Burridge Gardens - March 2025
Join us for Easter fun on April 8th!
Come and join us and your neighbours for a fun and hopefully helpful event at Burridge Gardens community centre during the Easter holidays.
You can come and meet Peabody teams if you have issues around your home, and get personal advice from our experts.
Children are invited to take part in an Easter Egg hunt (weather permitting), and there will be some egg-cellent chocolate prizes up for grabs. Food will be available at the community centre.
We’ll also be talking about gardening, and how you can get involved in making Burridge Gardens a greener place.
The event starts at midday and runs to 4pm.
· 12pm - 1.30pm Advice & Information will available in the hall.
· 12-1pm – Gardening sign in starts
· 1.30 till 4pm – Music, food, Easter egg hunt and gardening.
Your Neighbourhood Manager
My name is Erick Ogello and I am excited to introduce myself as your Neighbourhood Manager.
I’ve been a Neighbourhood Manager for many years in different areas of Peabody. I now cover Wandsworth, but I spend most of my time at Burridge Gardens. My role covers mainly tenancy management and enforcement. I’ve also joined the Resident Steering Group alongside my colleague Julie Conrad.
For any issues associated with your tenancy/leasehold services please book time using the following link for a private appointment or you can come to the Burridge Gardens community centre on Thursday on a drop in basis
Book a meeting with me at bit.ly/ErickOgello
Your local team
Lorenzo is your Caretaking Manager, who supervises the three members of the Caretaking team at Burridge Gardens. If you have any questions concerning the communal cleaning, please contact the Peabody contact centre on 0300 123 3456 or use the My Peabody portal.
Sofiat is the Duty Operations Assistant from the Community Properties team. Sofiat books and advises on events at the Burridge Gardens Community Centre. If you are interested in having an event here you can contact the team to book or for advice on events at communityhubsTM@peabody.org.uk or telephone 020 3828 4920.
Joseph is employed as the Concierge, based at the Burridge Gardens Community Centre. Joseph has at his fingertip’s details of what’s on at the Community Centre. He also collects parcels for the leasehold residents, and does security patrols around Burridge Gardens.
New Community Group
In spring 2024, a small group of residents initiated a collaboration with Peabody, aiming to make the whole development a better place to live.
They formed the Burridge Gardens Liaison Group (BGLG), reached out to Peabody’s CEO, and have since established focused working groups dealing with issues such as improving services and collaborating on local offers.
The group has identified some root causes of some recurring issues, and continues to work with Peabody to establish solutions for solving these issues together. They hope to embed better ways of working that will last - to improve life at Burridge Gardens for all residents.
The Group is chaired by Bill, and consists of Anton, Nuno, Lucy, Randeep and Tim. We meet when needed, online or over a coffee during the day or a pint after work.
The Group is open to new members, who must be residents or leaseholders/shared owners, and who will commit time and energy (1-2 days a month on average) to help the Group and Peabody to improve the quality of life in our neighbourhood. Contact them in person or via email burridgegardensliaisongroup@gmail.com
Group member Nuno with Chair
Bill
Could you be our new Resident Board Member?
We're looking for a Peabody social housing resident who isn't a shared owner or leaseholder, to bring their perspective and offer advice on how we can better meet the needs of residents. The Board currently has 12 members and is made up of people from different backgrounds, each with different skill sets and experiences.
This is a part-time role, and you’ll need to commit to two days a month to attend board meetings and other events
This is a paid role with an annual salary of £15,000 and we’ll help with necessary expenses You’ll be given training and ongoing support to help you succeed in the role.
Want to find out more? We’re planning to host an online information session via MS Teams. This will be an opportunity to learn more about the role and hear from our current Resident Board Members.
To register your interest, please get in touch or click here to read more.
Communal repairs and cleaning
Erick, Lorenzo, and their teams are always on the lookout for any repairs that need doing on the estate, or for any spillages or mess that fall outside of the regular cleaning schedule.
However, we do still rely on residents to let us know if something isn’t right.
If you spot something that needs attention, you can let us know immediately by logging it on the My Peabody portal at bit.ly/MyPBPortal or report it to the concierge.
At the start of this year, we established a weekly oversight group to review the quality of cleaning at Burridge Gardens. Initial feedback is that the quality of cleaning has improved, and we will continue to monitor this.