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Friends of Dunvant Primary School receive a boost for their parking patrol

Image April 7, 2019 Editor

Dunvant primary school are extremely proactive in the safety of their school children, as part of this initiative their year 6 pupils regularly patrol the outside of the school at pick up times and politely ask the parents to reconsider their parking choices should they be parked on the zig zags, double yellow lines, etc for the safety of all children entering and exiting the school grounds.Dawsons Estate agents have kindly provided a host of high visibility jackets for the children to wear on their patrols along with conducting a children’s drawing competition to design a road safety banner for the front of the school. Dawsons worked alongside the head teacher Miss Thomas as well as Abi Cherry and Catherine Luck of Friends of Dunvant School (FODS).

The 3 finalists of the drawing competition were then presented with their Dawsons goodie bags along with the new school banner and high vis jackets in their celebration morning assembly.

Photo: Daniel Ray (Dawsons Killay Office) with Sophie and Halle (artwork finalists).

Catherine Luck (Friends of Dunvant School) said
‘When the Dawsons marketing team got in touch with us to see if they could help the school in any way, it was a must for me. Upon initial discussions, we felt that having a local estate agent supporting the safety initiative of the school would be a great opportunity for the children to get creative and increase their safety at the same time. My mum Joan worked within the Land & New Homes Dept for some years and it was lovely to see my children in the school being supported in some way by Grannies work’David Parton (Dawsons Killay branch manager) added:
‘We are very fortunate to be based in such a vibrant community and will always look to work alongside other local businesses, charities and schools where we can. It was wonderful to see the children get so involved with our competition and enjoyed judging the artwork very much, we look forward to working alongside the school in future projects.’

For further information on how Dawsons can help you and your family to relocate to or from Swansea, call sales on 01792 298014, lettings on 01792 301000 or visit www.dawsonsproperty.co.uk

Competition

Celebrate St David’s Day with our Welsh Competition

February 19, 2019 Editor

COMPETITION WINNER 1ST MARCH,

ST DAVID’S DAY

Competition now closed

All answers at the bottom of the page!

Congratulations to

AMANDA MORGANS

Each day you will see a Welsh Question on our Facebook Page

If you want to enter the competition and be in for a chance to win this signed Welsh 7’s Rugby Jersey you can answer one question or all of the questions, or any amount in-between. You will be entered into our competition draw for each of the questions you answer correctly, so you could have 7 chances to win… SO LONG AS…

1. YOU HAVE LIKED & FOLLOWED OUR PAGE

(To clarify, because often people get this part wrong, you need to like the PAGE not the POST but you do have to share the POST.)

2. YOU HAVE SHARED ALL OF THE POSTS THAT YOU ANSWER

(If you only share one but answer more, you will only be entered into the hat once.)

SPOILERS AHEAD

ANSWERS TO THE QUIZ

DAY ONE: GAVIN HENSON

DAY TWO: MOUNTAIN ASH

DAY THREE: RICHIE PUGH

DAY FOUR: MAE HEN WLAD FY NHADAU FYN ANNWYL I MI

DAY FIVE: 21%

DAY SIX: DAVID NASH

DAY SEVEN: BANKSY

If you have any questions please send us a direct message on Facebook. The terms and conditions of our Facebook competitions can be read here.

CLICK THE FACEBOOK LOGO TO GO DIRECT TO OUR PAGE TO PLAY!

Winner of the Dawsons car wrap competition

Competition, Dawsons

Bishop Gore Pupil wins Dawsons ‘Wrap a car ‘ competition

January 8, 2019 Editor

Cora of Bishop Gore School entered the Dawsons Estate Agents competition in October to see her design wrapped around Dawsons newest fleet car this November.

Our marketing coordinator Naomi Webborn explains:

“We held the social media competition throughout October inviting any young person to submit a design using the blank canvas of a white ‘VW up’ car. Whilst we were overwhelmed with the entries received from local schools, girl guides and scouts and other local community groups throughout Llanelli and Swansea, Cora’s innovative design stood out greatly with her use of paint and imagination. We thank all children who took part and urge all children to submit designs when we host similar competitions in the future.”

Both Cora and Helen (Bishop Gore’s head teacher) were so proud to see the design on the car when Dawsons visited recently. When Cora was asked how she came up with her design she answered:

“As it’s an estate agency, I thought a key idea would be a good as it links the design to houses. I’m very proud to have won the competition and I felt very excited to see the car as it’s my own design.”

