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This time last year we were congratulating Tadpole Garden Village community mobiliser, Chris Tanner, for his brilliant efforts in the 2018 London Marathon – raising an amazing £2,800 for the Movember Foundation and completing the marathon in 5 hours, 26 minutes. This year – we’re cheering on a new set of runners – from Tadpole
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Crest Nicholson’s Tadpole Garden Village has been shortlisted in the Best Community Living and Best Placemaking categories of this year’s Sunday Times British Home Awards. The Swindon development is becoming renowned for its exceptional initiatives to empower residents and create a place that promotes people’s health, happiness and wellbeing. We are delighted to see this
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Offering comment on the garden village lifestyle Chris Tanner, Preim’s community mobiliser at Tadpole Garden Village, was featured in the Daily Mail on Sunday in June. The feature was included as part of the paper’s special supplement on property choices throughout life. Within the feature, new builds and garden villages formed a prominent part of
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Crest Nicholson Strategic Projects is celebrating double success following the industry-leading Planning Awards. Tadpole Garden Village in Swindon was named ‘Best Housing Scheme (500 home or more)’ at the UK’s housebuilding, planning and placemaking awards. Monksmoor Park, another Crest Nicholson development, beat off the remaining competition to be runner-up, receiving a highly commended award from
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On behalf of everyone at Preim we wanted to say a huge well done to Chris Tanner, our community mobiliser at Swindon development Tadpole Garden Village, on his brilliant effort completing the London Marathon on Sunday 22 April 2018. Raising a whopping £2,800 for the Movember Foundation – a charity working to halve the number
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It’s a sign of successful community engagement when residents take it upon themselves to create their own initiatives and gatherings. We were delighted to learn about just that as Tadpole Garden Village residents look to establish the community’s first Women’s Institute group in March 2018. Ann Fitzgerald, a Tadpole Garden Village resident and WI member
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Over the last 12 months and following the arrival of our head of client delivery, Oliver Taylor, we have further strengthened our client delivery team. Working closely with contractors, communities and developers, our client delivery team is at the heart of Preim. So we wanted to take this opportunity to introduce and get to know
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Kilnwood Vale is a 2,500 home development in West Sussex that promises to be a thriving, empowered community as residents continue to make the garden village their home. Preim has been working with developer Crest Nicholson for several months to both help engage residents in the Residents Management Company model and to manage green spaces
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We are delighted to welcome Cameron Maguire to the Preim team as customer account manager Having started in his new role in October 2017, Cameron is a fantastic addition, already helping to ensure we are providing an exceptional service to residents at Preim-managed estates. Joining us from Encore Estate Management, Cameron is currently working to
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At the heart of placemaking is the aim to create public spaces that people are proud to call their home – where they feel their health, wellbeing and happiness are promoted and the amenities and infrastructure they require are catered for. Placemaking has always been central to Crest Nicholson’s vision for Tadpole Garden Village; a
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A core part of Preim’s work is to help strengthen new communities, empower residents and bring neighbours together. On Saturday 30 September the first ever Kilnwood Vale Autumn community event achieved just that. Funded by Crest Nicholson and Organised by Preim’s community mobiliser in Kilnwood Vale, Sarah New, the event welcomed 200 residents – a
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Examples of a strong community are plentiful at Tadpole Garden Village, with Wiltshire Wildlife Trust planting days, allotment openings and a community mobiliser in place to help champion community initiatives. The latest community event, however, aimed to empower residents in case of an emergency. In July 2017, at the development’s primary school – Tadpole Farm
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Client delivery at Preim is all about ensuring we deliver a fantastic managing agent service – for developers and residents alike. At the heart of the Preim ethos is good governance, transparency and openness, whilst championing the importance of building sustainable communities. To help us lead, maintain and continue to progress that ethos, we’re delighted
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The Arborfield community is a vibrant one, with many events being held like the recent family fun day for residents, neighbours, friends and family to enjoy. On Monday 26 June, the community came together to enjoy an event of a different kind, in support of the British Red Cross We Love Manchester Emergency Fund –
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Celebrating the opening of new community amenities is always a pleasure. In April we worked with Crest Nicholson to help open two new play parks and the allotments at Tadpole Garden Village. In May we worked with the award-winning developers again, this time at Monksmoor Park in Daventry, to celebrate the opening of another brand
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A regeneration development in Berkshire, Arborfield Green is a hub of community activity. Embracing the garden village principles, the Crest Nicholson development has plentiful green spaces and, along with the help of community mobiliser, Becky Eytle, a thriving community – with lots of events to bring together neighbours, friends and nearby communities. Recently, Arborfield Green
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Crest Nicholson’s award-winning Tadpole Garden Village looks beautiful in the spring sun – even more so when the community are out in full-force with friends and families. On Saturday 22 April there was definitely a buzz at Tadpole Garden Village, with over 100 residents celebrating the official opening of the development’s eagerly anticipated allotments and
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A few years ago, in one of our first stories, we explained car parking could be a real issue for home owners living on former MoD estates that we manage. Directors and residents at Arborfield Mews Residents Management Company Limited (AMRCL), a handed over company, decided they would try and do something about the limited car
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Tadpole Garden Village resident, Chris Tanner, has become PREIM’s community mobiliser for the Crest Nicholson development in Swindon. Joining the PREIM team, Chris brings with him a wealth of local knowledge having lived in the Swindon area for over 30 years. Having previously worked as Media & Communications Manager at Swindon Town Football Club, Chris
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Community mobilisers are a crucial part of placemaking. Their work helps to empower residents, bridge the gaps between authorities and individuals and create a community spirit that is often crucial to making somewhere feel like home. So, it’s our pleasure to welcome a new community mobiliser to the Crest Nicholson Arborfield Green development near Reading,
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Each year staff at Preim raise a respectable amount for a chosen charity. Previous charities have included Peterborough Food Bank and Macmillan Cancer Support. This year the chosen charity was one close to our hearts. Stillbirth and Neonatal Death charity, Sands. Sands support anyone affected by the death of a baby, improve the care bereaved
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Estates and management company Preim has been instrumental in helping one of the UK’s major house-builders secure a national industry award for Best Community Initiative. Crest Nicholson was named best in the UK for its excellence in achieving ‘a visionary Community Interest Company’ for its Tadpole Garden Village at the Housebuilder Awards in London last
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Sustainable communities where people love living As a managing agent on strategic new build developments, Preim believes there is so much more you can do to help build sustainable communities where people love living. So we take great pleasure in welcoming to Preim, two new Community Mobilisers, Sarah New and Anna Smart. Our new mobilisers
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As a proud member of ARMA (The Association of Residential Managing Agents), Preim are pleased to announce that we have recently been awarded the ARMA-Q accreditation. ARMA-Q (Q is for quality) was introduced by ARMA to help raise standards and quality of service across the residential management sector. ARMA-Q is a self-regulatory body with an independent
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