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T.R.E.E. WINS RESOURCE COMMUNITY RECYCLING PROJECT OF THE YEAR |
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Tendring Reuse and Employment Enterprise (T.R.E.E.), Clacton’s local charity, has ended the year on a high receiving an award for the best Community Recycling Project in the UK by Resource beating off 22 other finalists. The award was sponsored by Novelis who are the largest can recycling company in Europe and South America. The ceremony took place at the Hilton Hotel at this year’s ReAlliance Conference in London where a glass trophy was presented by Keith Guest of Novelis to Mark Penn, Chief Executive of T.R.E.E.. The award also came with a cheque for £2,000 which Mr Penn said will be used on staff development. The Resource Awards highlight achievements by the local charity operating in the waste and recycling industry and T.R.E.E. was recognised for demonstrating the best all-round contribution to the community, the environment and education. “I am delighted that T.R.E.E. has received this award,” said Mr Penn,“it’s great that everyone’s hard work here is acknowledged. However, it’s not just T.R.E.E. that has been recognised but it sets an example to private industries that the third sector are able to deliver quality service whilst making a difference within the community. We will be investing the award money on further training for our staff to increase the diversification around reuse and recycling opportunities, capacity building and the strengthening of T.R.E.E..” T.R.E.E.’s head office is located in Little Clacton, with three warehouses and three shops in the Clacton town centre. During the period 1 Nov 2008 to 31 Oct 2009, T.R.E.E. collected 8,999 items weighing 340,603kg of reusable goods assisting over 6,000 people in the Tendring area. This achieved a total reduction in CO2 of 5,172,720kg. |
T.R.E.E. Upskills Workforce in partnership with First Stop Safety |
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14 students took part in in-house training by First Stop Safety |
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The practical tested what everyone had learnt |
On Thursday 9th April 2009, members of staff from T.R.E.E. and MillRaceIT took part in a PAT Training course, run by First Stop Safety. The course was designed to help non-electricians to be able to understand what to look for when testing an appliance. Topics discussed included regulations, HSE recommendations, planning, and implementation. By the end of the course, all participants were able to tell the difference between Class I and Class II electrical items, and to give all items a full visual inspection and PAT test to identify if the item was safe for use. A practical test was carried out, with each trainee asked to identify, inspect, and PAT test a Class I & Class II item, as well as an extension lead. While each group took their practical test, a written test containing 30 questions on what had been explained earlier was taken by the rest of the group. By the end, everyone had answered the 30 questions, and tested all classes of items. The tutors marked the tests, and a 100% pass rate was achieved. Well done to everyone who took part, and a big thank you to Karen and Neville from First Stop Safety, who provided all the information and training. |
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Advice and support was available from the tutors | Informational support was provided |
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Choose2Reuse Upgrades |
Tendring Reuse & Employment Enterprise's Choose2Reuse shop has upgraded to our new Community Electrical Shop. Located in the High Street, next door to our Community Furniture Shop, both shops are situated next to the main post office in the town, and will be open 9am to 5pm on Monday to Friday, and 9:30am to 3pm on Saturdays. The Community Electrical Shop also now supplies Graded Stock. Graded stock are new or nearly new items that are returned to manufacturers for one of number of reasons. They may have been undelivered items, or items that have been rejected or returned by the customer because of cosmetic damage, missing parts, or minor faults. All Graded Stock received by T.R.E.E. is electrically tested, and fully function tested before it is put on sale, and a 6 month guarantee is issued with each item. Please enquire in-store for more information. |
FRN PRESIDENT'S AWARDSReuse Project of the Year 2008 |
T.R.E.E. has been awarded the Furniture Reuse Network's Presidents Award for Reuse Project of the Year 2008. The award, presented to Chief Executive Mark Penn at the FRN's Annual Conference on 9th January 2009, was in recognition of the projects' services to the reuse sector and impressive partnership arrangements with business and local government.T.R.E.E. won the award out of 320 organisations. It is a huge achievement for the project which was highly commended in the same category last year.Chief Executive Mark Penn said “all the staff and volunteers have made it possible for me to give time to supporting our network colleagues”.See the full press release from the FRN by clicking HERE |
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T.R.E.E. Christmas Party 2008 |
On Friday 12th December 2008, the T.R.E.E. team descended on the Warwick Arms for the staff Christmas get together. With T.R.E.E. growing so much over the last year, there were many new faces at this year's party. As a bit of an ice breaker, Mark asked everyone to stand up and talk for one minute about themselves and their role within T.R.E.E. With no preparation, this was a more terrifying task for the newer members of the team who were meeting some of the others for the first time. New members facing the crowd included Andrew S, who is on a training placement at T.R.E.E. through the Shaw Trust's ILM (Intermediate Labour Market) programme, and Cheryl, who has been working voluntarily with our accounts department for just 6 weeks. Despite their nerves of standing in front of a crowd of 19 colleagues, everyone managed to say something, and even managed to generate a few laughs from the nervous group. After our introductions, the fun began. With the drinks flowing, it didn't take long for Amanda "Dolly Parton", Paul "Things Can Only Get Better" (A song and a very accurate prediction), and Andy "Andrea Botticelli" to step up to the microphone for a bit of karaoke. Others sharing the microphone included Sharon "Patsy Cline", and CCORRN Manager Nikki DiGiovanni "House of the Rising Sun" who was a special guest of our Chief Executive. Highlights of the karaoke include Andy's fantastic rendition of Queen's classic Bohemian Rhapsody, with his classically trained vocals earning a rapturous round of applause from all, and Amanda's version of Nine to Five by Dolly Parton, which saw a lot of dancing around the Chief Executive. Anyone who wasn't dancing was too busy laughing at the antics on the dance floor. Other highlights included Paul's backing dancers, general dancing by all members of the T.R.E.E. team, and Amanda's sparkly handbag which caught the eye of one person who likes shiny things. The party mood continued well past midnight, and even moved on to town after the Warwick's owners got tired of the singing and closed for the night. While some were calling their wives for lifts in the early hours others were in a local kebab shop, while the sensible ones got out in time and had a weekend to recover from all the events that took place. A big thank you to everyone who turned up and made it a night to remember.
Andy on the mic, and Sharon posing for the camera
Volunteer Graham, Shaw Trust ILM placement Andrew, and Mark |
Chief Executive Mark Penn, Nikki Digiovanni (CCORRN) and Mark's daughter, Jodie
The Boys: Terry, Pete, Wayne, Andy, and Paul
The Girls: Amanda, Cheryl, (Mark), and Sharon
Paul and his dancers |
