down on anti-social behaviour

A multi-agency team of Brent Council officers, the police and other partners led a sting operation in Church End to tackle anti-social behaviour issues, parking violations and carried out a drugs and weapons sweep. This is just one of the ways Brent partners are working together to make the area a cleaner and safer place to live and work.

Brent’s Children’s Services awarded ‘Good’ rating by Ofsted

Brent’s Children’s Services has been judged ‘Good’ by Ofsted after a recent inspection, retaining its rating. Ofsted found that children’s lives are improved by early help support, especially through Brent’s Family Wellbeing Centres. Inspectors also praised how social workers build supportive relationships with children, including supporting them to attend school and helping them to live independently once they leave care.

Councillor Gwen Grahl, Cabinet Member for Children, Young People and Schools, said:

“This ‘good’ rating puts us among the best in London, and it’s all down to fantastic work our children’s services teams do to support young people and their families.”

After waiting 14 years on the social housing waiting list, Mrs Zemidda Uwanag now has a beautiful new council home to call her own.

To celebrate, she invited The Mayor of London to tea and showed him around her home complete with a back garden and storage shed.

The property is one of twenty-two that have been built along Milton Avenue in Stonebridge with a view of Wembley Stadium in the distance.

Mrs Unwanag and her family used to live in Austin House, Cambridge Road, in a two-bedroom property that felt cramped and overcrowded. She told The Mayor that she was overjoyed to have been offered such a high-quality home with space for her large family; her husband, son, and daughter-in-law, and two grandchildren.

“It is a really nice house,” she said. “We were really surprised to be offered such a lovely, high-quality house where there is enough space for everybody. We have a garden at the front and at the back. There are enough toilets for everyone. There have been so many positive changes for us.”

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, said: “It was great to visit Brent and see the new council homes that local residents have moved into.”

Councillor Muhammed Butt, Leader of Brent Council, said: “Brent provided more homes than any other council in the country last year and is also proudly the highest social housing builder in London.

“A safe and secure home is the foundation for people to build their lives upon, and we know three and fourbedroom homes are most in demand. This brings us a huge step closer to achieving our ambitious target of 1,700 homes by 2028 as we strive to create a fairer, more equal Brent for all.”