Looking Back as we look forward into 2019

Round-up of 2018

As we head into a brand new year, we look back over the past year at Dawsons and all of the amazing community events we have been involved with, money raised for so many good causes, and a wonderful team of people, all of whom have given their time & effort voluntarily.  Thank you Dawsons Team and to everyone who has donated!

Happy 2019, let’s hope it’s an amazing one!

January

Christmas Jumper Day in aid of ‘Save the Children’

Save The Children Christmas Jumper Day 2017

February

Our Valentine competition winner enjoying breakfast at The Optimist

valentine competition at The Optimist 2017

March

Our branches collecting for the West Wales Poundies

EASTER FUNDRAISER for west wales poundies

April

Climbing Pen Y Fan for the Neonatal Unit

pen y fan climb for Neonatal Ward WALESSeveral of our Dawsons babies have spent time in the unit, not least George on the left whose life was saved there seven years ago and completed the strenuous walk with the Dawsons banner in his rucksack.

May

Our ‘Sell your home for free’ competition winner

SELL YOUR HOME FOR FREE

June

#OneThousandItemsOfFood for Trussell Trust Food Bank via Agents Giving & Relocation Agent Network

Thousand items of Food for Trussell Food Bank

Collecting food for the homeless

July

“Safe as Houses” supporting the child safety wristbands at Wales Airshow

Children's Safety Wristbands

WRIST BANDS FOR CHILD SAFETY AT WALES AIR SHOW

August

Sponsoring and taking part in the Burry port Raft Race in aid of the RNLI and Afia Banjul Football Association

burry port raft race for RNLI 2017

September

Macmillan coffee mornings across the branches

MACMILLAN COFFEE MORNING

October

Dawsons Langland Litter Pickers.

litterpick langland 2018

November

Sam’s curry night as she heads off on Maternity leave, whilst undergoing chemotherapy for Breast Cancer.

SAM & LUKE BRAVE THE SHAVE

Sams Breast Cancer curry night

December

Mr X Donations for underprivileged local children.

MR X COLLECTION FOR UNDER PRIVILEGED CHILDREN

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Take a selfie with Elfie Part Four

COMPETITION
Dawsons Take a selfe with elfie competition to win a Christmas HamperThroughout December we are posting a picture of the Dawsons Elfie on 50 Property Marketing Boards at homes all over the Swansea Area. We encourage you to stop, pop out your phone, and take a selfie with Elfie. Then you just need to post it onto one of our Social Media platforms and during w/c 17th December we shall pic our favourite selfie, and the winner will receive a Dawsons Christmas Hamper of Goodies* in time for Christmas. Click the icon to go to our social media pages:

Dawsons Twitter Page

Dawsons Property Facebook Page

Continuing on from Blog Three (Days 13 to 18) which you can read HERE

 

#WHACKYWEDNESDAY

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Day 19 of Elfie´s adventures: There is one more partner who Elfie is yet to meet. This particular partner can be found lowering the hammer at Dawsons Auctions…Elfie thinks this sounds like great fun but first he needs to get the hammer away from James…

 

#TRADINGTHURSDAY

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Day 20 of Elfie´s story: Having taken control of the auction gabble, Elfie decides to run the show at the Auction!

 

 

 

 

#FLEECINGFRIDAY

14191004-EZSZIouODay 21: Elfie has noticed a collection of shiny awards around the place, Elfie feels these would look lovely in his new home and so he has decided to go and gather some of them up, gold medal from Lettings, Silver from Sales and the lovely new RAN trophy (nothing like some lovely art).

 

#SMASHINGSATURDAY

14191004-5jhvc0sdDay 22 of Elfie’s adventures! Feeling a little overwhelmed by his achievements so far, Elfie wants to go to winter wonderland to enjoy the rides. Being such a little elf though, Elfie knew he wouldn’t be allowed on the rides, however he has seen a wonderful space right here in his new home that he can use to make his own winter Wonderland, much to Ricky’s dismay!

#SPIRITEDSUNDAY

JWj4PDay 23 of Elfie´s story: Beaming with pride knowing he has achieved the mischief he had set out to do, Elfie sits back with Jo (after Jo has secured her trophies!) and shares a lovely

#MARVELLOUSMONDAY

JWjAaDay 24: Tired of Elfie´s naughty ways, Tim and Chris track Elfie down and decide its time for Elfie to leave Swansea, secured to the back of a car. Chris and Tim wave him on his way to his next adventure.drink…or three.

