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The Newsletter of Govanhill Housing Association Winter 2019 Festive Opening Hours The Association offices will close for the festive period at 2.30pm on Tuesday the 24th of December, and re-open at 9am on Monday the 30th of As the year comes to an end, we are pleased to celebrate December. The offices will be award wins and nominations in our community. From hard closed for New Year at 2.30pm working members of staff, to invaluable community leaders on the 31st of December and we are pleased to see hard work recognised in this way will re-open at 9am on Monday (continued pages 2 and 3). the 6th of January. During the office closures please call 0370 191 0006 Amra Nazim Wins Happy to Translate Star for all internal repairs except Individual Award for Inclusive Communication heating and hot water. For out of hours central heating and At a ceremony which took 2000 and ensures that around hot water repairs including place in October, Amra 1800 enquiries are responded roofing problems and leaks Nazim was named Happy to to each year. Amra is an please call 0141 552 8647 for Translate’s ‘Star Individual’ outstanding member of staff assistance. for her contribution to who provides advice and promoting and embedding support in a friendly, caring the GOSIP service within and calm way. Amra was the organisation. The GOSIP instrumental in setting up service aims to prevent the Minority Ethnic Resident social exclusion by delivering Empowerment Group MERGE an outreach service that and is key to its ongoing encourages increased, success. effective communication with A well-deserved win for black and ethnic minority someone at the forefront communities in the Govanhill of breaking down language area. barriers. Congratulations Amra joined the Association Amra! as an Outreach Worker in Awards Season at Govanhill Housing Association! Govanhill Tenants Shortlisted for Prestigious Evening Times Award Three inspiring members of the Govanhill Calina Toqir community were shortlisted for the Evening was also Times Community Champion Awards. nominated in Graham Steel from the Govanhill recognition of community Garden group was shortlisted for her role as a his commitment to growing and improving bridge between the Govanhill Community Garden. the local Roma community Dagmar Srajbrova was nominated for and public services and encouraging the her commitment to volunteering, through take up of English classes. Digipals and the Library and the Community Development Trust. Congratulations to all three community members for their hard work! Pillars of the Community: Govanhill Community Development Trust Volunteers Interviewed for BBC Radio Following their nomination as community champions, Calina and Dagmar were interviewed for a BBC Radio documentary about women who play a vital and often un-recognised role within their community. The interviews are expected to be broadcast in the new year; follow the GCDT Facebook page for more updates. Victoria Road New-Build Nominated for Architecture Prize Collective Architecture, the designers of the Association’s most recent new build development on the corner of Victoria Road and Butterbiggins Road were shortlisted for a Glasgow Institute of Architecture award in the Residential Category. Congratulations to John McCall Architects who won the prize in this category for their development at Maryhill Locks. 2 Govanhill Housing Association Winter 2019 Community Award Winners 2019 Merrylee Good neighbour Award Winners This year there were three awards for Garden Competition the Good Neighbour Award, all well- deserved – congratulations! Front garden 1st prize Mr & Mrs Cummings Eileen Patterson was nominated by a neighbour for being a good helpful friend. 2nd prize Neil McGinley Susie Heywood was nominated for her 3rd prize Mr & Mrs Joe Callaghan role in organising the Streetplay event on Veranda Elrig Road which has been a great success and has really brought the community 1st prize Rae Stevenson together. 2nd Elizabeth Staunton Paul Watts was nominated in recognition 3rd Ms Dalzell of his supportive role during a neighbour’s hospital stay. Special mention Ian Paterson Govanhill Good Neighbours This year the good Garden Competition neighbour award went to the Butterbiggins Road Front gardens Back gardens New Build group who 1st Mr E McCann 1st Mr G Steele have come together to organise social events 2nd Mr M Qadri 2nd Ms F. Jordan and generally build a 3rd Mrs S Findlater 3rd Ms L Jones sense of community in our new development. Congratulations to all our Community Award Winners! Govanhill Housing Association Winter 2019 3 Important Info for Tenants All Change in Housing Management: You may have a new Housing Officer! Your housing officer is the All the addresses for the person to contact with any relevant Housing Officers, issues in relation to your along with their contact tenancy whether that’s a details are included below. housing transfer request, We also welcome Avril anti-social behaviour Stewart our new Housing concerns or issues connected Services