Tiggy Winkles Staff Updates Deputy Managers Jayne Swann and Shelly Murphy have stepped up as Tiggy Winkles Pegasus Acting Managers whilst Debbie Hawkins is off on ... Gemma Donnelly - 10/6/2008 New JETS Service Last month, we told you about the new Merlin JETS service that launched in July following the successful Tyburn JETS service that ... Gemma Donnelly - 10/6/2008 Merlin Welcomes The Latest Member To The Team Merlin Venture would like to welcome new staff member Mark Mason to the team. ... Gemma Donnelly - 10/6/2008 Star Awards ell done to Gemma Donnelly who has won this months Star Employee Award. Nominated by Community Advisory Grou... Gemma Donnelly - 10/6/2008 Investing In Your Safety Since launching in 2003, Merlin Security have recorded and logged over 10,500 incidents and crime is being targeted much more efficiently. ... Gemma Donnelly - 10/6/2008 Floods Don't Stop Tiggy Winkles Having Fun Staff at Tiggy Winkles Chivenor had a nasty surprise over a wet September weekend! As heavy rain hit the Midlands, Nurs... Gemma Donnelly - 10/6/2008 Special Advertising Offer on Valley Travel Local organisation Castle Vale Community Housing Association (CVCHA) have taken up a special offer being run by Valley Travel. As part of CVCHA’s con... Gemma Donnelly - 10/6/2008 Castle Vale Business Group Meeting May 21st saw the latest breakfast meeting from Castle Vale Business Group. Facilitated by Merlin Venture, the groups topic of ‘Marketing’ turned ou... Gemma Donnelly - 9/11/2008 Merlin Stars Well done to this month’s Star Award Team, Jai Jarvis and Robin Jones from Merlin Training. “They have taken on the task of setting up the new tra... Gemma Donnelly - 9/11/2008 Student Success With Castle Vale Business Group Many great things have come from Castle Vale Business Group meetings including strong working relationships between local organisations and the promot... Gemma Donnelly - 9/11/2008 Celebration at Tiggys It was celebrations all around on the 18th and 19th June when over 20 toddlers and pre-schoolers at each nursery were recognised for their success... Gemma Donnelly - 9/11/2008 New Employment and Training Service To Launch Following the successful Tyburn JETS service that helped hundreds of people into work during the last two years, Merlin JETS (Jobs, Employment and... Gemma Donnelly - 9/11/2008 Castle Vale Business Group Meeting The latest Castle Vale Business Group (CVBG) meeting was held at the SappHIRE Meeting and Training Facilities in the new and luxurious gr... Gemma Donnelly - 9/11/2008 ...And Another Happy Customer For Valescapes Valescapes have successfully completed yet another transformation of a garden with a very happy customer. Castle Vale resident Sheila Arthurs... Gemma Donnelly - 9/11/2008 Tiggy Winkles Offers! With many new parents starting their children at Tiggy Winkles in September, the nursery has lots of offers as a way of saying welcome inc... Gemma Donnelly - 9/11/2008 Merlin Says Goodbye Now that Merlin’s Landlords have decided to carry out all site management duties themselves, they have terminated our contract to provid... Gemma Donnelly - 9/11/2008 Successful Endings and New Beginnings For The JETS Team Merlin Venture held a celebratory lunch on the 26th June at Castle Vale Campus for staff who had been involved in the co-financing projects. The ce... Gemma Donnelly - 9/11/2008 Local Events Update Party In The Park Heavy showers kept some residents away but hundreds of people went to Castle Vale’s Centre 8 Park to enjoy the entertainment at ‘... Gemma Donnelly - 9/11/2008 Job Of The Month **Immediate Start** A telemarketer is required to work for a global vehicle management company based in Birmingham. Duties include: ... Gemma Donnelly - 9/11/2008 Star Awards Congratulations to both Paul Clarke and Nicol Wagstaff who have won this month’s Star Team Awards. Nominated by Chief Executive Robert Brown, ... Gemma Donnelly - 9/11/2008 Merlin Stars! Congratulations to Wendy Stokes who is this month’s star employee. Nominated by Community Advisory Group (CAG) attendee