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Merry Christmas from the Garda Team Our out of office is now on for the festive break! Thank you for your ongoing support and best wishes for 2025!

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! It’s feeling pretty festive at Garda today. We’ve swapped Christmas jumpers and later we’re looking forward to our annual Christmas meal with the whole team. A great way to celebrate together before the year ends! 🎁 #christmasjumperday #christmas #festive #team Jodie Bennett Tara Appleton

Everyone deserves a treat at Christmas 🍫 We’re supporting The One Love Project with their selection box collection for food bank guests this Christmas. The charity provides vital support to vulnerable adults and families in the Southend area, helping those in need through challenging times. A small gesture can make a big difference—if you’re able to contribute, visit One Love Project to learn how you can help. https://lnkd.in/ekzuCE5c #theoneloveproject #community #southend #charity

Everyone deserves a treat at Christmas 🍫 We’re supporting The One Love Project with their selection box collection for food bank guests this Christmas. The charity provides vital support to vulnerable adults and families in the Southend area, helping those in need through challenging times. A small gesture can make a big difference—if you’re able to contribute, visit One Love Project to learn how you can help. https://lnkd.in/ekzuCE5c #theoneloveproject #community #southend #charity

Behind the Scenes at Leyton Group 🎬 Last week, we visited Leyton Group to oversee a video shoot of their impressive new spray shop area. It was great to see the new investment in action, and we’re excited to see the final footage come together! #videography #Innovation #marketing #digital

We recently posted about how one of our valued clients, TWO Services Ltd., helped out local charity Trust Links - Community Mental Health by generously donating an electric cooker and dishwasher. As a result, Trust Links can now offer its members weekly cooking activities as well as providing hot meals for visitors that only cost £1 each. TWO Services isn’t our only client supporting Trust Links in its mission to improve mental health, wellbeing and the environment in our part of Essex. Another proud supporter is well-known fit-out specialist, Brown & Carroll (London) Ltd. Last year, one of Brown & Carroll’s master craftsmen, Ed Campion, volunteered his time and skills to help out Trust Links. Over the course of one-and-a-half weeks, Ed painstakingly constructed a 16-seat, hexadecagonal bench out of wood. He didn’t even work from drawings, instead preferring to work out the complex calculations himself! During a recent visit to Trust Links’ community garden in Basildon, our Director Tony Burrows saw the bench, which has pride of place. The wood has weathered delightfully and now has an attractive silvery-grey colour. Trust Links’ Head of Fundraising and Communications, Nicky Evans MInstF (Dip), dropped Tony a line to thank him for his visit and to thank Brown & Carroll for their help. She said: “We send special thanks for Brown & Carroll’s kind support – the bench is used regularly and is a great addition to the project.” We’re proud to work with clients that make such a positive impact. If you’d like to learn how we can help you with your marketing – and get involved in our local community – drop us a line today! #TrustLinks #Community #Marketing #MentalHealth #Garda #Essex #Basildon

Woodcraft's new website! Woodcraft Carpentry Contractors Ltd’s new website has been up and running for a few months now. It’s been a smooth, and enjoyable project from start to finish. We carried out a full rebrand and new website for Joe Reeve and Josh Reeve. We’re incredibly fortunate to work with genuine and hard-working clients, and these two are no exception. We can’t wait to see how the website helps them grow. Take a look at their website if you haven’t already! https://lnkd.in/eQjFtJf5 #webdesign #marketing #partnership

Business beyond the office! ⚽   Tony had a great time catching up with Fraser McFarlane and other familiar faces at the West Ham game this weekend! It's always enjoyable to connect outside of the office (especially when your team wins!) Leyton is an exciting business to work with—it’s been a pleasure working with them so far and we’re looking forward to continuing our relationship.   #football #networking #business

Helping our clients make a difference in the community 🤝   At Garda, we aim to be much more than a trusted marketing agency for our clients. That’s why we connect many of them with local community groups, helping them to make real impact in our part of Essex. One fantastic local charity – Trust Links – is now supported by two of our clients. Trust Links is dedicated to improving mental health, wellbeing and the environment in our area. Recently, Trust Links opened a new garden in Basildon. The on-site facility has a kitchen so members can take part in weekly cooking activities. However, the charity desperately needed kitchen equipment before these sessions could get started. We put Trust Links in touch with one of our clients, TWO Services Ltd., a Basildon-based company specialising in commercial kitchen cleaning, equipment supply and maintenance. The team at TWO Services jumped at the chance to support such a life-changing local cause, generously donating an electric cooker and dishwasher. Thanks to their generosity, Trust Links can now provide hot food for visitors for just £1 a meal – a real blessing for people in these challenging times. Garda Director, Tony Burrows, recently dropped by to visit Trust Links - Community Mental Health’ Basildon garden and facility. He met with Head of Fundraising and Communications, Nicky Evans MInstF (Dip), who updated him on the new project – and how the kindness of our clients has made a difference. #Community #Marketing #TrustLinks #Community #MentalHealth

The return of CityJam 2024 🎨   The streets surrounding our office are transforming before our eyes, which can mean only one thing—the return of CityJam! The UK’s largest street art festival is back, bringing together over 200 local, national, and international artists to transform our City Centre and Seafront across three jam-packed days. We can’t wait to see the end results - if it’s anything like last year, we’re in for a treat.   Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gH7PsaYD   #cityjam2024 #southend #creative #artwork Southend-on-Sea City Council