Message from Paul Hackett continued
Heath and Safety
This is a great start
to building a high
quality health and
safety system for
Optivo.
Designate Executive Team (DET)
place the health and safety of
staff, residents, contractors and the
public as our highest priority.
That’s why the first training DET
have done together was a health
and safety course run by the British
Safety Council.
We’ll ensure our work activities
are thoroughly risk assessed,
and everyone at Optivo
receives health and safety
training relevant to their role.
I’m delighted to confirm that, this
month, AmicusHorizon won the
‘Gold Award’ from the Royal
Society for Prevention of Accidents.
Housing Heroes
Congratulations to Viridian’s
Jonathan Bowen and
AmicusHorizon’s Julie Wilson
who are both shortlisted for a
2017 Housing Heroes Award.
Jonathan qualified for the shortlist
after previously winning the CIH
London Award for Young Housing
Professional of the Year.
The winners will be announced at
a ceremony in Manchester in
June – good luck to both Jonathan
and Julie.
Everything you need to
know about Day One
It’s usually the really practical, day-to-day stuff that
people worry about at the start of a big adventure:
z z W
ill my old email address keep working? (The
answer’s “yes”, by the way).
z z Will my pass work?
z z Will my building be Optivo branded?
With Day One rapidly approaching, the
workstreams have been devising definitive answers
to their most frequently asked questions which you
can view here.
Outstanding Landlord
Finally, we’re delighted to
announce that AmicusHorizon
won Outstanding Landlord of the
Year at the CIH’s UK Housing
awards on 26 April. The judges
were impressed by the involvement
of tenants
throughout the
organisation
and our
commitment
to using innovation to drive
performance. What a wonderful
way to mark the end of
AmicusHorizon, and the beginning
of a bigger and brighter future for
Optivo.
The brand guidelines
Optivo has a great logo, and soon we will have
a stunning brand to accompany it. It’s just being
finalised, but we expect to publish the new
guidelines very soon.
Of course, we’re unable to officially display the logo
– or any part of the brand - until amalgamation.
But after Day One the logo, font, colour palettes and
even the photography top tips will all be yours!
We’ll also be posting copies of these FAQs on Inside
Viridian and YoDa intranets - watch this space.
You’ve probably got lots more queries and concerns
about that first day at Optivo. Please send them to
[email protected] and
we’ll add them to the consolidated list of FAQs.
BRINGING
OUR BRAND
TOGETHER
Optivo Brand Guid
elines v1 – Apri
l 2017
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