Eric Shaw, Wendy was nomina... Gemma Donnelly - 6/12/2008 Merlin Staff Case Study After approaching Merlin JETS back in 2007, Castle Vale resident Fiona Ravenhall has proved herself to Merlin’s Tiggy Winkles Nursery and ha... Gemma Donnelly - 6/12/2008 New Advice Bureaux Councillors Lynda Clinton and Mike Sharpe will be holding a brand new advice bureau open to residents of the Tyburn Ward to discuss any issues they ... Gemma Donnelly - 6/12/2008 Community Interest Group Update The Community Interest Group has engaged over 80 people to participate in meetings, bringing together the community & stakeholders from the four ... Gemma Donnelly - 6/12/2008 Merlin Training Have Moved! Merlin Training have now completed their relocation to Aston, sharing premises with partners JAC Training. As they did in their first venue at R... Gemma Donnelly - 6/12/2008 Tiggy Winkles Welcome Pack As well as the brilliant offers Tiggy Winkles currently have on, the day nurseries based next to Chivenor School and within Pegasus School are now... Gemma Donnelly - 6/12/2008 Tiggy Winkles Brand New Pre-School and After School Service! Tiggy Winkles Pegasus and Chivenor are launching an exciting new Pre-School and After School service. Merlin Play Care will be an extra care serv... Gemma Donnelly - 6/12/2008 Business Offer - Merlin Recruitment Merlin Recruitment Offer For Businesses For a limited time only, Merlin Recruitment are offering a special offer for members of the Castle Vale Bu... Gemma Donnelly - 5/22/2008 Job Of The Month A Maintenance Administrator is required to work for an established construction company based in North Birmingham. You’ll be responsible for ensuri... Gemma Donnelly - 5/22/2008 Local Events For more information on any of the events, call Bob Brueton at The Astral Centre on 0121 464 9220. Castle Vale At The Lord Mayors Show What an e... Gemma Donnelly - 5/22/2008 Tiggy Winkles Offer 2008 Tiggy Winkles Day Care Nurseries based on Castle Vale are offering this fantastic offer for a limited time only! If you start your child with ... Gemma Donnelly - 5/22/2008 Merlin Stars Congratulations to Lynnette Douglas who is this month’s star employee. Lynnette has overseen the development of Merlin Training, which offers... Gemma Donnelly - 5/22/2008 Merlin Outreach Venues East Birmingham...Wheelwright Based within St Chads Church, Stoneyhurst Road in Erdington, the JETS team will be on hand to help anybody looking for ... Gemma Donnelly - 5/22/2008 Castle Vale Business Group CVBG 2008 January 23rd saw the first Castle Vale Business Group meeting of 2008. A different approach was taken for this first meeting of the ye... Gemma Donnelly - 2/21/2008 Merlin Stars! Merlin Stars Congratulations to Andrew Jones who is this month’s Star Employee. Andrew is described as ‘very willing and committed to p... Gemma Donnelly - 2/21/2008 Goodbye and Good Luck Catherine James, Manager of both Tiggy Winkles Chivenor and Pegasus and indeed founder of the excellent service before Merlin became involved, left ... Gemma Donnelly - 2/21/2008 Tiggy Winkles Smart Readers Book Club Tiggy Winkles Get Smart! Did you make your new years resolution? We did! Tiggy Winkles goal for 2008 was to in... Gemma Donnelly - 2/21/2008 Merlin Training Update With the second group of students completing the courses at Merlin Training, Sutton Coldfield, we thought we would bring you the latest updates. ... Gemma Donnelly - 2/21/2008 Job Of The Month JOB OF THE MONTH A Telemarketer Supervisor is required to work for the market leader in fleet management. Based in Birmingham, you’ll be responsibl... Gemma Donnelly - 2/21/2008 Welcome Merlin JETS As previously mentioned in earlier newsletters, Merlin Recruitment and Enterprise have undergone a re-branding. Well, it's finally complete and the... Gemma Donnelly - 2/21/2008 Merlin Stars! Steve Horden is this month’s star employee. Having joined us on an intermediate labour market placement as a community engagement officer, one of ... Gemma Donnelly - 1/4/2008 FREE Training Courses for 16-19 year olds! Merlin