TENANTS CORNER YEMUAORLFEOVN Don't Lose Your Right to Vote...SOLFED SCRUTINY PANEL
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TENANTS CORNER New World Housing Association Direct Debit winners 2014 April Lewisham - Ms Addo £10 8 Grange Mills May Lambeth - Ms Johnson £10 Year 2014-15 Weir Road, London SW12 0NE June Lewisham - Mr Nguyen £10 Qtr 2 July Southwark - Mr Long £10 London August Southwark - Mr & Mr Ly £10 Inside This Issue SOLFED SCRUTINY KENNETH LEE HOUSE of New World There are number of activities going on at our shel- Tel: 020 8675 0320 News! PANEL Fax: 020 8675 9388 Have you considered changing the way you pay your rent for a ter scheme at Kenneth Lee House, 57 Westcombe hill, London SE3 7DU at the moment. Lunch club Email: [email protected] chance to win? Speak to a member of staff today! Pg.1 It’s not too late.....to get involved! is on every Tuesday, where tenants, tenant’s family Website: www.newha.co.uk Solfed Scrutiny Solfed, are a group of 5 Housing associa- Panel members, tenant’s visitors and New Returned Tenant Repair Satisfaction £10 tions, who have engaged a number of ten- world HA ‘s local elderly tenants are Quarter 1 Wandsworth - Mrs Le £10 Kenneth Lee ants from all five associations. They meet House invited to enjoy a meal of traditional every six to eight weeks and look at how Vietnamese or Chinese freshly Your Right to costs can be shared, services can be im- Competition Time!! Vote! cooked and healthy food. This in- EVENT’s NEar you To ENjoy This proved and ways we can better communi- cludes rolled rice cake, spring rolls and Pho. Visi- cate with tenants. This team of tenants The Jumble Up quiz this quarter is: Autumn! Pg.2 tors can also join with the residents for a few Money Matters are known as the “Solfed Scrutiny Pan- rounds of the game mahjong. Haircuts and massage el”. Over the 2years they have been in YEMUAORLFEOVN 4 October 2014 - The Nunhead Bite Feed your fami- treatments are available on Wednesday’s fortnight- ly of 4 for under operation they have made a number of ly from 01 October 2014. Clue is : Saving A weekend long festival celebrating food, culture and the com- £5 significant changes to the way each or- It would be nice if you can come to keep our elder- munity in Nunhead. ganisation works and how we report pro- ly residents company and enjoy the food or mah- Pg.3 cesses. The panel has a uniqueness in that jong. For further information please contact Helen Entries must be 12 October 2014 - Music in Brockwell Park Maintenance they not only look at processes within the Kon on 02088588945 or Thanh Nguyen on received by 15th Located at the Bandstand, Herne Hill SE24 02086750320. We look forward to hearing from October 2014. Pg.4 association but look at ways tenants too you. Tenant’s can make things easier for them- 12 October 2014 - Family Film Club Corner selves. They have now sought out digital Why not email Forest Hill Library - 1.30pm to 3.45pm Hiện đang có rất nhiều hoạt động diễn ra tại khu us your answer? Competition inclusion training courses for tenants Time which is due to take place in October nhà dàng cho người cao tuổi của hội nhà New Just be sure to include you 14 October 2014 - Remembering Nelson Winners 2014. This is a very new World - Kenneth Lee house, Westcombe hill, Lon- contact details! Mandela at Torridon Road Library Events in adventure for all 5 associa- don SE3 7DU. Share memories & reflect upon a great man of his times YOUR Area tions involved and we are Bữa ăn trưa với các món ăn truyền thống như : TENANT SATISFACTION SURVEY Getting to fully supporting the idea of bánh cuốn, bún nem, Phở được tổ chức vào ngày thứ Ba hàng tuần từ 11.30am đến 1.30pm. Các cụ 2014 25 October 2014 - Fathers Reading Everyday Launch Party know........ giving 10inch tablets to ten- sống tại Kenneth Lee house,bạn bè và người thân at Peckham Library ants who attend for a small có thể gặp gỡ và chơi mạt chược. Thank you to all the New World Helping you get into the habit of reading with your child every- cost of £60! You will have received your residents who completed and re- Cắt tóc và xoa bóp chữa bệnh được day - 11am to 12.30pm. Please contact: Look Out for letters and we encourage you to put your phục vụ vào thứ Tư, hai tuần một turned the STAR Tenant name down to attend the training and Satisfaction surveys earlier this year. Your [email protected] for more info. these Future lần. Newsletter meet other tenants in other associa- Xin mời các quí vị đến cùng tham feedback is always important as it helps us im- tions. You may then be inspired to want prove our services to all our residents. 