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Speaker : Matthew Twohig
Green Team Coordinator
London Borough Of Tower Hamlets
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Tower Hamlets-Green Team.
The Journey
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The Green Team Vision
To provide high quality green spaces for both
residents and visitors to Tower Hamlets
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• Fastest growing Population of any local authority ( 2011 census)
• Large disparity between wealth and poverty
• High child poverty rate
• Following a mayoral decision in August 2012 the grounds
maintenance service was brought back in house in April 2013.
• Poor performance
• Mayoral priority to increase the standard of all parks and open
spaces
• Local jobs for local people
The Tower Hamlets Journey
An Overview
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Scope Of The Green Team
• Horticulture Maintenance
• Monitoring of two external service providers
• Infrastructure Repairs and Inspection of Play areas
• Park Gate Locking Function
• Arboriculture Service
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What Do we Deliver
• Maintain Over 150 Parks and Open Spaces
• Fortnightly grass cutting cycle
• Maintain sports facilities
• Football – End of season renovation works
• Fine turf Maintenance – 3 Bowling Greens
• Design and Maintenance of Seasonal bedding
• Undertake Parks improvement works
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Resource to Deliver Service
Green Team Manager
Green Team
Coordinator
Supervisor
Supervisor
Hort Op
Mile End
x 2
Hort Op
Victoria Pk
x 4
Senior
Arboriculture
Officer
Seasonal Support
01 April - 31 Oct
Green Team
Coordinator
Hort Op
Bethnal
Green
x 2
Hort Op
Stepney &
Wapping
x 2
Hort Op
Poplar &
Bow
x 2
Hort Op
Isle of
Dogs
x 2
Gate
Locking
Function
Operatives
x 2
Tractor
Driver
1x Poplar
1x Vic Pk
Hort Op
H/profile
sites
x 2
Plus 1x P/T
Grass Team
North
x 3
Arboriculture
Officer
Grass Team
South
x 3
Ride-on
Operative
x 2
20 core staff
8 Seasonal staff
(plus 1 x part time
operative 21hrs.)
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How Much Did We Save?
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Park Gate Locking Function
• 25 Locking / un-locking park sites
• Delivered by two operative mobile unit
• Each gate scanned with RFID reader
• 364 day service
• Staff equipped with CCTV body cams for security
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• Strong emphasis of performance data fed into Monitoring framework system
• Smart measurable KPI
• QR / RFID readers installed to record all maintenance visits
• Find it fix it love it (FIFILI app) launched to allow greater communication with
residents
Performance Management
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High Profile Sites
Dedicated teams within the structure undertake high standard
maintenance at 14 key park sites;
• Victoria Park
• Millwall Park
• Mile End Park
• St Georges in the East
• Poplar Recreation Ground
• Museum Gardens
• Weavers Fields
• King Edward Memorial Park
• Trinity Square Gardens
• Arbour Square
• Stepney Clock Tower
• 3 Bowling Greens
The need for a higher standard of maintenance was identified in
these locations
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What Did We Do
• Project team set up in January 2013
• Dialogue with other local authorities
• Identified appropriate depot and welfare facilities
• Procurement of equipment utilising Braintree Framework Agreement
• Ensured work programs and schedules in place
• Built strong relationships with suppliers and partners to ensure smooth
transition
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Where We Were Where We Are
• Poor overall standards
• Poor value for money
• Contract that was not fit for
purpose
• High level of complaints
• General user dissatisfaction
• Demotivated Workforce
• Skills Shortage
• Records number of Green Flag
awards
• Victoria Park achieved Green
Flag peoples choice awards 3
times in 4 year
• No members enquiries or
corporate complaints regarding
maintenance
• London in Bloom Gold
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What Did We Learn
• Greater control allows the service to be flexible
• Efficiencies that can be achieved with partnership working
• Accountability of the service is greater
• Target procurement times unrealistic resulting in initial hire costs
• Additional opportunities created by in house service
• The importance of utilising a pool of staff to boost income generation
• The need to utilise an in house mobile fitter
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Investment and Income
• Income Generation from internal and external sources
• New machinery procured using income generated
throughout the last four years
• Additional resources utilised using funds generated
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The Key To Sustaining success
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• Full Competency based Management system in place including yearly
skills Audit.
• Full Training plans in place for each staff member
• Training including internal and externally organised training
Training
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Results
Higher staff
retention Award Wining
Standards
Outstanding
safety record
High customer
satisfaction
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Moving Forward
• Promotion of the Green Team both internally and nationally
• Promotion of Tower Hamlets Parks through national awards
• Achieve a fully generic skill set across the workforce
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Any Questions