Training are now offering four week trade taster courses which are FREE for 16-19 year old Tyburn and Stockland Green ward residents. The trai... Gemma Donnelly - 1/4/2008 Merlin Support for New Community Group Following the closure of Birmingham Community Empowerment Network (b:cen) due to the lack of grant funding, the community network known as the Erdingt... Gemma Donnelly - 1/4/2008 Castle Vale Business Group Engaging with the Community Following yet another successful Castle Vale Business Group breakfast meeting back in November 2007, its focus on education has proved an achie... Gemma Donnelly - 1/4/2008 Parents Evening For Nursery Tiggy Winkles Pegasus held their first ever Parents Evening on 21st November and it went extremely well. Approximately 18 par... Gemma Donnelly - 1/4/2008 Merlin Training Success On Friday 7th December the first group of youngsters completed the new practical trades course at Merlin Training. Based in Sutton Coldfield at the... Gemma Donnelly - 1/4/2008 Merlin Training Success On Friday 7th December the first group of youngsters completed the new practical trades course at Merlin Training. Based in Sutton Coldfield at the... G - 1/4/2008 Job Of The Month JOB OF THE MONTH An Account Manager is required to work for an established Telecommunications company in Coventry. As part of a team, you’ll be res... Gemma Donnelly - 1/4/2008 Merlin Celebrates Matrix Award Merlin Venture is proud to announce that they have achieved “Matrix” accreditation standard, recognising the hard work and success that they have achi... Gemma Donnelly - 1/4/2008 Local Training Success On Friday 7th December the first groups completed the new practical trades course at Merlin Training. Based in Sutton Coldfield at the Royal Works th... Gemma Donnelly - 12/13/2007 Merlin Celebrates Matrix Award Merlin Venture is proud to announce that they have achieved “Matrix” accreditation standard, recognising the hard work and success that they have achi... Gemma Donnelly - 12/13/2007 Lord Coe Presents to Local Businesses Members of the Castle Vale Business Group were invited to a breakfast audience with Lord Sebastian Coe, held at and organised by the Ramada Hotel and ... Gemma Donnelly - 12/13/2007 Job Of The Month An experienced Book Keeper/Administrator is required to provide accounts and administration support to an established security and s... Gemma Donnelly - 11/28/2007 Merlin Stars! Merlin Stars Christopher Preston is this month’s Star Employee. Nominated by Employment and Training Advisor Jackie Elston, Christopher is descr... Gemma Donnelly - 11/28/2007 Limited Offer at Tiggy Winkles! HALF PRICE CHILDCARE FEES FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY! * Is your child aged 3 years or over? * Do you need them to get used to a school environment qu... Gemma Donnelly - 11/28/2007 Success as Training Centre Opens! Success as Training Centre Opens! Merlin Training is now open in Sutton Coldfield, providing practical trade training for 16-24 yr olds. ... Gemma Donnelly - 11/28/2007 Tiggy Winkles Full of Fun and Festive Parties! Tiggy Winkles Full of Fun and Festive Parties!, Wow...what a busy couple of months children at Tiggy Winkles have had! As well as their learning ... Gemma Donnelly - 11/28/2007 Castle Vale Business Group Following September’s successful 15 year anniversary meeting, by the time you read this newsletter the Castle Vale Business Group will have... Gemma Donnelly - 11/28/2007 Fare's Fair Despite what you may have read, Valley Travel is still only £1 to travel around Castle Vale and £2 for a daysaver! Rumours are that t... Gemma Donnelly - 11/28/2007 Spray Tans at Home Warm your skin up for winter with Castle Vale Business Group’s latest member Spray Tans at Home by Body Candy. As the name suggests, mobile spray t... Gemma Donnelly - 11/28/2007 Congratulations Jackie Elston Merlin Venture would like to congratulate Jackie Minnis, now known as Jackie Elston, on both her wedding and her 40th birthday. Jackie celebrated b... Gemma Donnelly - 10/19/2007 Merlin Stars