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Getting involved news

Lambeth Housing Engagement

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Getting involved news is our new residents' newsletter to keep you informed about engagement, training, and funding opportunities as well as resident led activities on and around our estates. If you have news you would like to share you can email us at gettinginvolved@lambeth.gov.uk.

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The Tulse Hill after-school Kids Club started up in November and runs during term time until November 2024, from 4pm to 6pm on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

Tulse Hill Kids Club will provide a variety of engaging and educational activities to children, including pottery, arts and crafts, music and dance, movies/cartoons, computer games, table tennis, snooker, gardening, and multi-sports. In addition to these recreational activities, they will also offer homework support to help children with their studies.

Healthy snacks and refreshments will be provided.

Cool it Arts  

Upcoming classes for “Cool it Art Kids” at VGCC, 5 Glasshouse Walk, SE11 5ES, Tuesdays 4-5pm term time and 2-4pm School Holidays***   

• 27 Feb February - fantasy landscape
• 07 March - multiple canvases
• 14 March - Art focus

Join us online next week to have your say on licensing private rented properties in Lambeth 

You’re invited to our online session on 21 February, to have your say on our proposals for a new selective licensing scheme. We want to improve the standards of private rented properties across the borough, and we need your help to shape our proposals. Property licensing schemes will help us to achieve our commitment of delivering better standards for private renters, by tackling poor housing conditions and improving management standards. 

To find out more, register your place or take our online survey, please visit the Lambeth website. 

A guide on registering the birth of your child. 

This guide contains the information that you need to register the birth of your new baby. 

Letter from Regulator of Social Housing

Extract from Regulator of Social Housing’s letter following the Housing Ombudsman’s inspection report on Lambeth’s complaints procedures.

Thank you for sharing the outcome of the HOS’ inspection with us. As you will be aware, we had previously engaged with the Council for some time regarding the issues highlighted in the HOS’ inspection report (including the Council’s repairs service). As part of that engagement, we met with the Council several times. During our engagement, the Council set out the changes it had made to its complaints and repairs service.

We recognised, as the HOS’ inspection report does, that whilst improvements had been made, these would take time to embed. From the recent information provided by the HOS’ inspection report, it would seem that the Council is continuing to make improvements to its service, albeit there remain some areas where continued work is required to ensure that the benefits are felt by its residents. At this time, we do not consider that it would be proportionate to find a breach of our consumer standards given the work and progress the Council has made to date, as well as its commitments to continue to drive improvements. We will therefore not be taking further regulatory action at this time. However, as always, we would expect the Council to inform us should there be any regulatory concerns that arise as it continues to make improvements to its services. 

Fern Lodge Estate

The recently refurbished Fern Lodge Estate community hall opened up its doors to the community for the winter half term. The kids were treated to a special demonstration on how to cook their favourite dishes. Other activities included a PlayStation, table tennis competition and cake making. The day concluded with an outdoor football session, thereby combining both indoor and outdoor activities. These sessions were facilitated by qualified coaches.  One mum said ‘ I think its great that Lambeth Council provides these local services on housing estates. I would like to see more of this in the future’.  

Grants and

funding 

Learning and development

Committee training 

Thanks to all those who attended last year’s training programme.  We are working on making this year’s training more inclusive and aim to focus on areas identified by TRAs and other engagement groups.

We are keen to know about any additional training requirements that would benefit your group and help it run more efficiently.

If you are a Lambeth Council Housing resident and interested in attending training please email us at gettinginvolved@lambeth.gov.uk or contact your Resident Participation Officer. 

Youth and Young Adult Engagement 

Jerome Martello is the new Youth and Young Adult Engagement Coordinator and he would like to meet young people in the borough who would like to share their thoughts.

Jerome was born and raised in Lambeth and is passionate about positive community impact. He would love to make connections with the local community and work in partnership to understand and identify any gaps in service provision for people who are 16+. And in particular, connecting with young residents from Central Hill, Tulse Hill, Brixton, Streatham, Clapham and Kennington. 

If you would like further information on how to get involved or you have a person in your family who you believe would be interested, please contact Jerome by email jmartello1@lambeth.gov.uk 

Resident engagement updates

Join the Lambeth 500

The Lambeth 500 is a consultative group open for any resident who receives services from Lambeth Housing to join and participate.

If you want to help shape the future of housing services in the borough are willing to provide feedback on service delivery, contribute to improvements, test new initiatives, or review policies and procedures then we want you to join.   

Membership is flexible – you can participate as much or as little as you want, on one particular issue or on many. You can tell us at any time that you no longer wish to be a member.