Engage - Peabody Edition - Autumn 2014

THE MAGAZINE FOR PEABODY RESIDENTS AUTUMN 2014

Celebrating your community GET TO KNOW YOUR NEIGHBOURS

Canadian soldiers in WW1, photographed by Peabody resident William Rider-Rider

ENGAGE AUTUMN 2014

Engage is published four times a year for tenants and leaseholders of Peabody and Gallions. The next issue will be published in September 2014.

Editor: Kirsten Edwards Design: Camille Neilson Photography: Jody Kingzett; Paul Sanders, Miles Willis; David Boucher; shutterstock.com Address all content suggestions, contest entries or comments to: Editor, Engage, Peabody, 45 Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7JB Email: peabody.engage@peabody.org.uk © Peabody 2014 Peabody Direct: 020 7021 4444 or 0800 022 4040 (free from BT landlines) Email: peabody.direct@peabody.org.uk Residents of Cumberland Market, Millbank, Victoria Park and Lee Green can also call 020 7255 4100. www.peabody.org.uk PeabodyLDN

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A word from Steve Howlett

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elcome to your autumn edition of Engage. In this centenary year of the outbreak of World War One, I was amazed to discover that some of the most important photographs of the battlefields were taken by a Peabody resident, William Rider-Rider.

His photographs have appeared in numerous books and television programmes – read our profile of him on p10.

Our Thamesmead Strategy team has been very busy this summer, meeting residents and finding out what changes they’d like to see in their area. Together with Trust Thamesmead and

In this issue

03 News 08 Peabody in Bloom

We announce the winners

09 How are we doing?

Performance information

10 WW1 through a lens A profile of WW1 photographer and Peabody resident William Rider-Rider

12 Your neighbourhood

Gallions, the team was involved in some spectacular events, and we hope you enjoyed them as much as we did. We’re already acting on some of your feedback – find out more on p14.

14 A pleasure to meet you

We’ve been out and about in Thamesmead over the summer

16 Your money

Students and housing benefit

17 Your home

Keep warm, save money

18 Community Activators 19 Peabody Champion

News

Reading from the start

Storyteller Jo Clayton with Asako Kikuchi, Kevin O’Neill and their son Seanan Kikuchi

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eading from the start is Peabody’s family literacy project that aims to foster a love of reading in children under five. We provide free books as well as fun and interactive sessions for all the family at our reading corners.

The project is funded by our

partners VINCI Facilities, and run in partnership with The Dolly Parton Imagination Library. It’s available to residents at our Pembury and Victoria Park estates, and will be rolled out to other estates in future.

When you join the project, your child will receive a free book a month.until their fifth birthday.

If you would like a registration form, or if you require any more information, contact Symone Brown on 0800 587 8215 or reading@peabody.or.uk peabody.org.uk 3

News

Use our handyperson service

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eabody’s Handyperson Service is here to help Peabody residents with small jobs around the home. Our friendly, qualified team can carry out a wide range of odd jobs including: • Painting and decorating • Assembling flat-packed furniture • Simple draught-proofing • Bleeding radiators • Clearing guttering • Fitting curtain rails • Putting up shelves We are happy to assess any job – just give us a call. If you’re over 65, or you claim Disability Living Allowance, the first two hours, or decorating one room, is free. After that, the service costs £30 plus VAT per hour. If you’re under 65

Two members of Peabody’s Handyperson team and not claiming DLA, the fees are £30 per hour.

Non-Peabody residents can also use the service, although the charges are slightly higher.

Call 020 7922 7232 for a quote or to make an appointment – opening hours are 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday.

Recycling success in Westminster Recycling rates on our Westminster estates have increased by a third, thanks to a partnership project between Peabody and Westminster Council. The project, funded by the London Waste and Recycling Board, involved Peabody caretakers working with council recycling officers to identify where Westminster estates needed better recycling facilities. New bins and signage were installed,

followed by a door-knocking campaign to talk to residents about recycling.

At least two-thirds of your waste can go in the recycling bin, including paper, foil, cans, glass jars and bottles, plastic bottles and tubs, and cardboard. A big thank you to everyone who has started recycling more!

