Street by Street Autumn 2012

RESIDENTS INVOLVED

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ISSUE 77 | AUTUMN 2012 | www.east-thames.co.uk

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East London & Essex residents’ magazine

In this edition we look at Anti Social Behaviour Story page 12 >

Resident Power

Money Matters

The Champions

Phoenix Court have their say

Meet our welfare EHQH¿W DGYLVRUV

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Welcome to the latest edition of Streetbystreet.

Introduction by Julie Spalding, East Thames resident and member of the resident communications panel.

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Above: The Church Hill Road Street Party in Waltham Forest brought neighbours together, including residents of our Bruno House scheme.

Bruno House resident Florrie helped with organising the event and staff member Bharti helped give out prizes on the day to children who took part in the Church Hill Road Olympics.

Below: At the Bluebell Avenue Estate in Newham neighbours young and old came together to party and get to know each other.

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Resident involvement

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Being a Mystery Shopper gives you an insight to what assistance and services may be on offer to you and how problems that may arise should be addressedâ&#x20AC;?

â&#x20AC;&#x153;I feel that being a Mystery Shopper is going some way to make necessary

improvements for East Thames residentsâ&#x20AC;?

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Being a Mystery Shopper gives you the chance to meet other residents and to learn more about where they liveâ&#x20AC;?

East Thames Residentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Report Ĺ&#x153;

â&#x20AC;&#x153;It wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t what we expected - but has been fun and great to work with staff and other residentsâ&#x20AC;?

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nice to be able to work alongside East Thames and to be able to see both sides of the business and make changesâ&#x20AC;?

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Good to know our work is making a differenceâ&#x20AC;?

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Repairs

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â&#x20AC;&#x153; I found the process to be open and transparent and my contribution is valued by the East Thames staff involved in this part of the process.

A key lesson was not to judge the shortlisted suppliers too quickly after their presentations and not to be afraid to ask questions. I felt that East Thames acted with integrity regarding the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s involvement and both listened and acted on the views, concerns and issues raised in the group.

We were given a voice and we used it. â&#x20AC;? Âą .HQ

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â&#x20AC;&#x153; Over the years my neighbouring residents and me have had good and bad experiences regarding repairs. Involvement in the project gave me and the other residents a voice and the opportunity to communicate some of the aspects of the repairs system that we were happy with and what we felt needed to change.

It has been exciting knowing that our input will contribute to choosing an organisation that will deliver a better and long-term service to all residents.

This opportunity has been rewarding and a priceless opportunity as a resident. â&#x20AC;? Âą 9DOHULH

â&#x20AC;&#x153; Through my involvement in the project, I have learnt that East Thames is very committed to finding the best possible service provider and I learnt that other residents are passionate about this too. I also learnt how the process of choosing a new provider works. It was good to meet the other residents and it was good to be involved and to have a voice. â&#x20AC;? Âą &KDUORWWH

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Housing options

Looking to transfer home? :( +$9( )(:(5 +20(6 DYDLODEOH RQ &KRLFH %DVHG /HWWLQJV &%/ www. ellcchoicehomes.org.uk as we offer more homes to support the governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new DIIRUGDEOH UHQW SURJUDPPH ,I \RX DUH ORRNLQJ WR PRYH TXLFNO\ SOHDVH FRQVLGHU WKH IROORZLQJ DOWHUQDWLYHV

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New homes at East Village E20 Hundreds of homes in East Village E20 will be ready to live in from 2013. These include both social rented homes and low cost home ownership. Designed by critically acclaimed architects, apartments range from one to fourbed large family homes with direct access to a private courtyard.

These homes are available to Londoners from across the capital. If you live in Newham and other east London boroughs and are interested in a social rented home, you need to be on your boroughâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s housing register.

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