manager. Avril joined to estate management such the Association earlier this as close cleaning or backcourt year on an interim basis and maintenance. has now been recruited to As a result of changes within the post of Housing Services our team, you may have a Manager. new Housing Officer and Housing Assistant. Avril Stewart Dave Sherwood and Sima Moradi now cover patches in North West Govanhill with a few addresses in other areas. • Aikenhead Road: 232-260, 420, 432, 434 • Hickman Street: 2- 48, 52, 56, 101, 107, • Allison Street: 417- 491 111, 121, 133, 135 • Bankhall Street: 3, 11, 41 • Hickman Terrace • Batson Street • Hollybrook Street: 1-134 • Butterbiggins Road: 180, 190, 200 • Inglefield Street: 65, 67, 71, 73, 79, 81, • Calder Street: 6, 248, 256, 265, 352, 366, 83, 85, 93, 95, 111, 113 372, 374, 386, 390, 398, 406 • Jamieson Path • Carfin Street • Jamison Court • Cathcart Road: 382- 564 • Jamieson Street • Coplaw Street: 142 - 152 • Nursery Street • Daisy Street: 5- 17 • Preston Street • Dixon Avenue: 16, 20 • Seath Street: 7, 11, 15, 19, 21 • Govanhill Street: 9, 13, 15, 59- 72, 78, 84, • Bennan Square 90, 96, 186-204 • Brereton Street 4 Govanhill Housing Association Winter 2019 Govanhill • Hollybrook Street: 201-258 • Aikenhead Road: 268- 384 • Riccarton Street • Allison Street: 309- 414, and • Seath Street: 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 422, 424 28 • Bankhall Street: all except 3, 11, 41 Merrylee • Boyd Street • Ashmore Road • Calder Street: 339, 345, 351, • Ashmore Crescent 357, 363, 369, 375, 381, 387 • Burrelton Road • Cathcart Road: 574-665 • Cherrybank Road • Daisy Street: 27, 65 • Friarton Road • Dixon Road • Glasserton Place • Dixon Avenue: 83, 87, 91 • Glasserton Road • Govanhill Street: 73, 79, 81, • Merrylee Road 85, 89, 93, 97, 348- 380 • Muirskeith Crescent Philip Smith and • Hickman Street: 51, 57- 87, • Muirskeith Place Tahira Naveed cover 102, 114, 120, 126, 132, 138, • Muirskeith Road South East Govanhill 144 • Newlands Road and Merrylee. Debbie McInally and Patricia Moran now cover a Katy Bridgestock and Tracy range of addresses in Govanhill, see below. Doncaster will continue to • Annandale Street • Garturk Street cover South West Govanhill • Annette Street: 1, 3, • Govanhill Street: 4, This includes 5, 31, 43 10, 16, 22, 28, 42, 60 • Annette Street: 8-30 and • Ardbeg Street • Inglefield Street: 48, 34,40,44 • Ascog Street 54, 60, 74, 78, 80, • Calder Street: 132, 138, 146, • Bowman Street: 99 82, 114, 118, 120, 152, 168, 174, 182 • Butterbiggins Road: 122, 124 • Dixon Avenue: 29 - 53 100 - 170 • Langside Road • Langside Road: 175- 279 • Calder Street: 165 • South Annandale • Westmoreland Street: 3- 77 -224 Street (except 40) • Coplaw Street: 76 - • Victoria Road • Allison Street: 141-299 141 • Westmoreland • Bowman Street: 119 • Coplaw Court Street: 40 • Garturk Street: 19 • Cuthbertson Street • Daisy Street: 30- 40 • Dixon Avenue: 9, 57, 75 Govanhill Housing Association Winter 2019 5 Rent Restructure Update As you may be aware, the Association is In June this year all tenants were asked to currently undergoing a rent restructure fill in a survey to gather their views, and 5 process with the help of external groups of tenants took part in focus groups consultants Arneil Johnston. The reason during late August and September. Some of for this review is to ensure that the the results of this survey are included below. Association is confident that our method This information is being considered by the for calculating rent is based on fair Management Committee who will use the principles, and that the rents we charge feedback to inform the rent restructure offer value for money for tenants, whilst process as they consider different models for also ensuring the Association can continue rent setting. to deliver vital services. A decision on the revised rent setting method will be made in early 2020 by the Management Committee. Your Views on Rent Levels % % said that71 one rent policy 73 should be applied across agreed that properties which have similar characteristics (like all properties number of bedrooms) should have similar rents 77% agreed that service charges % should be included in the 73 main rent charge said that rent should vary as a result of the layout of a % property 66 thought that any changes should be phased in gradually, where 34% said that any changes should be applied in one go. 6 Govanhill Housing Association Winter 2019 New Scottish Benefits for Parents: Know Your Entitlements The Scottish Government has introduced School Age Payment: a payment of £250 a range of benefits aimed to assist paid to each child at or around the time the parents/guardians with children. These child is due to start school. changes re-place the existing maternity Do you Qualify? grant previously administered by the UK Department of Work and Pensions To qualify for the above payments, the (DWP). The new payments detailed below person responsible for each child must be in are administered by the newly created receipt of one of the following benefits – Scottish Social Security Agency.