Newcastle Tenants and Residents Federation

09/11/2017

Numbers of British Homeless greater than population of Newcastle say Shelter

04/10/2017

26/04/2017

Private Tenant Voice event today @ Byker Fire Station, 11am to 2pm - are you a tenant renting from a private sector landlord? Need advice or support? Come to our event to find out more about private renting and help that's available. Refreshements and travel costs available.

18/12/2016

Getting ready for our International Friendship Event, all welcome, doors open at 2pm, food, music and fun including Santa's Grotto ...

13/12/2016

Come along to our event this Sunday, all welcome.

01/12/2016

Reminder to book, still places available:

29/11/2016

Reminder, AGM tonight 6pm in the hall at Fawdon Community Centre. Bingo will follow, 7pm to 9pm - all welcome to the bingo fundraiser.

05/09/2016

Walker Park proudly reopens its gates to mark the completion of essential renovation work with a free family festival.
Saturday’s Walker Park Festival from 11am to 5pm has a variety of free entertainment including live music from The Caffreys, The Odd Bunch, Rose Parade; street theatre from The Bread And Butter Theatre Company; a bubbleologist; arts and crafts displays; birds of prey; sporting events; climbing wall and medieval displays. A fun fair with a small charge and a range of food stalls will also be on offer.

The reopening of Walker Park will be performed by Nick Brown MP who is also a Walker councillor

05/09/2016

Dear Friends

Chris Dodd is part of ITN Productions working with Shelter to make a cinematic but sensitive documentary about Britain’s current housing crisis.

If you’re facing eviction by your landlord or housing association, living in unsuitable or temporary accommodation or worried about how your housing situation will affect your family, then he would be keen to chat to you and find out more.

Please contact Chris if this is you’re affected by: [email protected] or text ‘Shelter’ to 07470 045 083

04/07/2016

The National Tenant Organisation launched the Investing in Involvement programme at the Chartered Institute of Housing conference last week. The guidance and statements produced by the pilot schemes are available at https://nationaltenants.org/investingininvolvement/

They are keen to see as many landlords as possible working with their tenants to produce an annual Investing in Involvement Statement. As a housing sector, we all need to get across a clear message that there many benefits that come from involving tenants - and we need to tell everyone about this.

Producing a statement does not need to be a lot of work - particularly if you already have some evidence available of the outcomes of tenant involvement. An Investing in Involvement Statement is a simple summary of the benefits you get from involvement - and the pilot statements on the website - encompassing a wide range of approaches and different types of landlords - will help you to get a feel for what we are hoping organisations will produce.

When you have produced your Investing in Involvement Statement - we want to hear from you. If you send us your statement in pdf format - we will include it on our website. Our aim is to include growing numbers of organisations who value what they get from their tenants being involved.

The key message is that involving tenants in your housing business is an investment you cannot afford not to make. Tell the world about it!!!

Investing in Involvement is an accessible framework for tenants and employees in Registered Provider landlords to identify the benefits deriving from tenant involvement. Involving tenants is part o…

11/01/2016

RENT CHANGES 2016

Newcastle City Council is going to consult with tenants regarding proposed rent changes.

You can click below to find out more about this on our website:
http://newcastletenantsfed.org.uk/news/?id=146

Newcastle City Council is going to consult with tenants regarding proposed rent changes.

The council states: "From April 2016, Newcastle City Council has to apply a new Government policy about the level of rent paid by Council tenants ...

06/01/2016

The after school club at our community hub, Fawdon Community Centre, is a continuing success after its trial-run. Click below to read more.

AFTER SCHOOL CLUB IS A CONTINUING SUCCESS

Following a hugely successful trial-run of our after school club here at Fawdon Community Centre, we are pleased to announce it will now take place every week!

The sessions run every Tuesday, from 5pm to 6.30pm, at Fawdon Community Centre. The after school club is for children aged 8 to 11 years. They’ll take part in fun sports and games.

It’s just £1 each week, and 50p of that fee will go towards taking the children on a trip later in the year.

If you’d like any further information, please email Corrina Cothill [email protected] or call 0191 285 2724 and ask for Corrina.