marketing suite

Main picture: Paige, winner designer of the toad, with Peter Renshaw (left) Chairman of the League of Friends and Philip Morgan, Sales and Marketing Director, Residential Division, Summerfield Homes.

Saturday 3 August – Open House at Pyrland Fields, Taunton

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Pyrland Fields Open House 3 Aug 19

Nissan Leaf at Killams Park, Taunton

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On 27 April Summerfield Homes teamed up with South West Nissan and Wilkie May & Tuckwood to bring a fantastic eco-friendly electric car event to Killams Park, Taunton. South West Nissan kindly allowed us to use and display the latest model Nissan Leaf – particularly appropriate at this new development as many of the plots on Phase 2 at Killams Park come with an electric car charging point as standard.

Keep your eye out for the Summerfield Nissan Leaf around Taunton and Wellington in the upcoming months as we will be holding a ‘spot the car’ competition on social media with the chance to win a fabulous prize!

The Summerfield Nissan Leaf

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