A day full of fun and games - North Devon Homes

Our Customer Summer Fayre is a real highlight of the year for everyone here at North Devon Homes. Our teams work tirelessly throughout the year to ensure the day is full of fun and games for all the family as well as informative, with stands and demonstrations from our partners and exhibitors. And with the response we received from our customers at the event, it would appear it really paid off and with customers telling us what a fantastic day they’d had.

In our new location at The Park Community School in Barnstaple, even the drizzly weather couldn’t put a dampener on proceedings. Our customers were treated to a plethora of activities including, donkey rides, a petting zoo, bingo, line dancing, as well as panning for gold, a coconut shy, face painting, a treasure hunt, bouncy castles and many competitions and prize winning games.

As a community landlord we work hard to create communities where people want to live, and we cannot do this without the input of our customers. The Customer Summer Fayre is a fantastic opportunity for us to all be together in a relaxed environment where we can have fun with our customers as well as talk to them. This is so important in helping us to understand what matters to them and how we can work better together.

We have a good history in customer involvement and in recent years we have pioneered new ways to get more people involved in our decision making and policy setting through our various customer groups. We recognise not everyone has time to attend these groups but that doesn’t make their opinions and thoughts any less important. The summer fayre is such a great chance for them to talk with us in the informal setting and know how much we value their input.

Our aim for the Fayre is always about giving our customers and their friends and family a free day of fun whilst also offering support and advice from our partners and exhibitors. This year we had a record number of stalls including money managing advice, education services, recruitment support, Citizens Advice and information on protecting our planet.

We loved seeing so many of our customers of all ages attending the Fayre and it was amazing to see so many smiling faces. Everyone who attended was treated to a free hot meal, ice lollies and hot and cold drinks.

This event couldn’t take place without the incredible support from our headline sponsors Pearce Construction, James Electrics, Bowdens Cleaning Services and Aico, as well as many other contributions from local partners and businesses. We are incredibly grateful for their help.

It also couldn’t take place without our customers. 1 in 10 people in North Devon live in a North Devon Homes’ home and all our customers were invited to join us. We would like to thank each and every one who did, it was great to see our customers, old and new.