Mrs Helen Bergum also commented: “We are very proud of Cora’s achievement. Her creativity and enthusiasm for art have been magnificently embodied in this design. It’s fantastic for Cora and the community in Swansea to be able to see her design on a daily basis.”

Dawson’s company car fleet has become something of a blank canvass for local artists and photographers to show their work of late. Since early 2016, Dawsons have wrapped their fleet with a number of unique and innovative designs from children’s drawings (competition designs), the work of two local photographers who we spotted on social media, local maps and throwback photos supplied by a local author. We will be on the lookout for even more designs in 2019, so watch this space and keep your eyes out for the fleet in your local community.

For more information please contact:

Naomi Webborn on 01792 633267

Competition

Take a selfie with Elfie part three

December 14, 2018 Editor

COMPETITION
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:

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

#THURSDAYTANGLE

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

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

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

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

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

Day 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.

Competition

Take A Selfie with Elfie Part Two

December 10, 2018 Editor

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:

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 office

Thrilled 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:

#SPEEDYSATURDAY

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:

#MAGICMONDAY

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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#TROUBLEMAKINGTUESDAY Day 11 of Elfie’s adventures: Feeling snazzy since needing to freshen up after his glittery incident! Elfie is ready to really go back to his mischievous roots, for his next stunt he wanted to try something he has seen in comic strips and in the movies, he’s sure he’s seen a big copy box in this building! When he finally tracks down the photocopier, he knows this is going to be a fun evening and proceeds to take plenty of copies of himself!

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#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…..

Competition

Take A Selfie with Elfie Part One

December 2, 2018 Editor

C O M P E T I T I O N

Click the icon to go to our social media pages:

The 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 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 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!

#MISCHIEFMONDAY Day Three of Elfie's adventures in Swansea

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….

#THIRSTYTUESDAY

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?

#WHERESELFIEWEDNESDAY

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
Day 6:

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)!

Cake entries for Dawsons Cakesmash competition

Competition, Dawsons

Cakesmash Competition Winner Announced

Image October 1, 2018 Editor

Firstly thank you to absolutely everyone who entered a cake for our Cakesmash competition this year. Genuinely we have a lot of amazing bakers in our location, I think we should consider The Great Wales Bake-Off #GWBO and see if the BBC are interested! (Not C4).

So please put your hands together and give a warm round of applause to our most liked and loved cake, the CHOCOLATE OVERLOAD by Amanda Morgan!

❤️❤️❤️❤️ Andrea has won a FREE Cake Smash photo shoot (worth £150) with the amazing Safelight Images of Swansea – or voucher equivalent – to gift it as a present. We must say a huge thank you to Safelight Images, who have been incredibly generous and we cannot wait to see the results of the photo shoot!

Thank you again to everyone who participated, we hope that you all had a good time baking and we very much enjoyed seeing your designs!

Design our next Comapny Car for the Dawsons Property Fleet

Competition

Design one of Dawsons Company Cars

September 29, 2018 Editor

Our last Dawsons fleet company car (our Sketty sales branch car) was designed using old pictures donated by David Roberts of Bryngoldbooks, but for our next pool car we are looking for something brand new for our design, and are seeking the help of local youngsters.

The winner will see their design wrapped around a new Volkswagen ‘Up’ by Hansign Custom Graphics when it arrives in November. Any participating schools, community, youth groups and individuals will need to get their designs in by no later than Friday 26^th October 2018 ready for the winner to be announced on the agency’s social media sites on Thursday 1^stNovember 2018, allowing the competition design time to take place during October, in order for the car to be wrapped early November.

This year we are looking for our local young artists to showcase their talents, and have the chance to see their design brought to life, and whizzing around town. We are, therefore, appealing for local schools, community groups, youth groups or anyone between the age of 7 years to 15 years (inclusive) with a flair for art, to participate in a competition to decorate our next company car.

The winner will see their design wrapped around a new Volkswagen ‘Up’ by Hansign Custom Graphics when it arrives in November. The participating schools, community and youth groups will be announced on the agency’s social media sites on Monday, October 22nd 2018, allowing the competition design time to take place, before judging early November.

This year there is no set theme to the drawings, you get to freestyle and give us something from your imagination!

Any individuals or groups interested in participating should email naomi.webborn@dawsonsproperty.co.uk to express interest and Naomi will send an information pack and design specification by return.

