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The fruit orchard CHL Tasmania helped plant with the Northern Suburbs Community Centre Mowbray office.

TAS update

Growing the Community

CHL Tasmania has been working with the Northern Suburbs Community Centre Mowbray office assisting them to establish a much-wanted small fruit orchard.

The community development program team worked closely with the office and volunteers to provide the land and access to water and now our Internal Maintenance Service (IMS) team has been involved in the planting of trees, that will soon bear fruit and provide healthy food options to community who live in the area.

“We are extremely proud to work with the community centre on projects like this,” says Community Development Officer, Brett Mansell.

Customer experience interviews

CHL’s Future of Work project focuses on how we are doing things and identifies areas that we can do better. As part of our Future of Work project, customer experience interviews were undertaken. Selected customers who successfully completed an interview are being issued with an $80 Coles Myer gift card as a thank you from CHL for their participation. So if you have been notified, keep an eye out for your voucher!

New fence brings good night’s rest

Rocherlea tenant, Jason Reeves has had to battle to keep his dog inside his yard for the last six months due to some missing palings and holes on the fence.

After having to delay the fixing of the fence due to opportunity to welcome all to have their CHL Community Development Officer, Brett Mansell added, “We are looking forward to working with all parties involved and see this project as a very important

COVID-19 slowing works, the day arrived where the Tasmanian IMS team was able to replace the fence.

“I found it hard to sleep, as I was always worried my dog would escape,” says Mr Reeves.

Fortunately, that is no longer the case.

Mr Reeves is an extremely happy man who is now able to get a good night’s sleep.

Community Development Officer, Brett Mansell was just happy to see Mr Reeves at ease about his dog. “He was always a bit stressed when I visited him but now, he doesn’t have to worry about that,” says Brett.

“The IMS team did a brilliant job, it looks first rate,” says Mr Reeves.

CHL’s Maintenance Assistant Supervisor, Billy building

Waverley community shapes future of vacant block

Tenants, residents and supporters of local volunteer group, groWaverley Town Team were invited to a barbecue at Allwinton Court, Waverley last month, as an say regarding the future of the vacant block that lies within the complex.

The event was well attended with around twenty people present and many providing ideas and suggestions in relation to the development of the vacant block.

Representatives of local rotary clubs also committed their support, and they will be involved in running a working bee in March 2021.

groWaverley founder, Danielle Watkins said, “The members of the groWaverley Town Team are excited to be working on this project in collaboration with Waverley residents and supporters of the Waverley community co-op.”

the fence. component of our community development program for 2021.”

National tenant satisfaction survey winners

Thanks to everyone who participated in this year’s national tenant satisfaction survey.

As part of completing the survey, tenants went into the draw to win some fabulous prizes of which seven people in TAS won. Well done to Janice Wood, Tayla Jones, Robert Clarke, Nicole Moss, Kim Barron Maynard and Alana Rose Olding.