1 November 2014 - Blackheath Fireworks Topics. dự. Quí vị liên hệ với Helen Kon số máy Funfair from 4pm, food & drink from 6pm, fireworks at 8pm! to get involved with the Solfed scrutiny 02088588945 hoặc Thanh Nguyễn số máy project and become a panel member. The following residents returned their surveys This is one of the biggest events in the 02086750320 để biết thêm m chi tiết. Rất mong and were picked at random to win a voucher: capital and it is free of charge! Avoiding được nói chuyện cùng quí vị. Leaks Mr Yildiz Greenwich £100 5 November 2014 - Lambeth Fireworks, Brockwell Park Recipe Ideas Mr Parfitt Lewisham £100 Bonfire, funfair, food stalls and lots of entertainment between Ms Annan Southwark £100 5pm to 10pm. Getting to Ms Stephen Southwark £25 Don’t Lose Your Right To Vote...... know New Mrs Muro Southwark £25 World Staff Mr Dinh Greenwich £25 Did you know the way you register to vote has changed? You can now register to vote online at www.gov.uk/register-to-vote. Mutual Exchanges Even if you were registered in the past, there is a possibility you may need to register again. Fur- Getting to Know.......... Lauren Panton (Housing Officer) thermore, if you’ve moved in the last 18 months you are more likely to be missing from the elec- How long have you worked in Housing? toral register than other people. You need to register in order to be able to vote. If you aren’t reg- istered to vote, you won’t have a say on who represents you. You may also want to register to I have worked in housing in different roles since 2006. If you have an What is your favourite thing to do in London for free? idea for the news- vote if you are applying for credit. This is because credit reference agencies use the register to I love walking along the South Bank watching the street performers and enjoying the beautiful views over letter or would confirm where you live in order to counteract fraud. If you don’t have access to the internet or the Thames. like to contribute can’t use it, your local electoral registration staff will be able to help you to register. To get their One thing our residents probably do not know about you? please contact us contact details or to find out more about the changes to electoral registration you can visit I am a keen long distance runner and I will be running the London Marathon in 2015. TODAY! www.aboutmyvote.co.uk or call 020 7271 0500. Something you hope to achieve with New World in the next year? I hope to arrange more residents events in Lewisham and Southwark - if you are interested in being involved please contact Your vote matters. Make sure you’re in. me. MONEY MATTERS MAINTENANCE WELFARE REFORM MONEY SAVING TIPS Winter Is Coming…. FIRE KILLS........ By now you should be familiar with the term welfare This issue we give you tips on how to save when shop- 10 tips to avoid condensation And so does keeping your possessions in the reform, they are the changes the current Government ping! and mould communal areas! have made to the welfare system. It includes Universal Keep saucepan lids on when Fire regulations are quite rightly becoming more credit (UC), Bedroom Tax and Benefit Caps. The last SHOP AROUND cooking and use your cooker's stringent and one of the areas which has been of two have already been implemented and Universal It could be cheaper to go to a different store if you find extractor fan if you have one concern is the storing of possessions and materi- Credit is due to be introduced by the end of 2015. UC you’re spending a lot on your groceries. You can save Vent tumble driers to the out- als in communal areas such as landings and un- money on your food shopping with simple ideas like will replace Job Seekers Allowance, Child & Working side and avoid drying clothes inside the house. If der stairwells. London Fire Brigade specifically Tax credit, Income Support, Housing Benefits and Em- checking what you have, making a list and meal plan- you have to dry them inside, use a room where ning. It’s also smart to avoid smaller supermarket con- forbid this type of storage which ployment Support Allowance. The some ventilation can be provided venience stores as these can be more expensive. is why many of you are now benefit will be paid direct to the Do not dry clothes on radiators or heaters probably aware that New World claimant once a month and it is then Shut the bathroom door when bathing / show- WATCH OUT FOR “SPECIAL OFFERS” has fitted signs in some of our the claimant’s responsibility to pay Special offers can be a great way to save money, but ering all their out goings including rent they can sometimes catch you out.