Peabody is now working with Southwark Council to improve recycling on Southwark estates.

For more information about recycling, call the Sustainability team on 020 7021 4444 or 0800 022 4040 (free from landlines) or email sustainability@peabody.org.uk.

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News

Parenting course graduation I n August, Peabody celebrated with parents and their children who had completed a 13-week course promoting positive changes in family relationships.

Fifteen families attended the Strengthening Families, Strengthening Communities (SFSC) Graduation Day at Coram Fields, including Pembury estate resident and mother of two, Tawa Adejoke Amoo.

“I’ve learnt a lot from the course. I’ve definitely become a better parent for it,” says Tawa.

Funded by the Big Lottery, the programme is for parents with children up to 18 years old and aims to increase parents’ confidence and improve family relationships.

It can also help you deal with toddler tantrums, motivate your child to try their best at school, build a better relationship with your child, and stop your teenager getting involved in drinking and antisocial behaviour.

Tawa Adejoke Amoo with her two children

To find out more, call 020 7021 4111/4491, email families@ peabody.org.uk or visit www.peabody.org.uk.

Improving resident involvement Over the coming months, we will be reviewing our resident involvement strategy and looking at good practice elsewhere. We need to make

sure that our approach fits our ever-growing organisation, and that residents have the best opportunities to comment on services to help us to improve

them. From October onwards we will be working closely with residents to develop and improve our approach to resident involvement.

If you are interested in finding out more about our resident involvement strategy and having a say, please contact Matt Ashton on Matt.Ashton@peabody.org.uk or 020 7021 4039. peabody.org.uk 5

News

Friendly conversation and companionship W e all feel lonely sometimes, but it can be a particular problem for older people, those with physical or mental health problems, and those with learning difficulties. Peabody’s Well Met befriending scheme tackles loneliness by matching people with a befriender, who provides friendly conversation and companionship. They can also organise trips out, help with reading letters or make official phone calls.

As soon as you contact us, the Well Met coordinator will arrange a visit to find out about your specific needs. We will then match you up with a suitable befriender.

All our befrienders are volunteers who freely give up their time to help people. Each befriender is carefully vetted and

Win a minibus!

Do you know of, or work for, a charity that would benefit from a minibus? Axis, our property maintenance partner, is donating a brand new Mercedes Minibus to a worthy registered charity. The deadline for applications is 28 November 2014 – apply online at www. axisfoundation.org/minibus.

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trained. We are currently looking for more befrienders who have the ability to get along with people of all ages, cultures and backgrounds.

We pay expenses, and we ask for

Become a Peabody befriender today

a minimum time commitment of two to three hours per week. If you are over 18 and interested in becoming a befriender, call the number below.

To find out more about our befriending scheme, or to refer someone, call 020 7021 4327 or 07930 570 412 or email well.met@peabody.org.uk.

Gallions website moving We’ll shortly be moving the Gallions website onto the Peabody Group website. After that happens, anyone visiting www.gallionsha.co.uk will be automatically redirected to the new location. If you use ‘My Home Online’ to check your resident account, the service will be unaffected.

The layout will match the rest of the Peabody website, with Gallions-specific information.

And, like the Peabody website,

you’ll be able to access everything using a smartphone or tablet as well as a normal computer.

We’ll continue to enhance and add to the content once Gallions is in its new location.

In particular, we’ll be looking at the neighbourhood sections and adding information about each locality – you can see how we’ve done this for other Peabody neighbourhoods on www.peabody.org.uk/ourneighbourhoods.

News

Small change, big difference E arlier this year, Peabody’s Resident Scrutiny Panel recommended that we change the name of our Estate Controlled Environmental Improvement Budget (ECEIB).

In June, we launched an online competition to find a new name.

The Resident Consultative Panel chose the winners and we’re pleased to announce that, from

now on, the scheme will be known as Making a Difference: Environment Improvement Budget.

The fund of £300,000 is available each year for small improvements to communal areas. Resident groups can apply for up to £10,000 for projects such as installing cycle sheds and refurbishing community halls.

Tenants and residents associations can apply to the scheme. For more information, speak to your Neighbourhood Manager or visit www.peabody.org.uk.

