http://www.neighboursandneighbourhoods/index.php/site/index/ All the latest News from Neighbours And Neighbourhoods, refer to the calendar for the latest events en jlynham@mdha.co.uk Copyright 2010 2010-07-08T09:11:16+00:00 http://www.neighboursandneighbourhoods.co.uk/index.php/site/news/summer_holiday_programme_monday_26_july_friday_27_august_2010/ http://www.neighboursandneighbourhoods.co.uk/index.php/site/news/summer_holiday_programme_monday_26_july_friday_27_august_2010/#When:08:11:16Z 13-19yrs Summer 2010 Activities If you are between 13 and 19 there is loads to do during the school holidays. Booking essential. Drop off times are approximate depending on traffic etc. 1319 Hotline - 01628 796227 Go to the RBWM for more info http://www.rbwm.gov.uk/web/13-19_summer_activities.htm13-19 Summer Holiday Programme - Monday 26 July - Friday 27 August 2010 ■Parish Tour ■Skating and BMXing ■Sailing Course ■Canoeing & Kayaking ■Indoor Climbing ■Theme Park Trip - Thorpe Park ■Fishing Tuition & Competition ■Ice Skating Disco Session ■Snowboarding ■London Theatre Trip ■High Ropes ■Go Karting ■Laggan Field Family Fun Day ■London Zoo ■Adrenaline Alley Skate Park ■Golf ■Beach Trip ■Parks - loads going on throughout the summer ■In Da Hood 2010-07-08T08:11:16+00:00 http://www.neighboursandneighbourhoods.co.uk/index.php/site/news/clean_community_litter_pick_and_egg_hunt/ http://www.neighboursandneighbourhoods.co.uk/index.php/site/news/clean_community_litter_pick_and_egg_hunt/#When:08:02:36Z MDHA worked in partnership with the RBWM Community Safety Team, Police, Fire Brigade and the Surestart Childrens Cente to organise a litter pick and Easter Egg Hunt to encourage residents to keep their neighbourhoods clean.The Mayor and the High Sheriff of Bershire also attended the event and presented the children with eggs and certificate of participation.Pictures can be seen in the gallery. 2010-04-01T08:02:36+00:00 http://www.neighboursandneighbourhoods.co.uk/index.php/site/news/eco_friendly_mdha/ http://www.neighboursandneighbourhoods.co.uk/index.php/site/news/eco_friendly_mdha/#When:07:42:37Z MDHA and children from Courthouse School built a greenhouse made from plastic drink bottles. Jewson's donated materials and MDHA staff did the building work.On 23rd & 24th March 2010 MDHA staff and Courthouse school children spent their time building a greenhouse out of bottles to grow vegetables in. Courthouse school has got an active gardening club and had asked MDHA to help them promote recycling and healthy eating. The greenhouse reflects the recycling message as it was made out of emply 2 litre plastic bottles. Nearly 2000 bottles were used, which the children had been collecting for over a year. Pictures can be seen in the gallery. 2010-03-24T07:42:37+00:00 http://www.neighboursandneighbourhoods.co.uk/index.php/site/news/new_recruits_join_the_residents_association_executive_committee/ http://www.neighboursandneighbourhoods.co.uk/index.php/site/news/new_recruits_join_the_residents_association_executive_committee/#When:15:17:00Z Three new residents were elected onto the Executive Committee of the MDHA Residents’ Association at the Annual General Meeting. The residents had put themselves forward as part of the open nomination process which all residents were invited to take part in. There were five vacancies on the Executive Committee this year. Two members were standing for re-election and with three new nominees, all five were automatically elected at the AGM to serve for a three year term. Have a look at the Residents’ Association members page to read about the new members and the existing ones. What did we achieve last year? o We recruited five new members onto the Executive Committee; o Developed an action plan for the year ahead o Made changes to our constitution o Put forward residents’ views to the government about new standards for housing. o Campaigned for the gardening help scheme for elderly and disabled residents to be done in-house to provide a more caring service; o Worked to improve the grounds maintenance service; o Job shadowed MDHA staff to find out more about their work; o Worked with the Association to write a Vulnerability Policy and Single Equality Scheme. o Three members started Active Learning for Residents training to develop skills to work with local communities. 