Newport City Council along with Charter Housing and other registered social landlord partners in Newport are pleased to announce work towards a common housing register and policy in Newport is moving ahead very well. We have planned an extensive programme of training for staff, residents and partners in the early part of 2012. This will [...]
Young people from a community in Newport have been treated by Charter to a sports event to warm them up for half-term fun, with help from Newport’s Sports Development team, who provided referees. Last weekend Charter’s Youth Team put on a football tournament for youngsters from Harlequin Drive and Barrackswood, Newport in the estate’s multi-use [...]
Without listening to our tenants’ views, we can’t improve our service. Ensuring that tenants get involved in what we do is important to us at Charter, and that’s why we have the Forward Together Panel, our staff and tenant partnership group. The Forward Together Panel meets every two months to review how Charter works with [...]
This autumn, Charter is running a programme from the Active Learning for Residents course; Community in Action level 2. This course is for tenants who want to learn more about housing and the communities that they live in. The qualification they earn can then build towards a NVQ. Five Forward Together Panel members are taking [...]
There are 10 2-bedroom apartments being developed above the new library in Abercarn. Apartments are on the first, second and third floor with level access showers in all bathrooms. There will also be a secure door entry system and lift, with off road parking. Weekly rent starts from £61.00 plus service charge. To be eligible [...]
Charter‘s Forward Together Panel have won an award, helped organise a tenant fun day and fast-tracked their IT skills! It’s been a busy year for Forward Together Panel (FTP) – and this month they were able to spill the beans on their success. At September’s Welsh Tenant Federation conference in Llandridnod Wells, four FTP members [...]
This month Charter tenants have been telling stories through very modern means. Six tenants, who are members of the Forward Together Panel, have taken part in a digital storytelling course, on which they learned to narrate stories using digital tools to tell their real-life stories. With guidance from Communities 2.0 and Charter’s Digital Inclusion Officer [...]
Charter’s award-winning staff and tenant panel celebrated its first year with a skill-building day in Newport last week. Launched last year, the Forward Together Panel reviews how Charter involves tenants in what it does. The Panel used the day to refresh members’ confidence, knowledge of Charter’s tenant participation strategy and meeting management skills. Staff member [...]
Keen to make the communal gardens look their best, residents of Cwrt Twyn Carn in Cwmcarn have raised an impressive amount of money. After Charter started them off with £40, the gardening group approached DIY stores Focus and Homebase for match funding. They also approached local company Brace’s bread, netting a community grant for £109. [...]
Confused about adaptations? Want to help us improve this service? Why not come to our adaptations focus group?This meeting will give you the opportunity to talk about your experience of the process with the Area Surveyor who manages adaptations. Think we can better our approach to them? This is your chance to get your views [...]
