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Children's Platinum Jubilee Celebrations
Join us in celebrating the Queen’s Jubilee on Sunday 5th June 2022 2.00pm till 5.00pm At the Minto Centre car park. If you would like to come to our platinum celebrations, please register your place. To do this you will need to come and collect a ticket at the Housing Office, Minto Centre. The ticket will be registered to your child/children and their name added to the ticket. On entry to the event the ticket will be placed in a prize draw to win one of X2 £25 Entertainer vouchers. There are limited spaces available so be sure to get your tickets ASAP. For further details about arrangements for the day click on the title above.
WE ARE OPEN !!!!!
We are opening our office on 29th March 2022 OPENING TIMES Tuesday 9am to 12pm Wednesday 9am to 5pm For further information call the office on 01900602906 Or email enquires@westfieldha.org.uk
Estate Walkabout 1st April 2022
Westfield Housing wants all their residents to live in an area that is safe, clean, and attractive. To achieve this the association has set out plans to complete 6 monthly estate walkabouts. Our next estate walkabout is to take place on Friday 1st April 2022 at 2pm and we are looking for tenants to join us. If you are interested, please contact us on 01900 602906 for a chat and further details. As always residents have the chance of winning a £50 B&Q Voucher!! Click on the title to find out more about how you could be in with a change of winning and what we will be looking at during our walkabout.
Customer Engagement Panel
Here at Westfield Housing Association, we want to put our customers right at the heart of the decisions we make about how we manage our homes and services now and into the future. To help us do this we want to form a Customer Panel. The Panel will be a representative group of our tenants who meet up three times a year with our staff, to monitor, evaluate, review, and influence the Association’s performance, priorities and service provision. Click on the title to find out more about how you could help us become better at what we do.
Thinking of selling your home?
Did you know? In addition to our new build scheme, Westfield Housing Association continue to buy back properties on the estate. If you are thinking of selling your home or want to know more about this service, then please contact Diane Gorge on 01900 602906 or 07884 752133.
FLATS TO LET
Spacious 1 Bedroom Ground Floor Flat & 2 Bedroom 2nd Floor Flat, available to let soon on our Development on Moorclose Road Harrington. Both consist of a large, shared garden to the rear of the property and secure communal entrance hall stairs and landing. All well maintained by Westfield Housing Association weekly. The properties are located close to Harrington Marina, local shops and on a bus route offering easy access to Workington & Whitehaven. There will be a decoration voucher and help to move incentives available for the successful applicant. If you or anyone you know are interested in knowing more about these flats, please contact Julie Armstrong on 01900602906 or email enquiries@westfieldha.org.uk
Residents Meeting
We held our second Residents meeting on Tuesday 2nd November. Thank you to all those who attended. The points discussed by the attendees were: Play Area for the Estate Bins & Dog Fouling Click on the title "Residents Meeting" to find out more !! Open frontages & parking Development of the Residents Group
Customer Survey Prize Draw 2021
During November and December, we will be carrying out a survey of all tenants. The purpose of this survey is: - To update the information we hold on tenants, including contact details, household details, and other information relevant to your tenancy and the services we provide - To ask your views on your home, your neighbourhood and the services we provide The survey will be a postal survey carried out on our behalf by a company called Acuity. You will receive a form in the post (sent by Acuity) which we are asking you to complete and return to Acuity. ALL COMPLETED FORMS WILL BE ENTERED INTO A PRIZE DRAW. PRIZES INCLUDE HIGH ST VOUCHERS FOR £250 HIGH STREET VOUCHER FOR £100 HIGH ST VOUCHER FOR £50 Just click on the title to find out more . If you have any queries about the survey, please do not hesitate to contact us. 01900 602906
Community Survey 2021 - Your Views
In May this year we carried out an important survey of all our residents. Here are the results.
Garden Prize Draw!
Congratulations to Mr & Mrs Tooley on winning the Garden Prize Draw!
New Gas Servicing & Maintenance Contract
New Gas Servicing & Maintenance Contract Following a tender process in late March/April Sure Maintenance have been appointed as our new Gas Servicing and Maintenance contractor. The new 3- year contract commences on Monday 19th July 2021. Under the contract Sure will carry out all annual gas and solid fuel servicing’s, gas responsive repairs (both in and out of hours) and some heating system replacement/installation works. From Monday 19th July, tenants can report any gas repairs (heating/hot water issues) direct to Sure – the number is a freephone number - 0800 0316578. This number can also be used for emergency out of hours gas repairs. We are confident that Sure will provide our tenants with an excellent service and ensure their homes are safe. If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact us. Please note – Only Gas appliances (boilers and fires) are included in the contract not electric heating (storage / panel heaters etc). Therefore if you have electric only heating, please continue to ring our main Office number 01900 602906 to report these repairs and they will be logged to our electrical contractor.
New Gas Servicing & Maintenance Contract
Following a tender process in late March/April Sure Maintenance have been appointed as our new Gas Servicing and Maintenance contractor. The new 3- year contract commences on Monday 19th July 2021. Under the contract Sure will carry out all annual gas and solid fuel servicing’s, gas responsive repairs (both in and out of hours) and some heating system replacement/installation works. From Monday 19th July, tenants can report any gas repairs (heating/hot water issues) direct to Sure – the number is a freephone number - 0800 0316578. This number can also be used for emergency out of hours gas repairs. We are confident that Sure will provide our tenants with an excellent service and ensure their homes are safe. If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact us. Please note – Only Gas appliances (boilers and fires) are included in the contract not electric heating (storage / panel heaters etc). Therefore if you have electric only heating, please continue to ring our main Office number 01900 602906 to report these repairs and they will be logged to our electrical contractor.
Garden Competition
Do you take pride in your garden? Would like the chance to win £50 worth of B & Q Vouchers? If you can answer yes to these questions, why not send us a photo of your garden and we will enter it into our prize draw. Please email your photo’s with your name, address & contact details to susan.duxbury@westfieldha.org.uk
Estate Walkabout May 2021
Working together to provide strong, cohesive & thriving communities!! Our first estate walkabout of the year was held on Tuesday 25th May at 1.30pm. We would like to thank those who attend the walkabout, helping us to make a difference to your community. Unfortunately we had to cut the walkabout short due to the weather conditions that day. However, we will be arranging another one soon. If you would be interested in joining us, please contact Susan on 01900 602906 or email susan.duxbury@westfieldha.org.uk Keep an eye out on our website and Facebook page for up to date information.
Housing Register
We are reviewing our housing register (waiting list) We want to let you know that we are in the process of reviewing our housing register (waiting list). If you are registered for housing with us, you will soon receive a letter asking if you would like to remain on our register. It is very important that you contact us ASAP after receiving your letter to let us know if you wish to remain on it or if any of your circumstances/contact numbers have changed. If we don't hear from you from you within 2 weeks of you receiving your letter, we will presume you no longer require housing with us and you could be removed from our register, missing the opportunity to be considered for a home with Westfield Housing Association. You can contact us by ringing 01900 602906 or email us on enquiries@westfieldha.org.uk
Community Survey
We have asked an independent market research company, called Acuity, to carry out a community survey of residents
Resumption of Full Repairs and Maintenance Service
Resumption of Full Repairs and Maintenance Service
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Estate Walkabout August 2020
We have conducted our estate walkabout for August 2020