Learn construction skills Peabody and Building Lives are working together to convert a Peabody community centre – the Gateway Centre near Elephant & Castle – into a brand new construction academy, offering industry standard training mainly to young people aged 16–24 (although there is no upper age limit).

Opening towards the end of October, the academy will create 50 paid apprenticeships each year, leading to long-term employment in Southwark.

This means that young people will be able to gain real work experience, get paid and get a qualification all in one go.

We are offering over 200

young people a one-week taster course, with the opportunity of going on to study a construction qualification.

To sign up to the taster course or to find out more call Andrea Purslow on 020 7021 4351 or email andrea.purslow@peabody.org.uk.

Register to vote The way you register to vote in England and Wales has changed – you can now register online at www.gov. uk/register-to-vote. Even if you were registered in the past, you may need to register again, particularly if you’ve moved in the last 18 months.

If you aren’t registered to vote, you won’t have a say on who represents you. You may also find it difficult to apply for credit, as credit reference agencies use the electoral register to confirm your address. Visit www. aboutmyvote.co.uk to find out how to check whether you’re registered to vote.

Dealing with hate crime Hate crime is defined as a crime that is motivated by hostility towards someone based on their disability, race, religion, gender or sexual orientation. It can include threatening words or behaviour, offensive graffiti, damage to property and physical attacks. We will take action against anybody who commits hate crime, which may result in the offender losing their home.

If you are a victim of hate crime, please report it to Peabody by calling 020 7021 4444 or 0800 022 4040 (free from landlines). You should also report it to the police and your local council.

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Peabody in Bloom We had more entries than ever this year so our judges had a tough time choosing the winners, but here are our champions

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nce again, the Wild Street Children’s Gardening Club in Covent Garden did well, scooping first prize in the sunflower category and second prize in the best vegetable garden category. The Grow Clyde Road gardening club in Tottenham won first prize for best vegetable garden, and the best container garden prize went to Balderton Roofs at our Grosvenor estate. Finally, the best window box prize went to Jose Vazquez, who lives in Pimlico.

WINNERS

Sunflowers at Wild Street

The best window box was won by Jose Vazquez The Grow Clyde Road gardening club won best vegetable garden

Tallest sunflower 1 Wild Street, 2.97m £100 voucher 2 Claudia Ramsay, 2.6m £50 voucher 3 Agnieszka Sikorska, 1.63m, £25.00 voucher Best container garden 1 Balderton Roofs, £100 voucher 2 Carole Soundy, £50 voucher 3 Diane Mcdonnell, £25 voucher Best vegetable garden 1 Clyde Road, £200 voucher 2 Wild Street, £75 voucher 3 Claudia Ramsay, £25 voucher Best window box 1 Jose Vazquez, £100 voucher 2 Erenita White, £50 voucher 3 Inji Ali, £25 voucher 8 peabody.org.uk

The container garden at Balderton Roofs

How are we doing?

Each month, Peabody collects data for a set of key performance indicators (KPIs) to track how well we’re performing. The table below shows figures to end June 2014 PERFORMANCE TO JUNE 2014 Key performance indicator Satisfaction with last repair Satisfaction with Peabody Direct ASB cases resolved Rent collected

Year to 30 June 2014 76% 83% 80% 98.77%

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REPAIRS Our independent surveys and post inspection surveys show that residents are satisfied with the quality of the completed repair. However, we continue to work with Axis to improve the speed at which repairs are carried out.

Peabody surveyors carry out inspections on 10% of all completed repairs for each of the contracts we manage, and contractors are recalled if the quality of work does not meet Peabody standards. If you’re unhappy with a completed repair, please contact our repairs and maintenance team by calling Peabody Direct, and we will arrange an inspection.

PEABODY DIRECT Following Peabody Direct’s record-breaking year for 2013/14, we set a more challenging target for 2014/15. We are working on achieving this by reviewing all cases where the customer is dissatisfied and providing feedback and additional training to employees where necessary.

RENT COLLECTED Our average rent collection rate over the last three months has dropped to 98%. If you are in rent arrears, please do not leave it too late to speak to your Revenue Officer. If we take you to court it will cost you an additional £250 on top of your arrears and you may still end up losing your home. Remember, you may still qualify for benefits if you are working and on a low income.

