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Celebrating Pride Month: How we can learn from each other to create inclusive communities
With Pride Month drawing to a close, we wanted to take a moment to celebrate the diversity among our teams and to look at how we are ensuring FirstPort continues…
How a community-minded approach by colleagues can improve customer experience
At FirstPort, we’re looking for people with a passion to help their customers be part of a happy and safe community. Fostering neighbourly and local community relationships is so important,…
Luton business partners with police to share five simple tricks to help you stay safe online
In collaboration with the Bedfordshire Police’s Cyber Protect Team, FirstPort retirement residents and colleagues were invited to an online seminar revealing the top tips for staying safe online and preventing…
Ecological and economical – why green roofs are a ‘win-win’
With the rising cost of living in the spotlight, the UK’s leading property management company is looking at how green roofs can help to save on energy bills and benefit…
Planting trees for the Platinum Jubilee
Residents have been planting trees in the communal grounds at their developments, as part of a special initiative to mark Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. The Queen’s Green Canopy…
Resident royal connections and memories
Don Simm (feature picture), resident at Valley Court, Nottingham “Coronation day is etched in so many people’s memory as a great day of parties, celebration, expectation and happiness. For me…
Royal connections for Lytham St Annes retirement residents
As people up and down the nation and beyond begin their celebrations to mark Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, residents at FirstPort’s Poplar Court in Lytham St Annes have…
World Bee Day: Residents take part in conservation efforts in pledge to protect bees
It’s World Bee Day and FirstPort staff and residents are helping to raise awareness about the importance of protecting bees. Some FirstPort developments have been taking part in No Mow…
Monthly supper club combats social isolation for Herne Bay retirement residents – ‘we’re one big family’
A retirement Development Manager from Kent says a monthly supper club introduced last year has “been a lifesaver” for many residents who were feeling isolated following the impact of the…
Leading a sustainable future
As businesses are returning to the workplace, the role of facilities management teams has never been more important. Mainstay Group Facilities Management Account Director Debbie Penn tells us about the…
