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Dartmouth House
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West Bromwich
B70 8TQ
Tel: 0121 569 6000
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26 July - Flagship Decent Homes project celebrated 
The Mayor of Sandwell Cllr Pauline Hinton

An £8m Decent Homes refurbishment project has been formally recognised with a celebratory completion event attended by council leaders, contractors, board members and residents.

Lancaster House, in Oldbury, which received extensive refurbishment work including the development of eight new flats on the roof of the building, was completed in June.


15 July - Housing employees ‘race for life’ in aid of Cancer Research
 
Sandwell Homes employees at 'Race for Life' event

 

Employees from the borough’s biggest social landlord have raised nearly £2000 for Cancer Research UK after running a ‘Race For Life’ event.


7 July - Garages available to let in the Tividale area

 
Sandwell Homes has a number of garages to let across the Tividale area.

Sandwell Homes has a number of garages to let across the Tividale area.

Anybody interested in leasing a garage should contact Tividale Neighbourhood Office on 0121 569 6000 for an application form, or for further information on pricing and availability.


30 June - New housing chief for Sandwell Homes 
Sandwell Homes' new Interim Chief Executive Paul Field

Sandwell Homes has a new interim chief executive.

Paul Field, who has been its finance director and company secretary since 2004, takes up his new role on 1st July, following the retirement of previous chief executive Brian Oakley at the end of June.


25 June - £30k worth of community funds up for grabs across Sandwell

 
£30k community chest up for grabs

Sandwell Homes is running its highly praised ‘Community Chest’ scheme for the third year running in a bid to help improve community relations through worthy projects.

During 2009/10 the fund supported 62 separate projects, which allowed residents to make a positive impact on their community, providing each one with a grant worth up to £500. 


24 June - Salsa beat gets residents moving at care centre 
Sandwell Homes officer Lorenza Rees with a Salsa instructor

Latin America came to the Black Country this month as elderly and vulnerable tenants in a Smethwick care centre sampled salsa steps and authentic cuisine. 

Sandwell Homes organised the Salsa night at Holly Grange extra care scheme as part of a series of events to make their tenancies more fun, whilst giving the tenants an opportunity to get to know each other better.  


7 June - Residents invited to consultation on £3m improvement project  
Residents are invited to see proposals for the latest high rise project at Nelson House

 

Sandwell Homes is running a resident open day on Monday 14 June, in Princes End, Tipton, to showcase proposals for the refurbishment of homes on the estate under the high-rise stream of the Decent Homes Programme.


3 June - Sandwell Homes moves up to 21 on the Sunday Times Greenest Companies list 
Sandwell Homes is climbing its way up the Times list of best green companies

Sandwell Homes has moved further up the list of Britain's environmentally friendly companies after coming in at number 21 on the Sunday Times Best Green Companies List.

The organisation has been recognised for its environmental performance, particularly in pledging to cut its CO2 emissions by 37% by 2012.


27 May - Chief Executive Brian Oakley to retire 
Chief Executive Brian Oakley is retiring this June after 44 years service

Sandwell Homes Chief Executive Brian Oakley is to retire after 44 years of public service, 22 of them spent working in Sandwell. Brian will leave his post at the end of June.

Brian has spent the last six years steering the organisation through a two-star and subsequent three-star Audit Inspection in 2008 as well as delivering an on-going £425 million Decent Homes programme, one of the biggest in the country.


20 May -Tenants hold summer fair in celebration of completed £8m block 
Pictured outside Lancaster House on the day of the Spring Fare are Craig Hogan, Susan White, Tony Davies, Stuart Price, Sandra Evans and Daryll Pritchett

Delighted residents in Oldbury have celebrated the £8million pound transformation of high rise block Lancaster House by holding a summer fair.

Lancaster House was refurbished as part of the Decent Homes programme currently being rolled out across the borough by the Sandwell Decent Homes Partnership.