You might want to speak to our Welfare Benefits team, who can help you to claim all the benefits you are entitled to.

For more information, please contact the Revenues team on 0800 022 4040 (free from landlines) or 020 7021 4444 or email revenues@ peabody.org.uk.

ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOUR Antisocial behaviour (ASB) legislation is changing and we are preparing by training our staff in the different legal powers available. We continue to work to reach a resolution for our residents in antisocial behaviour cases, and our mediation service supports our residents to resolve disputes and low-level ASB. We have listened to your feedback, and we know that you want to see more regular updates and increased communication about your cases.

We are also introducing a range of improvements including training ASB Champions, increasing our ASB surgeries, providing more training for new staff and refresher training. Later in the year we will be applying for an ASB accreditation with Housemark, a national housing body.

To find out more, visit the performance and efficiency section of our website at www.peabody.org.uk. peabody.org.uk 9

William Rider-Rider in army uniform

Canadian troops taking cover in a ditch near Arras in September 1918

The First World War through a lens Some of the most haunting official photographs of the First World War were taken by a Peabody resident, William Rider-Rider

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efore the war William Rider-Rider was a photographic journalist living in Westminster and working for the Daily Mirror.

He enlisted in the Suffolk Regiment in June 1916, by which time he had moved to the Wild Street estate with his wife and their young son.

Because he wore glasses he was not sent to fight but instead became an Army gymnasium instructor.

However, the Canadian military forces made an official request for him to be transferred so that he could work for them and take battlefield photographs,

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replacing a man who had also worked for the Daily Mirror.

He was given the honorary rank of lieutenant and had a knack of positioning himself at the centre of the action. He took 2,800 photos and was awarded the MBE for his services to war photography.

Some of his photographs are now held in the archives of the Imperial War Museum.

His images show the full horror of the conditions in the trenches on the Western Front, and are still used today to illustrate books and television programmes.

Many of his most striking pictures were taken at the

Battle of Passchendaele in October and November 1917, when constant heavy rainfall meant that the mud was at its worst. His own favourite photograph is said to have been one showing Canadian troops holding the line in atrocious conditions (see bottom right).

After the war, William Rider-Rider’s large collection of official Canadian war photographs was transferred to Canada. He returned to his life on Fleet Street, and worked as chief picture editor and later night news editor on the Daily Mirror. He retired in 1948 and died in 1979.

Wounded Canadians on their way to an aid post during the Battle of Passchendaele

Troops of the Canadian 16th Machine Gun Company crouched in shell-holes – only one man in this photograph survived

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Your neighbourhood

New artwork for St John’s Hill P

eabody has appointed sculptor Rodney Harris to design a series of external artworks at St John’s Hill estate, which is being regenerated to provide 527 new homes.

Rodney’s proposal is to create brick relief sculptures embedded in the facades of buildings throughout the estate. The

designs represent the memories, histories and occupations of residents past and present and have been developed through a series of workshops with residents.

Find out more by visiting Rodney’s Facebook page at facebook.com/ stjohnshillsculpture/timeline.

Residents Marie-Ella Walker and Hank Enyatten with Rodney Harris

A porter’s uniform

Fun day at Tachbrook The Tachbrook Tenants Association organised a family fun day in the summer, which was a great success, with around 300 people attending. The Pearly Queen of Bermonsdey was

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in attendance, and there was a coconut shy, tombola, raffle and lots more. The association made £800 from the event, which they’ll use to buy new tables for the community hall and fund new activities for residents.

A nurse’s uniform

Your neighbourhood

Improving Clerkenwell

Fred Calcott outside the new community centre

Community centre opens at Palmer A former neighbourhood office at The Palmer estate in Archway has been converted to a community centre. Named after Fred Calcott, Peabody’s first resident governor, the Calcott Community Centre at 30b Cathcart Hill was launched on 13 September. Activities on offer include:

Neighbourhood surgeries Peabody’s Neighbourhood Managers, Daley Ogunyemi and Victor Longe, will hold a surgery on the last Wednesday of each month from 4pm to 6pm. The first surgery will take place on Wednesday 24th September.

