On Thursday 8th September, the country received the sad news of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s passing. Our deepest condolences are with the Royal Family at this time. May she rest in peace.

At Accedo we care about the environment and encourage sustainability in our services. 
Some of these measures include: 

• Low energy light bulbs in all communal areas.
• Rainwater collection for planting
• Cycle rack installed at the units.
• Cooperate social responsibility has been added to both shareholders board meetings and all governance meetings as a standard agenda item.
• Toner cartridges are recycled.
• Tenants are encouraged to recycle.
• Recycling bins in communal areas.
• Filtered water available in communal areas to reduce the need for bottled water.
• Encouraging staff and tenants to minimise waste.
• Encouraging staff and tenants to minimise water and energy use for example:
  • Turning thermostats down by 1°C to save approximately 10% energy.
  • Ensure thermostatic controls are working effectively.
  • Turning off lights when leaving the room
  • Only boiling as much water as necessary

Additionally, some of our 2022 sustainability goals include:

• Green Champion staff and Service User identified for each unit.

• Recycling programme within each unit.

• Vegetable garden grown and maintained by tenants.

• Service Users all have travel passes and are encouraged to use public transport.

• Waste collection contracts reviewed.

• We will continue to review our sustainability policy.

See our updated mission and values page

We are currently recruiting support workers at our various services

• St George’s House (Hertfordshire)
• Abbey House (East London)
• Louis Court (Hertfordshire)
• Ballards Lane (North London)

For queries please feel free to contact us at hello@accedogroup.org.uk

This month, each service has been provided with a scrapbook. These can be used by the residents of each service to document their summer activities over the next three months. These Summer of Activity Scrapbooks will then be presented at a special event in August!