Home Watch Spirited Tea at Tattenhall
Residents received home safety awareness tips building on good community spirit in the village of Tattenhall.
More than 30 Chester & District Housing Trust (CDHT) residents attended the event, where home and community safety measures were discussed by Liz Biddle, Home Watch Officer for Cheshire West and Chester and PC Support Officer Tracy Shaw, of the Neighbourhood Policing team.
This event, which included refreshments, was held for CDHT residents at The Barbour Institute, Tattenhall with the hope of having further safety awareness events spreading to other rural villages.
Emma Turner, Visiting Support Officer for CDHT, said:
“This event was about being a good neighbour, getting residents together and enhancing neighbourhood awareness. It was a great opportunity to highlight home safety and show community partnership at work.”
Paula Marshall, CDHT Community Housing Officer, who also attended the Tattenhall event, added:
“At present, there aren’t any active CDHT resident groups in the rural areas, but the hope is that by bringing residents together that we may continue to build on a good community spirit.”
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Tea at the Barbour Institute Tattenhall: (Front Row, left to right) Residents Gwen Mellor, Nora Frost, Marjory Lightfoot and Sheila Barmforth, with PC Support Officer Tracy Shaw, of the Neighbourhood Policing team and Emma Turner, CDHT Visiting Support Officer.
(Back Row, left to right) Liz Biddle and Hayley Causer, Home Watch Officers for Cheshire West and Chester, Paula Marshall, CDHT Community Housing Officer and Maggi Dempsey, CDHT Resident involvement Officer.
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Notes to editors
Chester & District Housing Trust (CDHT) is a dynamic and enterprising organisation at the forefront of delivering positive impacts in the communities with which it works. The Trust’s homes span six communities – Blacon North; Blacon South; Chester City Area; The Rurals; Lache and Handbridge; Upton, Hoole, Newton and Plas Newton.
Committed to the best principles of social enterprise with over 14,000 local customers in 6,200 properties and 53% of its 275 colleagues living within its communities, the Trust adheres to key commitments and principles relating to people, places, partnerships and performance which underpin the Vision to ‘create opportunity’, through its mission, ‘by doing the right thing’.
The Trust is about being transparent and accountable in everything that is done and to this end is one of the first organisations nationally to have established a Residents’ Board, with full delegated powers from the Trust Board, to direct services which impact upon their lives.
The Trust has a comprehensive development programme delivering over 330 new homes including the £12million regeneration of the Treborth Road area of Chester providing new homes for rent, sale and shared ownership, as well as a village green and wildlife habitats.
CDHT also provides services on a partnership basis, to a number of other customers e.g. Telecare services, TrustWorks Maintenance Services, Housing Options advice, waiting list management and choice based lettings to neighbouring local authorities and registered social landlords.
The Trust is rated as two Star excellent by the Audit Commission, has the highest possible rating from Telecare Services Association and is also credited Investors in People and is the overall Employer of the Year For Cheshire West. It has been in the ‘Top 100 Sunday Times best companies to work for’ for the last 2 years.
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