 

 

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Take a selfie with Elfie part three

COMPETITION
Dawsons Take a selfe with elfie competition to win a Christmas HamperThroughout December we are posting a picture of the Dawsons Elfie on 50 Property Marketing Boards at homes all over the Swansea Area. We encourage you to stop, pop out your phone, and take a selfie with Elfie. Then you just need to post it onto one of our Social Media platforms and during w/c 17th December we shall pic our favourite selfie, and the winner will receive a Dawsons Christmas Hamper of Goodies* in time for Christmas. Click the icon to go to our social media pages:

Dawsons Twitter Page

Dawsons Property Facebook Page

Continuing on from Blog Two (Days 7 to 12) which you can read HERE

 

 

#THURSDAYTANGLE

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 Day 13 of his adventures: There is nothing Elfie loves more than shiny things and a massive selection of keys has caught his eye. When the maintenance team come into work on Thursday, they are met by Elfie say upon a pile of keys! Which opens which door! Naturally, Elfie thinks it is hilarious and chuckles back home for a little rest.


 


#FUNNYFRIDAY

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Day 14: Elfie woke with the best idea yet, he has seen the boards and doesn’t know how he hasn’t thought of this before, sneaking a Sharpie into his belt he scampers of to find a “to let” sign, barely able to stand as he is laughing so much he turns to let into TOILET!


#SATURDAYSCRIBBLES

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Day 15 of Elfie’s adventures: Having a new-found love for grafitti, Elfie waits for the office to close and makes his way back to the sales floor with a bottle of tippex. Elfie proceeds to leave a message for

the team to find on Monday Morning.


#STICKERINGSUNDAY

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Day 16 of Elfie’s story: Elfie is feeling that there isn’t quite enough elf promotion going on around here… He rolls a few stickers up under his arm and sets out on a quest, and finally tracks down the fancy car that he has seen driving around …..thinking this is a perfect canvas and bound to be seen, Elfie stickers up the Maserati!


#MONKEYMONDAY
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Today is day 17 with Elfie: Time for Elfie to stretch his legs again, he had heard a story about a HUGE monkey named Morris and Elfie really wanted to meet him. This monkey lives in Morriston apparently so off Elfie went on his travels. Morris is a really good, well-behaved monkey. When Elfie met him he was a little a disappointed that Morris didn’t want to cause chaos with him…..Morris also wanted to let someone know how naughty this elf was planning to be, Elfie couldn’t allow this and poor Morris found himself strung up in the Christmas tree!

#TRIUMPHANTTUESDAY

JVOpkDay 18 of Elfie’s story: Feeling the need to expand his circle of mischief, Elfie sets out to find another one of the three partners of the firm, making his way to the marina office where Tim works, with his sharpie under one arm Elfie sits quietly surveying the office for a little while. With his sharpie in hand, Elfie goes on another graffiti trip.

Elfie's adventures in Swansea

Take A Selfie with Elfie Part Two

C O M P E T I T I O N

Dawsons Take a selfe with elfie competition to win a Christmas HamperThroughout December we are posting a picture of the Dawsons Elfie on 50 Property Marketing Boards at homes all over the Swansea Area. We encourage you to stop, pop out your phone, and take a selfie with Elfie. Then you just need to post it onto one of our Social Media platforms and during w/c 17th December we shall pic our favourite selfie, and the winner will receive a Dawsons Christmas Hamper of Goodies* in time for Christmas.

Click the icon to go to our social media pages:

