The grant can cover any legitimate expenses that members have to enable them to take part and to run the TRA eg meeting hall hire, carers costs to enable committee members to attend meetings, telephone costs, public liability insurance etc To apply for a grant please contact the Tenant Participation team on 01273 487249 or email tenant.participation@lewes.gov.uk
5.3 Tenant Training Training is available to enable members of the committee to have a real say and to develop their skills and capacity. The TP team can carry out an annual audit of training needs with TRA members in order to plan the training programme within the budget available. To ensure Lewes District Council provide a value for money service the majority of the training is carried out by South East Training Uniting People. Lewes District Council’s Tenant Participation team, plus representatives from other local social housing providers, make use of expertise within the organisation to deliver five training sessions and one conference per year, in local venues. Subject to demand, the kind of training undertaken could include:
tackling anti-social behaviour, effective chairing/minute taking, first aid training, training on changes to government legislation which may affect tenants.
5.4 Other Resources We also provide community rooms for tenant activities at Demontfort estate and Landport estate Lewes, and at all of our sheltered schemes.