Tenants association meetings All meetings start at 7pm – upcoming dates are: Wednesday 24 September 2014 Tuesday 4 November 2014 Wednesday 17 December 2014 Tuesday 24 January 2015

Our IMPROVE programme, which creates and enhances the open spaces on our estates, will soon be coming to the Clerkenwell estate. We held an event on 21 July to find out what people think about their outside spaces, and our landscape architect produced some image boards to give people an idea of what improvements could be made. To help the day go with a swing, there was a massage therapist, plants giveaway, cakes and a kids drawing competition.

After another consultation event in September, the landscape architects, LUC, hope to finalise the masterplan in November.

Tea and cakes at the Clerkenwell event

Help on your Doorstep An organisation offering support with housing, finances, debt and benefits is based at the Calcott Community Centre from Monday to Thursday between 10am and 2pm.

Resident artist The artist will offer workshops and art classes to residents.

If you would like to volunteer at the centre, or have ideas for activities, please call the Community Development team on 020 7021 4127 or email community.projects@peabody.org.uk. peabody.org.uk 13

A pleasure to meet you…

After a summer spent talking to Thamesmead residents, it’s clear that you’re as passionate about the area as we are

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hose of you who live in Thamesmead will no doubt have enjoyed some of the many events held in your area over the summer, including fun days, the Toast Temple and, of course, the Light Fantastic.

Peabody’s Thamesmead Strategy team, which is working on a long-term plan for the area, attended many of the events and talked to residents to find out what improvements they’d like to see. We took along our interactive Garden of Dreams – inspired by all the parks and open spaces in Thamesmead – to encourage you to share

your views and ideas with us.

The feedback we received was invaluable, and will feed into our Thamesmead Futures plan, which should be completed by early 2015. Thanks to everyone who took the time to speak to us, and congratulations to Elaine Sanni, who won an iPad in our prize draw.

Two priorities that came through in your feedback were improving green areas and cleaning up the waterways.

So, throughout the autumn and winter, we’ll be refurbishing some of the shrubberies and deep cleaning the waterways. If there’s

Phase one of the Lesnes to Crossness green space improvement project will focus on enhancing the area around Southmere lake with better lighting and seating and a more useable community space

Residents were invited to add comments to a map of the area

a shrubbery near you that needs renewing, contact Team Gallions at 0300 123 1238.

Lesnes to Crossness improvements

A planning application has now been submitted for the Lesnes to Crossness green space improvement project, funded by the Mayor’s Big Green Fund Initiative and Peabody. The plans are for a new green link connecting Lesnes Abbey Woods with Crossness Pumping Station, and have been developed through a series of workshops with residents and local groups.

Phase one of the works is expected to start in the new year and will focus on enhancing the area around Southmere Lake with better lighting and seating, and re-landscaping it to create a lookout area and a more useable community space.

For further information, or to get involved in the project, please contact Alex Forrester by emailing Aforrester@trustthamesmead.co.uk or calling 020 8320 4477.

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Local dance group Dynamix perform at the Light Fantastic Children enjoying one of the many fun days

A full house at September’s Community Voice event

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Your money

Students and housing benefit If you are a full- or part-time student, or you live with someone who is, we explain the rules on housing benefit

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eabody’s Welfare Benefits team receives lots of queries about students and housing benefit. In most cases, students are not entitled to claim housing benefit. Full-time students (those studying for more than 21 hours per week) cannot claim any means-tested benefits and are expected to use student loans and bursaries to cover household costs such as rent.

However, there are exceptions, and students may be able to claim housing benefit in the following circumstances:

• You have dependant children in full-time education • You are state pension age • You are studying part time at non-degree level and receive 16 peabody.org.uk

ESA, IS, JSA income-related or contribution-based benefits • You receive the higher rate of Disability Living Allowance or Personal Independence Payments • You receive the Disabled Students Allowance for deafness • You are under 21 and studying below degree level • You have given up your studies because of ill health or to become a carer • You are studying part time • Your partner is not a student and therefore liable to pay rent If any of the above exceptions applies to you then you may be eligible to claim housing benefit.