Congratulations to Vicky Brierley who is this month’s Star Employee. Since Vicky has changed from part time to full time, she has taken on more... Gemma Donnelly - 10/19/2007 Constructing a secure future Getting that first step onto the career ladder for many trades has become increasingly difficult over the last few years, fewer and fewer places avail... Gemma Donnelly - 10/2/2007 More opportunities to learn about learning For anyone curious about training opportunities whether for fun or for career advancement a new free and impartial advice service is available. Now... Gemma Donnelly - 10/2/2007 Goodbye and Hello It is with mixed emotions that we inform you that Merlin Maintenance will be no more. Sadness because we will no longer be able to offer you a great ... Gemma Donnelly - 10/2/2007 Macmillan Support The Merlin Venture Ltd would like to thank Castle Vale residents for helping us in supporting Macmillan Cancer Support. By taking part in the World’... Gemma Donnelly - 10/2/2007 IT Lab Goes Full Circle Merlin Venture’s FREE IT Lab based in Spitfire House is now under new management. Nicol Wagstaff, Recruitment and Enterprise Assistant is now respons... Gemma Donnelly - 10/2/2007 Celebrating 15 years of local business networking Business representatives from Castle Vale and the surrounding area gathered together on the 19th September to celebrate 15 years of the Castle Vale Bu... Gemma Donnelly - 10/2/2007 New CVBG Member Local business, Raj’s Spices are the latest company to register as a Castle Vale Business Group Member. Raj Patel, Manager of Raj’s Spice has been... Gemma Donnelly - 9/5/2007 Merlin Stars Kashimar Munroe, one of Merlins Employment and Training Advisor is this month’s Star Employee. ... Gemma Donnelly - 9/5/2007 Merlin Runners Race For Life has become the biggest women only fundraising event in the UK since it started in 1994. Over two million women, so far, of all ages h... Gemma Donnelly - 9/5/2007 Pound Stretcher on Community Bus With a special one pound, one day unlimited travel offer during August, Merlin Venture has provided a break from the torrential downpou... Gemma Donnelly - 9/5/2007 Castle Vale Computing New start up Birmingham Telecom is planning on making new technology that little bit easier and more affordable to residents of C... Gemma Donnelly - 9/5/2007 Twice The Transport Buster Werkenbak North Warwickshire are proud to announce that they are soon to begin working in partnership with Atherstone based Car-go B... Gemma Donnelly - 8/15/2007 Merlin Stars! Jennie Giryn, Merlin’s Business Development Manager is this month’s Star Employee. Ov... Gemma Donnelly - 8/15/2007 It’s Raining Fun At Castle Vale Carnival! With hundreds of people turning out for last year’s carnival; sunshine, entertainment and brilliant marquees were the highlight of the day. ... Gemma Donnelly - 8/15/2007 Driving Local Business Forward The Castle Vale Business Group burst back onto the scene with the first of its revamped breakfast meetings which took place on 20th June at Spitfire H... Gemma Donnelly - 6/26/2007 Tiggy Winkles Achievement Day 2007! It was celebrations all round on Thursday 21st and Friday 22nd June at the Tiggy Winkles Achievement Day when over 50 toddlers and pre-schoolers were... Gemma Donnelly - 6/26/2007 CCTV Success With the installation of over 70 camera’s around Castle Vale estate, crime is being targeted much more efficiently. We began monitoring in... Gemma Donnelly - 6/1/2007 Castle Vale Business Group Returns Although there have been no Castle Vale Business Group meetings for a few months, there has been a great deal of activity behind the scenes, with Merl... Gemma Donnelly - 6/1/2007 Merlin’s latest bus service After a number of years successfully transporting passengers to out of reach locations Buster Werkenbak has launched it’s premier daytime timetabled s... Gemma Donnelly - 6/1/2007 Star Awards Catherine James, Merlin’s Childcare Manager with overall responsibility for both our Tiggy Winkles Nurseries, is this month’s Star Empl... Gemma Donnelly - 6/1/2007