2009-12-22T15:17:00+00:00 http://www.neighboursandneighbourhoods.co.uk/index.php/site/news/go_smoke_free_in_2010/ http://www.neighboursandneighbourhoods.co.uk/index.php/site/news/go_smoke_free_in_2010/#When:10:24:00Z Solutions4Health is working in partnership with the NHS to offer free stop smoking clinics every Monday throughout January 2010 at Maidenhead & District Housing Association officesSolutions4Health is working in partnership with the NHS to offer free stop smoking clinics every Monday throughout January 2010 at Maidenhead & District Housing Association offices in Waldeck Road, Maidenhead. Qualified staff will be on hand to give advice on weight and stress management, healthy eating and diabetes. There will also be one to one sessions to offer support and free nicotine replacement products such as patches and chewing gum. Just turn up - The clinics will be held in the Mobile Office car park from 9am to 4pm every Monday in January. 2009-12-21T10:24:00+00:00 http://www.neighboursandneighbourhoods.co.uk/index.php/site/news/audit_comission_is_recruiting_for_new_tenant_inspection_advisers_closing_da/ http://www.neighboursandneighbourhoods.co.uk/index.php/site/news/audit_comission_is_recruiting_for_new_tenant_inspection_advisers_closing_da/#When:09:19:12Z The Audit Commission is an independent watchdog, driving economy, efficiency and effectiveness in local public services to deliver better outcomes for everyone.The Audit Commission are looking to recruit Tenant Inspection Advisers (TIAs) form four regional pools, which our staff draw on periodically to carry out inspection and assessment work. TIAs join their inspection teams specifically to provide the viewpoint of tenants, leaseholders and customers on the quality of housing services delivered by housing providers. They also work on the inspection of benefit services delivered by local authorities. As a Tenant Inspection Adviser, you’ll team up with Audit Commission inspectors and performance specialists, possibly but not definitely in the area where you live, to take part in housing and benefits inspections. These could be housing association inspections, local authority housing management service inspections, homelessness and housing advice inspections and benefit services inspections. The role of Tenant Inspection Adviser is an excellent opportunity for you to deepen your awareness of the issues facing tenants in the social housing sector. Expect to make a difference through direct input into the Audit Commission - the country’s independent inspector of social housing and benefits provision and services nationally. Depending on the part of the country in which you’re based, Audit Commission will pay between £131 and £141 a day when you’re actively working as part of an inspection team carrying out an inspection. They also pay reasonable expenses to cover travel, accommodation costs too. Recruitment to for Tenant Inspection Advisers’ ‘Pool’ is currently open. If you’re interested in applying, please click on the following link visit http://www.ac-opinions.co.uk/tenant-inspection-advisers.asp Please note applications close on 11th December 2009 and assessments take place over a number of days, w/c 18th January 2010. 2009-12-03T09:19:12+00:00 http://www.neighboursandneighbourhoods.co.uk/index.php/site/news/mdha_residents_association_produce_action_plan_for_2009_10/ http://www.neighboursandneighbourhoods.co.uk/index.php/site/news/mdha_residents_association_produce_action_plan_for_2009_10/#When:08:11:09Z Take a look at the MDHA Residents' Association Executive Committee Action Plan for 2009/10 and see what their top priorities are for the year ahead.MDHA Residents’ Association Executive Committee meet as a group once a month, as well as being part of smaller sub-groups that allow individual members to drill down into areas of service delivery and improvement that interest them most.  