Remember, however, that

student loans and bursaries count as income.

School leavers If you are the tenant and live with a non-dependant school leaver (aged 18 or above) in full-time education, you must inform the local authority to avoid a shortfall in your housing benefit. You will need to provide evidence to confirm this. Parttime students may have to make a contribution towards rent, depending on their income.

If you are a student and need help and advice about what benefits you may be entitled to, contact the Welfare Benefits Advice team on 020 7021 4085.

Your home

Stay warm and save money Your gas and electricity usage goes up at this time of year, but a few simple changes can keep your bills down

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utumn is on its way, and with it comes the cold weather, so this is a good time to check that your heating system is set up to keep you warm and your bills affordable.

Peabody’s Home Energy Advice Service has an excellent track record in helping residents learn how to use their home’s heating controls. We normally identify about £170 of savings from energy bills, sometimes more, which can help with budgeting.

If you’re on a pension or certain benefits we can help you claim your Warm Homes Discount or your Winter Fuel Allowance to help keep your heating affordable. We also give

you advice on how to keep your electricity bills and water bills down.

Our advice service was recently nominated for a national award for the way it helps Peabody residents, and satisfaction ratings are, on average,10 out of 10.

Our advisors are happy to talk to resident groups or regular Peabody groups you attend, such as parent-toddler sessions.

If you’d like us to talk to your group, please let us know.

Further information Contact the Home Energy Advice Service via Peabody Direct on 0800 022 4040 or email sustainability@ peabody.org.uk.

CASE STUDIES Mr S in Wandsworth was paying £250 in standing charges (admin costs) for his gas bill, but his gas consumption was only £50 per year. We swapped him to a new tariff, and reduced his standing charges by £200.

Mr T in Westminster had high electricity bills and thought something was wrong with his meter. We loaned him a mobile electricity monitor. He learned that his appliances, which were left on charge and standby all the time, were the cause. The cost was up to £40 per month. He has since started to switch things off at the wall, leading to a saving of about £450 per year.

Mrs R in Hackney received an estimated bill of £213 from her gas/electricity company.

We submitted the correct meter reading and the bill was amended to £57. This shows how important it is to give regular meter readings.

We estimated that Miss N in Southwark would save £230 per year by making small changes to programming her boiler, changing lightbulbs to energy efficient ones, and switching off appliances at the wall. peabody.org.uk 17

Your community services

Encouraging wellbeing

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s part of our Activate healthy living programme, we train residents to become community activators and to act as champions for wellbeing in their communities. This could include anything from setting up exercise classes to organising bingo sessions.

One of our activators, Siglinde Buhl, has recently set up a physic garden containing herbs and medicinal plants at the Dalgarno Gardens estate in west

London. She will be running free workshops so that residents can learn about plants and remedies.

Sessions planned so far include lavender and sleep, soap making and home-made cough syrup.

Siglinde also plans to set up a children’s chicken club in the garden to give local children the opportunity to connect and care for animals. The children will be able to keep the eggs – and an added bonus is that chicken droppings are a great source of plant food!

If you’re interested in becoming a community activator, contact the Activate team on 0800 587 8215 or email community.projects@ peabody.org.uk.

ARE YOU LOOKING FOR WORK? If you’re unemployed, Peabody’s employment and training service can help you: ● Re-connect with work ● Improve employability ● Fill in job applications ● Prepare for interview

● Prepare for work life ● Learn basic IT skills and more ● Write the perfect CV ● Search for jobs online

Drop in to one of our local learning centres for more information: Bruce House Centre Kemble Street Holborn WC2B 4AW Tel: 020 7021 4160/4719 18 peabody.org.uk

Darwin Court 1 Crail Row Elephant & Castle SE17 1AD Tel: 020 7021 4296/4297

Hugh Cubitt Centre 48 Collier Street Kings Cross N1 9QZ Tel: 020 7021 4127/4734

Pembury Centre 183 Dalston Lane Hackney E8 1HL Tel: 020 7021 4552/4527

We recently helped Didier Nzeyimana, 34, from Pembury, to find a job in a restaurant. He had been out of work for a year.

