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Basingstoke fun day was a great success
Friday, August 22 2008
Here are some of the things our tenants were saying to each other:
“I think this is really great, we’ve been walking past each other every day for ages, and this is the first time we’ve actually properly spoken to each other”
“It was really nice meeting you, you’ll definitely have to come by for a beer and chat sometime”
“It’s been good to meet you, now we know we’ve got children of a similar age we’ll have to meet up again”
We had Rachel, the steel pan soloist, providing entertainment, which was very popular. The barbeque was lots of fun, between around 20 and 30 people came out, and everyone mingled with everyone else. The children enjoyed the stencil tattoos and the colouring, and everyone took away some energy saving light bulbs.
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Fane Way Hot Street with Fire Service
Tuesday, August 12 2008
We’ve teamed up with the Fire Service to carry out free fire safety checks in Fane Way, Larchfield, Maidenhead. A team of fire fighters will be door knocking homes in Fane Way to provide free checks and advice. Our staff will be on hand with the mobile office to answer any queries you may have. This is a great event and an opportunity for you to make sure your home is safe. Have a look at the Gallery to see photos of the event last year in Cox Green.
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Knowl Hill Clean up and BBQ
Monday, July 28 2008
This event was really well attended and we received a lot of positive responses from all who came along.
The residents taking part in the Clean Up were mainly from four families, with the mums out with their children. A couple of other families joined in at different points during the Clean Up to help out. The children had a really good time, running off with the rubbish pickers and coming back to put what they found in the rubbish bags being held by their mums.
Feed back from the Clean Up was that although the estate is well maintained and kept clean, the mum’s found that we were picking up more rubbish than they had expected. One of the boys even found an abandoned tire!
We were very lucky to have some great entertainment throughout the event provided by Rachel a steel pan soloist. Rachel started off performing by the shops where we meet everyone at the start of the litter pick. She then moved all her equipment down to the grass where we had our BBQ. The music was well received by the residents there, and along with the weather, which was very sunny and warm, we had a really good summer atmosphere.
Once the litter pick was over and all the children had washed their hands we gathered everyone to start the BBQ. While we waited for the food to cook we got the children to draw and colour pictures of things about their neighbourhood. This activity was also well received, and nearly all the children had a go at drawing a picture.
Friends, neighbours, the play park area, and space to play football were the main themes from the pictures of things the children did like. Rubbish, cars going too fast, and neighbours having their bonfires in the middle of the day were the main themes from the pictures of things the children did not like.
People enjoyed the BBQ and most stayed for over an hour, which gave us a chance to get a couple of our census surveys filled in, and for Lyndsey the Area Housing Officer to answer a couple of residents’ queries and take down a couple of complaints and neighbourhood issues. Although the Mobile Office was present at this event, as the weather was so nice and people were happy to sit outside residents did not feel that they could give overly informative feedback on the Mobile Office. However people did comment that it was good to have something there with all our logos on, and people could use the toilet facilities on the Office if they wished.
Friends, neighbours, the play park area, and space to play football were the main themes from the pictures of things the children did like. Rubbish, cars going too fast, and neighbours having their bonfires in the middle of the day were the main themes from the pictures of things the children did not like.
We also gave away a number of our free energy saving light bulbs and held a free raffle for all the residents who had participated in the Clean Up. We had three sets of gift vouchers valuing £5, £10 and £15, and residents felt that these prizes were generous as a thank you to their help on the litter pick.
The children stayed for quite a while around the BBQ area and got involved in some of the other games we had with us like the giant connect four.
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DIY workshop at Pinkneys Green
We’re holding our DIY workshop at Pinkneys Green Fun Day this year, Saturday 16 August 11am – 6pm. Last year’s DIY workshop was a great success with residents learning how to build a wall, lay a patio, decorate and carry out minor repairs. Our human resources staff were also on hand to give advice about getting back to work. For pictures of last year’s event see the gallery. This year we’re teaming up with Pinkneys Green Community Forum, a residents group who run an annual fun day, to make sure that even more residents can gain extra DIY skills. If you want to know more contact .
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Ellington School Fun Day
Monday, July 21 2008
Our staff attended Ellington School fun day in Maidenhead on 11th July. We were there to support the event with a Tombola and activities for the children. We asked children at the event to draw pictures of what they liked and disliked about the neighbourhoods they live in, so that we can work with other agencies to improve services. You can see some of the pictures in the Gallery.
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