Housing Services
Seasons Greetings from Tamworth Borough Council
December 2010
Families fill 46 bags of rubbish in tidy up A steering wheel, a carpet gripper and a suitcase were among the strangest items collected in a litter pick around Glascote Heath during August. Residents living on the Glascote Heath estate were urged to join in the litter pick, organised by Tamworth Borough Council’s Tenant Participation and Caretaking Teams to tie in with the national Big Tidy-Up. More than 50 people went along to do their bit to pick up the rubbish littering the estate.
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The fun started at the Caledonian caretaking office, with free face painting, balloon modelling, candyfloss and refreshments. The volunteers were then divided into teams and sent out to see who could collect the most rubbish. Prizes were on offer to the team which could collect the most waste and to the team which found the most unusual object. More than 46 bags of rubbish were collected, as well as an old sofa, a suitcase, armchair, mattresses and - taking the prize for the oddest item found - a steering wheel. Tenant
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Participation Manager Leanne Allwood said: “It was great to see so many young people and parents getting involved in making a real difference to their community” “Everyone who attended worked extremely hard and their efforts were invaluable. We would like to say a big thank you to everyone who attended and supported the events. We will continue to do our bit and look forward to repeating the event in another area of the borough next year.” Finally, a big thank you to the following organisations for kindly donating prizes for the event; Cadbury World, Broomey Croft Children’s Farm, Snowdome, Odeon Cinema (Tamworth), Beefeater Restaurant (Ladybridge), Drayton Manor Park and Strykers Bowl.
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I really enjoyed the morning. I was able to speak to different people all under one roof who really listened to my concerns.
Open Morning for residents of the Riverside flats Residents of the Riverside High Rise flats were invited to come along to an open morning at the social club during September this year. Tenants had previously told us that they would like to have the opportunity to engage with the Housing Service and as a result of this the Tenant Participation and Caretaking team joined forces to make this happen. Both a drop in event and tidy up around the some of the communal gardens was arranged. Council staff, Morrison’s and other key partners and agencies were on hand during the morning to talk to residents, answer questions and pick up any issues or concerns people had. Whilst all this was going on inside, outside the Caretaking team rolled their sleeves up and got stuck in to a tidy up around some of the communal gardens which was an idea put forward and selected as I was able to part of the ‘Wish Upon a Star’ Scheme.
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speak to Morrison’s staff and was really pleased how helpful they were.