All competition terms of entry can be read here.

Iconic Images for Dawsons Company Car Fleet

Community, Competition

Something Old, Something New for Dawsons Fleet of Cars

Image September 29, 2018 Editor

In recent years Dawsons Estate Agency has used its fleet of company cars as innovative canvasses to catch the eye of people as they pass by. This has resulted in the creation of an array of attractive designs which reflect the communities surrounding each of its local offices and these can be seen driving around Swansea, Llanelli, Morriston, Gorseinon, Mumbles, Sketty & Killay.

The latest of these ‘mobile canvasses’ has appeared on the newest sales car to join the fleet at the firm’s Sketty branch. This time however, instead of eye-catching landscapes something a little different has been designed. This new vehicle is wrapped with historic images of Sketty.

Dawsons contacted former journalist and now publisher, David Roberts, who for an amazing 21 years has been compiling pictorial nostalgia books which reflect the City and include photos of many locations where Dawsons sell and rent property, and have offered a well-established service for many decades.

David, whose latest publication, “Swansea – The time of our Lives”, by Bryngold Books, hits the shelves shortly, quickly responded to the request for Sketty-linked photographs to adorn the new VW Up city car.

David (pictured with staff member Christine Adams from Sketty office, who will be seen driving around the area) said “Having spent many years contributing articles to the Swansea Evening Post’s Property Publication I knew at first hand how professional Dawsons approach to the property market is. As a result I was delighted to assist.”,

David and Bryngold Books provided Dawsons with a number of iconic images of Sketty Cross from many years ago. Two of these were chosen and enlarged and printed in vinyl to wrap the new car. Most noticeable in one of the photographs, making the area instantly recognisable, is that of The Bush Public House, which will, no doubt, jog many a memory.

Chris Hope, our Dawsons senior partner said: “We would like our fleet to be unique, and take great pride in the fact that this new car is designed to be meaningful within its local community.”

DESIGN OUR NEXT CAR:

Our next company car design will be chosen from competition entries from all children aged 11 or under. If you are a budding artist and wish to showcase your talents and see them turned into real moving pieces of art, find the details of our competition HERE.

Charitable Events, Community, Dawsons, Staff

THE MUMBLES RUGBY CLUB CRACKERS’ 7’S WEEKEND

August 22, 2018 Editor

Friday 24th August 2018 to Sunday 26th August

Preparations are in full swing for the 30th annual legendary rugby festival The Crackers’ 7’s over the August Bank Holiday in Underhill Park, Mumbles. The schedule is as follows:

Friday 24th August from 6pm

Mumbles Youth .v. Swansea Uplands Youth
Tom Pugh Memorial Game – Mumbles XV .v. Swansea Uplands XV

In memory of Swansea Uplands player Tom Pugh who tragically passed away at such a young age. Proceeds of Programme sales on the night will go to the chosen charity of Tom’s family

Saturday 25th August from 9.30am

Mumbles RFC Junior Section morning of rugby fun & games
Mumbles RFC Youth hosting a 7’s Tournament k.o. 12.00 Noon

Sunday 26th August from 11am

Crackers’ 7’s with the Men’s and Women’s tournaments running in parallel during the day.
Live entertainment from 7pm from local band ‘The Contenders’ in the Premier Marquee

There will be a beer tent and BBQ on all 3 Days plus loads of family entertainment including a bouncy castle, giant children’s slide and (wait for it….) zumba classes with Sion throughout the day

We at Dawsons are, again, so proud to be headline sponsors of this event and our director James Dawson explains why

“Having sponsored this event for many years as a company, and I myself playing in the tournament many times over the years, never successfully I might add, we understand the importance of the annual event to those living locally and those who travel from further afield to take part. The Crackers’ 7’s is a firm date in our calendar, for which we are proud to be the principal sponsor. The work that the rugby club do for the local community and for various charities is second to none and that is why we look forward to supporting MIND, this year’s chosen charity, to raise both awareness and much-needed funds for the work they do.’

Please try to come along if you are local, and share this with your friends as you wouldn’t want to miss such a great event!

COMPETITION WINNER 1ST MARCH,

ST DAVID’S DAY

Competition now closed

Congratulations to

** AMANDA MORGANS **

** SPOILERS AHEAD **

ANSWERS TO THE QUIZ

Swansea & south Wales estate agents blog

AMANDA MORGANS

SPOILERS AHEAD