Dawsons Twitter Page

Dawsons Property Facebook Page

Continuing on from Blog One (Days 1 to 6) which you can read HERE

Day 7:
#FRIDAYFUN
Elfie whizzes down a zip-wire in the Dawsons officeThrilled from his adventure yesterday, today Elfie decides he wants an adrenaline rush. After much thought, he decides the best adventure would be to zip-line through the office without a worry for his safety (he didn’t even put a hard hat on!)
As he moved through the office, he thought maybe this was a little too adventurous for such a little elf, and although he had enjoyed himself, he thought he better take the rest of the day nice and easy from here on in.
Day 8 and counting for Elfie:
ELFIE TAKES A DAWSONS CAR FOR A RIDE AROUND SWANSEA
After a restful Friday afternoon, Elfie decides he needs to experience the sights of the city around him.  Over the past few days, Elfie has noticed a set of vehicles driving past the window, all bearing this same logo “Dawsons”. It was Elfie’s task of the day to find these cars and he decided he was going to borrow one to take it down to see the wonders of the Gower.
(Hopefully not drive it into the sea – he doesn’t have his full licence as yet)!
Day 9 of Elfie’s adventures:
#SELFIESUNDAY
Selfie with Elfie Competition at Dawsons Property in Swansea
Whilst out on his adventures yesterday, Elfie counted the marketing boards and he was pleased to see his happy little face beaming down from 50 boards as he drove by! Elfie knew he simply had to stop and take a “SELFIE WITH ELFIE!” to share with his friends. Posting it on all his social media feeds and hoping his elf friends back home would like and share!
We are now on day 10 with Elfie:
Elfie finds a pile of glitter and cannot resist diving in“What a busy weekend,” Elfie thought to himself as he made a nice hot chocolate. It was time for Elfie to start to think about sending Christmas cards…  He looked at his supplies and realised he was missing a vital aspect… glitter!
Now he is sure he saw the Dawsons team member they all seem to call “Chris” carrying some glitter around earlier (Chris rolls everything in glitter!).  Hearing Chris leave his office momentarily Elfie sneaks down the stairs and climbs up onto the desk to find a huge tub of glitter!  Elfie grabs this with some haste and not realising the lid was loose knocks the pot over. Looking at the huge pile of glitter in front of him, Elfie squeals with delight and dives into it producing a lovely “glitter” angel.
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47683553_969445473247568_8654100789221916672_o#WINDOWWEDNESDAY Day 12 of Elfie’s story: Loving his new pictures, Elfie decides the world needs to see them. He makes his way down to the sales floor and has a good look around… Elfie wonders if this Estate Agency really wants pictures of property in the window…..
Dawsons Directors Chris Hope, Joanne Summerfield-Talbot & Ricky Purdy at the RAN 25th Anniversary Celebration

CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF ESTATE AGENCY EXCELLENCE

Dawsons joined The Relocation Agent Network in marking their 25th anniversary at the National Conference and Exhibition, and celebrated their status as Swansea’s Local Expert. The event was held on 23 November 2018 at London’s Park Plaza Riverbank Hotel.

Celebrating its 25th National Conference and Exhibition, the event culminated in a glittering black-tie Awards Dinner, hosted by well-known comedian and television presenter, Katherine Ryan.

Relocation Agent Network is a national network of selected estate agents across England, Scotland and Wales, who handpicked Dawsons to be the Local Expert in Swansea, based on strict criteria such as quality of service, local knowledge, business innovation and professionalism.

Helping Our Customers

Through its affiliation to Cartus, the premier provider of relocation services, Relocation Agent Network members help Cartus assist relocating families, offering Dawsons customers an additional channel of buyer when selling their property. In addition, members also help their customers through their ‘Referral Network’, which allows Dawsons to help people who are looking to move out of the local area by referring them to a Relocation Agent in the location they are moving to.

Relocation Agent Network Managing Director, Richard Tucker said, “We are delighted to have welcomed each of our Relocation Agent Network members, including Dawsons to this year’s 25th National Conference and Exhibition. As a selected member of the Network, in our opinion, they are the experts for customers buying and selling in Swansea.”

 

Selfie with Elfie in Swansea

Take A Selfie with Elfie Part One

C O M P E T I T I O N

Throughout December we are posting a picture of the Dawsons Elfie on 50 Property Marketing Boards at homes all over the Swansea Area. We encourage you to stop, pop out your phone, and take a selfie with Elfie. Then you just need to post it onto one of our Social Media platforms and during w/c 17th December we shall pic our favourite selfie, and the winner will receive a Dawsons Christmas Hamper of Goodies* in time for Christmas.

Click the icon to go to our social media pages:

Dawsons Property Facebook Page

Dawsons Twitter Page

Dawsons Take a selfe with elfie competition to win a Christmas HamperThe Adventures of the Dawsons Elfie

As the sun rose on Saturday 1st December 2018, Elfie woke full of festive spirit. He stretched and took in the last sight of this room, today was his moving day and he was heading to a bigger and brighter place, you see. He was off to see the lights and wonder of a big city (not too big a city mind, as we must remember he is a very little elf!).

Santa had promised young Elfie that if he was a good, helpful elf all year he would be able to spend this Christmas in Swansea! All Elfie had ever seen of the sea was on the back of toy boxes as he walked through the great toy warehouse, so Elfie was careful all year to make sure he behaved well and worked hard because he knew that Santa would always keep his promises to his elves. And Elfie so wanted to see the city!

