Businesses have stepped in to keep Bolton's most vulnerable safe by providing an alarm system.

Homelessness charity, Emmaus Bolton, provides up to 22 people with a home, support, training, and the focus of supported work each day in different shops and services within its grounds located off Fletcher Street in the town.

As well as private bedrooms and bathrooms, the residential part of the building contains community kitchens, a dining area, lounge and games room, gym, computer suite and meeting rooms.    

And now, Texecom of Haslingden has donated  equipment to update the intruder system within the charity’s community home and repair personal call-out buttons for each of the bedrooms, as well as provide new keypads, panel, external detection, and bell boxes.

Residents now have access to support at the touch of a button, alerting a central control system and members of staff at Emmaus Bolton.

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 Automatic Alarms, which has offices next to Emmaus Bolton, installed the Texecom Connect 4G and mobile application over three days with two engineers.

The site is now also monitored remotely through the Texecom Cloud. 

Emmaus Bolton Director Tony said: “We’re constantly looking for improvements and innovations to help people feel safe and secure. People thrive on solid foundations, so we’re grateful to Texecom and Automatic Alarms for helping our charity support people on their journeys rebuilding from homelessness.”    

Customer alignment Manager at Texecom, John Gildert, said: “I was assigned the task through our Company Director, Jim Ludwig, and delighted to be working with a Professional Alarm Company from my hometown. After an introduction to Emmaus homelessness charity and understanding its requirements, I knew the Texecom Premier Elite system would be more than suitable, not only to provide the crucial first response system for staff and residents, but also would provide security for the site out of hours.”   

Managing Director at Automatic Alarms, Gareth Williams, said: “It has been a pleasure to work with Emmaus Bolton and Texecom on this project. People supported by Emmaus will really benefit from this easy-call out personal alarm system, which we were delighted to install."   

Emmaus Bolton is currently accepting referrals for people to join its community. If you or someone you know is experiencing homelessness and you would like to learn more, including how to apply, visit: https://emmaus.org.uk/bolton/join-our-community/