Cardo recently supported Aruns' Bersted Community Hub Family Day, which was hosted at the community hub and on the adjacent playing field. Committed to supporting local communities, we were delighted to be involved in this event. The Bersted Community Hub provides vital community services to local families, including a popular service where free used school...Read More
Winchester Sport & Leisure Park recently hosted an event that saw over 200 competitors take part in individual sports activities with the aim of having fun and beating their own personal achievements. Winchester Paralympic Personal Bests is all about empowering people with learning disabilities, autism and physical disabilities to realise and fulfil their potential. From...Read More
Cardo Group recently collaborated with Dacorum Borough Council to help organise a Mystery Movie and Afternoon Tea event for 50 supported housing residents in the Adeyfield area of Hemel Hempstead. The event was held at the Old Town Hall Theatre and was a huge success. Read More
Cardo Group supported local litter pick in Colnbrook organised by The Anti-Litter Society and local parish councillor, Cllr Puja Bedi, on a Saturday morning, which was attended by local residents, active community members, and the local scouts group. The meet-up and regroup point was at the St Thomas's Parish Church, and the turnout was impressive. Read More
Cardo Group has recently collaborated with The Parvaaz Project to provide weather protection for their small outside garden. Parvaaz Project, part of The Asian Health Agency, is a non-profit making charity that provides direct health and social care services to people with disabilities and substantial health needs and their carers. The centre is open all...Read More
Social housing Landlords understand that their empty homes need to be turned around as quickly and efficiently as possible. This process is essential in ensuring that their empty homes are brought back up to standard so that they can be let to people who have been waiting for social housing.Read More
Cardo Group has completed its third acquisition in 4 months with the purchase of building maintenance specialist, Jefferies Contractors Limited. This latest acquisition takes the Group’s annual turnover to £115million and its directly employed staff increases to over 650.Read More
Osborne Property Services Limited (OPSL) has become a Cardo Group company, an enterprise which is delivering its vision of a family of social housing building maintenance businesses, with in-house retrofit expertise and with a national footprint.Read More
The fact that local authorities and housing associations are under financial pressure is hardly news. Cost pressures include staffing, energy and the labour and materials needed to deliver property services and build new homes.Read More
Zero carbon retrofit looks complex when you consider the entire picture of better insulation, renewable energy and low carbon heating. Some aspects – such as heat pump installations – don’t yet have the supply chain or skilled installer base needed to make a significant impact on the millions of social homes still using gas boilers.Read More
Local authorities and social housing landlords face unprecedented pressures, such as housing shortages and funding constraints. Additionally, the need to make homes safer, more pleasant to live in and more energy efficient are leading many to explore different partnership models with repair and maintenance providers.