Although for the past eleven months Elfie had been good, he is actually one of the cheekiest elves you are ever likely to meet! He is the kind of elf that would point and laugh if you slipped on a banana peel. You would often find him playing practical jokes on his brothers and sisters before he was old enough to work with Santa… He found it hilarious to put a big hairy plastic spider in his sister’s soup one day, Elfette hasn’t eaten soup since! Though this may sound mean Elfie never meant to cause any harm, he wouldn’t want to upset anyone, being an elf he has a kind heart but he just loves a little bit of mischief. He would never like to be called an evil elf though, he isn’t that bad.  Also, SANTA wouldn’t allow an evil elf in his workshops and warehouses and certainly never allow them to venture to Swansea!

#NEWMONTHNEWBEGINNINGS

Day One of Elfie's adventures in SwanseaDay 1: With a spring in his step Elfie jumped out of bed and started to pack the last few bits and bobs ready for the big move. He tucked his sleeping bag into the car, slid into the drivers seat excitedly opening the directions to his new home. He looked at the address and it was as Santa promised….SWANSEA! Elfie put the radio on and sang his heart out to ‘We Wish You A Merry Christmas’, ‘Jingle Bells’ and many other songs all the way to his new home. As Elfie pulled up outside his new house, he felt really lucky, Santa had fixed him up with a beautifully decorated home with a sea view for his stay in Swansea. Elfie looked up at the house and knew all his hard work had been worth it. Elfie decided he was going to like it here and he set about unpacking his belongings, knowing all to well that this month was going to be the most exciting of Elfie’s life and he couldn’t wait to start!

#SIMPLE SUNDAY

Day Two of Elfie's adventures in SwanseaDay 2 of Elfie’s Adventures:

Elfie spent all of his first full day in his new home unpacking and looking out of the window at the wonderful view. As the sun went down Elfie shuffled off to bed, he did have one box left to unpack, but he knew this would wait until the morning. A little grin appeared across his face as he glanced at the box before curling up and getting some well earned sleep!

 Day 3 of Elfie’s adventures:  
Opening the final box was going to be fun, Elfie was so excited to get to the contents that he nearly fell over his own feet on his way to it, chuckling to himself, it would have been funny if anyone had fallen over their feet. Elfie gently opened the box and peeked inside, he reached in turning the item over in hands with a little glint in his eyes. Elfie quickly put the item back into the box and put the box back into his car, Elfie set off to do something that some may consider naughty but Elfie just wanted to announce to Swansea that he was here. Elfie had decided that he was going to go and find some Estate Agents “boards” like the one that had been outside his new home, and he was going to leave a little happy picture of himself on a few of these as everyone will surely want to come and see the new Elf in town!
Elfie snuck from board to board putting his little picture on his favourites giggling to himself as he went….
 
 
 
 
 
 #THIRSTYTUESDAY4

Day 4:

Since running around all of Swansea yesterday, Elfie has decided to have a quiet day today, whilst looking through his move-in pack he came across a Dawson’s “Reward Card”… This little card can give Elfie discounts at local participating businesses. Elfie decides today is going to be a relaxing day and he heads to “The Optimist” cocktail bar in The Uplands, where he uses his Reward Card on a couple of drinks and some snacks. Watching the people walk by outside Elfie is content… . But what is he planning?

#WHERESELFIEWEDNESDAY5

Day 5 of Elfie’s adventures:

Sunshine wakes Elfie up this morning, but Elfie isn’t in his bed, or even in his house! Perhaps he had one too many in “The Optimist Bar” last night…

He’s woken up surrounded by forest creatures and really wants to know how he got here and also how a panda got to Swansea? Answers on a postcard, please!

#TRICKSTERTHURSDAY
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The walk home yesterday and the making of a few new furry friends (especially Rusty the naughty red panda) has inspired Elfie to return to his cheeky roots.

As he passes through the office where his new home is located, Elfie tripped over a roll of Christmas wrapping paper and an idea popped into his head:  He was going to find the most important looking doors and Christmas wrap them (the ones with the locks must be the important ones, right?). Elfie giggled to himself as he taped up the doors, gave a quick high-five to Rusty and a look back at his work… Elfie headed to bed.

To be continued on BLOG 2 HERE

*Hamper in the competition photo is a stock image and contents of the hamper prize will be different (but still amazing)!