They have now produced their Action Plan for 2009/10, please click on the link to read their action plan in full and see what their top priorities are for the year ahead.Action_plan_-_MDHA_RA_09-10.doc 2009-10-07T08:11:09+00:00 http://www.neighboursandneighbourhoods.co.uk/index.php/site/news/13_19_summer_activities_programme/ http://www.neighboursandneighbourhoods.co.uk/index.php/site/news/13_19_summer_activities_programme/#When:14:12:54Z The 13-19 summer activities programme was used to raise awareness of the RESPECT agenda among young people living in our neighbourhoods. Encouraging young people to be considerate to the needs of others around them and care about their community. We also wanted to provide activities for young people over the summer holidays.The 13-19 summer activities programme was used to raise awareness of the RESPECT agenda among young people living in our neighbourhoods. Encouraging young people to be considerate to the needs of others around them and care about their community. We also wanted to provide activities for young people over the summer holidays. Young people took part in a poster design competition to design a poster that could be used for advertising the RESPECT agenda to other residents. Discussions took place around young people’s ideas of what is a nice neighbourhood to live in and what respect means to young people. This generated discussions among friends and helped the young people recognise what impact vandalism, graffiti etc. has to the rest of the community they live in. They also designed their own RESPECT t-shirts. 2009-10-01T14:12:54+00:00 http://www.neighboursandneighbourhoods.co.uk/index.php/site/news/gardens_in_bloom/ http://www.neighboursandneighbourhoods.co.uk/index.php/site/news/gardens_in_bloom/#When:12:51:25Z MDHA's Gardens In Bloom competition was judged by members of the MDHA Residents' Association this July and the winners have now been announced. Look out for the article with photos of all the winners in September's Streets Ahead. The gardens were very beautiful this year and all the gardeners had worked really hard, making this one of the hardest years to judge!MDHA’s Gardens In Bloom competition was judged by members of the MDHA Residents’ Association this July and the winners have now been announced.  Look out for the article with photos of all the winners in September’s Streets Ahead.  The gardens were very beautiful this year and all the gardeners had worked really hard, making this one of the hardest years to judge! Winners: J P Maisey, Phoenix Court, Communal OVERALL WINNER Gary Wilkins, Greenfields, Communal WINNER Mrs Smith, Neville Close, Front Garden WINNER Mrs Margaret Ewers, Lindores Road, Back Garden WINNER Mrs Fox, South Road, Hanging Baskets/Window Boxes WINNER Ken Perkins, Arthur Derrick and Anna Gwilliam, Neve House, Communal SECOND Mrs Julie Curtis, St. Adrian’s Road, Back Garden SCEOND Mr Palethorpe & Mrs Jones, Brownfields Gardens, Hanging Baskets/Window Boxes SECOND Maudsley House Residents, Maudsley House, Communal THIRD Mr Woodridge Elizabeth Close, Back Garden, THIRD Mr R Hatch, Halifax Road, Front Garden HIGHLY COMMENDED Mrs Sylvia Haley, Elizabeth Close, Back Garden HIGHLY COMMENDED Mr Peter Taylor, Whyteladyes Lane, Back Garden HIGHLY COMMENDED 2009-10-01T12:51:25+00:00 http://www.neighboursandneighbourhoods.co.uk/index.php/site/news/book_festival_at_evenlode/ http://www.neighboursandneighbourhoods.co.uk/index.php/site/news/book_festival_at_evenlode/#When:10:06:51Z This summer MDHA and RBWM Library Services bought books to the doorstep of Evenlode residents. There were lots of fun things to do for children and a chance to join up to the library and the Summer Reading Challenge.Friday 24th July MDHA teamed up with RBWM Library Services to hold a book festival at Evenlode.  Despite the bad weather we were able to set up in the three bedroom show home, and were able to offer: - all residents, plus their friends and family the chance to sign up to the library as new members (10 new members were signed up on the day) - all children and young people the chance to join up to the “Quest Seekers” Summer Reading Challenge (8 new members were joined up on the day) - all parents the chance to pick up a Bookstart goody bag for 1 – 2 year olds (15 were given away on the day) Plus there was a Story Time for the children, lots of arts and crafts to do and the Bookstart Bear (see photos in the General page of the photo gallery – the big blue bear is hard to miss!) The library said that they felt it was one of their most successful outreach events and we hope to work with them again in the future. 2009-08-25T10:06:51+00:00