18 May - Sandwell Homes named Social Landlord of the Year 
Chief Executive Brian Oakley and Finance Director Paul Field with a trio of awards

Sandwell Homes has been recognised at a prestigious national awards ceremony as the best performing regional social landlord in the country.

The Housing Excellence Award, which was presented at Manchester’s Palace Hotel, recognises Sandwell Homes’ high level of performance across all business areas.


12 May - The Sky’s the limit for Sandwell’s high rise blocks 

 

Residents have been singing the praises of Sandwell’s improving skyline this month as the Sandwell Decent Homes Partnership celebrates spending £65 million on the borough’s high-rise programme.


26 April - Winners of the RoSPA Gold Award for third year running 
RoSPA Gold Award

Success again! Sandwell Homes has won the RoSPA Gold Award for the third successive year.

The award recognises health and safety excellence by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents.


21 April - Customer Service Excellence Award for Sandwell Homes 
Assessor Hugh Keachie and Sandwell Homes chair of the board Len Gibbs

Sandwell Homes is celebrating after scooping a top customer service award.

Replacing the former Charter Mark award, the Customer Service Excellence standard assesses organisations against the following categories: customer insight, culture of the organisation, information and access, delivery, and timeliness and quality of service.


21 April - Sandwell Homes in the running for three national awards 
Sandwell Homes is up for three awards over April and May

The awards season is upon us and Sandwell Homes is once again in the running for a variety of awards recognising excellent customer service.

Throughout April and May we will be in the running for an ASB award, Social Landlord of the Year and Support/ Care Team of the Year.


31 March - Sandwell Young Carers egg-static after receiving £900 donation  
Chief executive of Sandwell Young Carers, Tracey Smith, with the donated Easter eggs

Young carers in Sandwell have been given a morale boosting donation of Easter eggs and financial support by The Sandwell Decent Homes Partnership.

The Partnership made a donation to the value of £900 after recognising Sandwell Young Carers’ invaluable contribution to supporting unpaid care work.


25 March - Residents urged to check Sandwell Homes callers' ID 
Typical looking Sandwell Homes ID card

Housing chiefs at Sandwell Homes are reiterating the safeguards they have in place to protect residents from potential bogus callers.

The advice comes following a spate of distraction burglaries across the borough and a number of bogus calls being reported by residents.


17 March - Thumbs up for Lancaster House refurbishment 
Tenant Dave Pagett and investment director John Clayton outside Lancaster House

Residents and Sandwell Council leaders have given the thumbs up to the £8 million transformation of a block of flats that was once a "blot on the landscape".

Sandwell Homes, Sandwell Council's urban design team and construction partners Thomas Vale have worked together on the refurbishment of ten-storey Lancaster House in Oldbury Road, Whiteheath.


5 March -Sandwell Homes talks to BBC Radio WM about the latest anti-drug dealing campaign 
Anti-social behaviour co-ordinator Stuart White

Anti-social behaviour co-ordinator Stuart White spoke to Ed Doolan on BBC Radio WM about the Safer Sandwell Partnership's anti-drug dealing campaign. The 'Paranoid' campaign has been spearheaded by Sandwell Homes in Partnership with Sandwell Council, West Midlands Police, Crimestoppers and the private rented sector.

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25 February - Community Recycling Venture (CRV) working in partnership with Sandwell Council  
Community Recycling Venture are working with Sandwell Council

Community Recycling Venture (CRV) are working in partnership with Sandwell Council to provide a household recycling collection to homes in the borough.

CRV's primary goal is to create the link between the ethical issues of developing a more sustainable environment, and the social issues of enabling economic regeneration and employment for community groups and individuals in areas of social exclusion.


22 February - Find Sandwell Homes on Twitter 
Sandwell Homes is now on Twitter

Sandwell Homes are now using social networking site Twitter to post news and daily updates.

Go online at www.twitter.com/sandwellhomes to follow us and get the latest information from Sandwell's biggest social landlord.



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