Issue 01
Keep up with what’s going on in Knowsley Summer 2023
Keeping you safe in your home
We are committed to providing you with a safe, well maintained home.
We carry out important work on your home every year to make sure it’s fit for the future. We’ve developed a ‘Keeping you safe’ area on our website to share with you how we protect you and your home. This includes:
• water safety
• asbestos
• fire safety • gas safety
• electrical safety
• lifts
In this new website area, there is information about what we’re doing to keep you and your home safe as a landlord, and we will also share important tips on how you can stay safe at home.
Click here to find out more. www.forhousing.co.uk/keeping-you-safe
This summer you can find lots of helpful information with our Summer Checklist available on our website
LiveWell Funding for tenants
DID YOU KNOW... we have additional funding available so we can support you with essential items if you are having difficulty paying for the essentials. Some of the ways in which we can help include:
• Vouchers for food and other essential items such as toiletries
• White goods such as a washing machine and fridge freezer
• Free wellbeing counselling sessions, refer yourself online
• Top-up pre-payment energy meters
• Household items such as bedding and curtains
We will do our best to support you or put you in touch with someone who can.
If you need help with any of the above or with buying other essentials not listed, click here. www.forhousing.co.uk/ live-well-funding-for-tenants/
✔ Energy advice and tips
✔ Cost of living support
✔ Information on damp and mould
✔ Fire and water safety advice
✔ Hot weather tips
✔ Things to do
✔ Repairs
✔ Your neighbourhood
Click here to view our Summer Checklist. www.forhousing.co.uk/summer-checklist
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quick hi from me to say that I am delighted and feel honoured to have the opportunity to lead ForHousing.
priority is, and always will be, you. It’s important that we put you at the heart of the decision making, and improving tenant satisfaction is at the centre of everything we do. So we can provide safe, well maintained homes that positively impact the lives of social housing tenants. Click here to read the full story. www.forhousing.co.uk/mike-parkin-forhousings-new-ceo/ Get out and about this weekend on a wildlife walk with our top recommendation. We want to know other places you love about your area. Is it a place, a neighbour or community group, project, or event? Submit your pictures by emailing communications@ forhousing.co.uk for a chance to be featured in our newsletter. Love where you live Hello... WINNER WILL RECEIVE A £20 AMAZON VOUCHER! Submission deadline: 8 September 2023 Let’s celebrate our communities together If you need this information in an alternative language please call 0161 605 7260 For other formats please call 0300 123 5522 from Beth Flexen your Community Development Officer Our Community Development Team work together with tenants, and key community contacts, to create and deliver projects that positively impact the lives of social housing tenants. They listen and respond to community-based needs, putting tenants at the heart of everything we do. Ask us about... • Community Fund Get up to £500 for your community project • The Local Area Improvement Fund Get up to £3000 to make an improvement in your area If you would like to get in touch with Beth, email communities@forhousing.co.uk Stockbridge Common Marsh Wildlife Walk WIN!
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To get involved, click here www.forhousing.co.uk/getinvolved/
A tenant’s viewpoint
Our Together with Tenants Charter has now officially launched
The charter is a series of commitments that have been developed by listening and working together with you, and other tenants, to make a difference and create services that are personcentred, inclusive, and work.
We know that we don’t always get it right, but what we do know is that we want to improve and provide you with the best possible services. Tenant Helen Wild, 60, has been involved with the Together with Tenants Charter from the start and shares her perspective on its impact.
Our new approach to Scrutiny
Tenant scrutiny means you will be able to review what we do and why we do it, influencing what happens to your home and community, and putting you at the heart of our decision making.
You can decide what needs to change, investigate tenant experiences and work alongside us to make things happen. You can be the voice of your community and positively impact the services we deliver, making a difference to the lives of many. You will have the opportunity to make a real impact.
You can get involved from as little as 10 minutes to, two days per month, whatever suits you. Be the voice of your community, make things happen and RAISE IT. Have a say in shaping our delivery of services, together we can make a difference.
Helen said:
The Together with Tenants Charter will be a golden thread running through the whole organisation’s work. It will connect all the tenant groups and will help hold ForHousing accountable – the Charter will help make sure what our landlord says they’ll do gets done.
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“It gives us all the chance to work together, so we can be proud of where we live and improve our community for the next generation to enjoy.
To read Helen’s full blog click here. www.forhousing.co.uk/a-tenants-viewpointtogether-with-tenants-charter/
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Money matters
Do you have money worries?
From debt advice, to benefit information, we have team of people on hand to help you.
Click here to find out more.
www.forhousing.co.uk/money-support/
The Food Club in Stockbridge Village helps over 8000 people!
The Food Club in Stockbridge Village has become an important food bank for some people in the local area.
Since September 2022, sign-ups for the Food Club and referrals to the food bank have increased by 60%, with the club helping around 8,000 local people and families in need.
The club is run by The Big Help project with local volunteers and ForHousing colleagues volunteering time to help run the service since October 2020.
The club offers healthy food parcels with around £15 worth of food for £3.50, allowing people to pick up to ten items of their choice from a variety of groceries.
Click here to find out more about The Food Club. www.forhousing.co.uk/the-food-club-in-stockbridge-village-helps-over-8000-people/
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