We are delighted to announce that Mansfield’s only local mutual building society, The Mansfield Building Society, has chosen Jigsaw as its Charity Partner for the next two years. The Mansfield will be raising much needed funds to help Jigsaw deliver its services. Gev Lynott, Chief Executive says ‘The Mansfield Building Society is committed to making […]
Month: May 2014
Award winning independent living service goes online
Jigsaw has launched its new website to better meet the needs of our service users and their families. We decided to change our website to make it more user-friendly, accessible for service users and easier for us to be found by potential referrers. With an ageing population, the reduction in statutory provision and the […]
Jigsaw appoints new ambassadors from Mansfield Building Society
Following its new corporate partnership 2 employees at Mansfield Building Society have joined Jigsaw Support Scheme as ambassadors. The newly created role will help to engage and involve both staff and customers in fundraising activities and raise awareness of Jigsaw’s services. Senior Sales Advisors Claire Yates and Katie Scrase attended an induction meeting to find […]
Jigsaw Goes to the Races for half price Wednesday 18th June 2014
Jigsaw has teamed up with Samworth Academy to give you a fantastic evening of racing and music at Nottinghamshire’s premier racing venue Southwell Races. For just £6.00 a ticket with under 18s going for free, you get a whole evening’s racing followed by musical entertainment by the Beatles tribute band The Fab 4 – all […]
Service User Pamper Day – by Chris Skidmore, Independence Worker
Wednesday 26th February 2014 saw a lucky group of Jigsaw Support Scheme service users, friends and supporters head down to Derby Road College to enjoy a few hours of pampering. Caring students gave the ladies of Jigsaw’s Befriending Group in Warsop head turning wash and blow dry treatments with the promise of chances to model […]
Jigsaw Dementia Champion creates 50 more Dementia Friends
My name is Jayne Bradley and I have worked at Jigsaw for eleven years. My current job is a Support worker and my role is to support vulnerable people to live independently out in the community. I have recently completed the training to be a Dementia Champion so I am now able to deliver Dementia […]
Independence Worker drops lucky with concert tickets thanks to Mansfield Building Society
Nottingham Philharmonic Orchestra: 40th Anniversary Concert Saturday April 5th 2014 Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham Review by Adam Jones (Independence Worker at Jigsaw) I dropped lucky with this one, a relatively random email from work, 4 free tickets to The Nottingham Philharmonic Orchestra’s 40th anniversary concert for the price of a donation to Jigsaw Support […]