Peabody Champion

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ennifer Haydon lives on the Tatchbrook estate in Pimlico and has been a Peabody resident for over 24 years. Jennifer does a fantastic job as secretary of the Tenants Association and works tirelessly to support events, clubs and fundraising initiatives in the area.

Jennifer first started giving her time to her community after visiting Small Works, a shared work space and community hub on the nearby Vauxhall estate. While she was there she heard about a children’s library that needed books and toys, so she teamed up with another volunteer to encourage people to donate. “I want to help people in my community feel like they are part of something,” says Jennifer.

Jennifer has gone on to set up an after-school club, t’ai chi lessons and a monthly arts and crafts group, Sew, Knit and Chat, in the community centre. “Everyone is welcome to join in,” says Jennifer. “Older people can come along and just have a chat, and they can also share their skills with younger people.”

Alys Exley, Community Development Worker at Peabody, nominated Jennifer as a Peabody Champion. She says: “Jennifer has supported many people within the local community. She has an amazing ability to get everyone involved in local projects. She is a real voice for the people and is always happy to help people. I don’t know what we’d do without her support.”

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Send your nomination, explaining why, to Editor, Engage, 45 Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7JB or email peabody.engage@peabody.org.uk.

Postcode: Congratulations to our winners from the Summer 2014 issue: Rowena Macdonald, Mrs H Patel,

Nadine Nelson, Chris Soesman

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Your local Peabody centre Peabody offers free programmes and activities in your local area. These include:  Help with finding work  Help with CV writing, job applications and interview techniques  Money and benefits advice  Volunteering opportunities  Net Worx Call our freephone number 0800 587 8215 to find out what’s going on near you, or pop into your local learning centre for a chat and more information.

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Get Net Worxing!

Net Worx is a Peabody project in which volunteers teach people how to use computers and get online. Free one-to-one training sessions are held each week at venues across London – see the table, right, to find a session near you. If you’re interested in setting up a Net Worx project on your estate, contact Jeanette Manu at jeanette.manu@ peabody.org.uk. To find out more about Net Worx, please call 0800 587 8215.

Net Worx venue

Day and time

Hugh Cubitt Centre, Collier Street, Kings Cross N1 9QZ

Wednesday 3pm–5pm

Daveys Court, 33 Bedfordbury WC2N 4BW

Thursday 3pm–5pm

Walston & Founders, Aylesford Street SW1V 3RL

Thursday 12 noon–2pm

Elmwood Court, 38 Battersea Park Road,SW11 4JE

Monday 12 noon–2pm

Green Man Community Centre Strawberry Vale, Barnet N2 9BA

Tuesday 2pm–4pm Wednesday 2pm–4pm

Leander Court, Ship Street SE8 4DH (residents only)

Tuesday 2pm–4pm

Lampson House, Warrender Road N19 5UH

Wednesday 2pm–4pm

Gateway Centre, 66 Lancaster Street SE1 0RZ

Friday 10am–12 noon

Sundial Centre, 11 Shipton Street E2 7RU

Wednesday 10am–12 noon

Thamesbank Centre, Turpentine Lane SW1V 4BD

Friday 2pm–4pm

Pembury Centre,183 Dalston Lane, Hackney E8 1HL

Friday 10am–12 noon

Small Works, Francis Street SW1V 1TB

Tuesday 9.30am–11.30am

Dalgarno Gardens, Block T W10 5LB

Monday 10am–12 noon

Alleyn House, Dufferin Street, Whitecross EC1Y 8SN

Thursday 10am–12 noon

Lomond House, 50 Camberwell Green SE5 7AL

Tuesday 10am–12 noon

Darwin Court, 1 Crail Row, Walworth SE17 1AD

Thursday 10am–12 noon

5 Gore Road, Victoria Park E9 7HR

Friday 2pm–4pm

Calcott Community Centre, 30A Cathcart Hill N19 5QN

Thursday 10am–12 noon

Local centres Bruce House Centre Kemble Street Covent Garden London WC2B 4AW 020 7021 4160

Darwin Court 1 Crail Row London SE17 1AD 020 7021 4670

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