2012 News Archive

Ocean resident Roy Settle and his wife Jennie are now looking forward to Christmas thanks to the installation of a lift to the first floor of their home.

Ocean Group is helping to give this year’s ‘Santas on the Run’ in aid of the Children’s Hospice South West a cracking start.

The Penwithick project will be the first of its kind, providing private homeowners the chance to receive up to £10,000 worth of energy saving technology in their homes from insulation to ground source heating technology.

Over 140 people were welcomed to the Penwithick Community Centre to attend a series of public meetings for the Penwithick Retrofit Project

Residents gave everyone a warm welcome at their recent party to celebrate a new era for the Windmill community.

At the Excellence in Business Awards hosted by Cornwall College, the Ocean Group received two awards for Outstanding Commitment to Training (SME) and for Excellence in Environmental Training, and was runner-up for Outstanding Commitment to Apprenticeships.

The opening ceremony was led by 5 year old Breanick who shares the same name as the development.

The pioneering eco-development at Prince Charles House, St Austell, is ready to welcome Ocean residents.

The first energy saving measures have been installed as part of the Penwithick Retrofit Project and homeowners are already seeing the benefits.

Local Construction Company Gilbert & Goode, part of the Ocean Housing Group, won Cornwall’s first Gold in London of 2012 at the Considerate Constructor Awards.

The Penwithick Retrofit Project has been a great success with over 150 home visits due to take place during March.

St Dennis Junior Wardens had a whale of a time at Lusty Glaze Beach in Newquay as part of their summer activities.

Have you and your neighbours ever wanted to hold a community event, such as a street party, or start a new neighbourhood project, but just haven’t known how to go about it and how to raise enough money?

The Prince Charles House development in St Austell won its first award following it’s completion in April at the prestigious ‘Sunday Times British Homes Awards 2012’ for the Age-Restricted Development category.

Ocean’s Chief Executive, David Renwick, is following in the footsteps of Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay as he takes on the tallest mountain in the world to raise funds for Cornwall Hospice Care.

Around 70 householders in Penwithick will be finding out this month whether they have been included in the Penwithick Retrofit Project. Each householder will be receiving up £10,000 worth of energy saving measures in their homes.