Maintaining residents’ safety

This new video is designed to demonstrate to social housing tenants how we will be maintaining social distancing to protect both them, and our operatives.

We have decided to make the available for other organisations across the sector to use, in the spirit of collective effort to help beat the virus.

We believe that by collaborating as an industry and working collectively by sharing best practice and learnings with our colleagues, clients, consultants and peers is the best way to overcome the virus.

Read a blog by David Morgan, Managing Director, Wates Property Services: ‘Why Wates Living Space is calling for the industry to join forces in the aftermath of Covid-19’.

WATCH THE VIDEO | Stay safe during emergency and essential repairs and maintenance works

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