Issue 36 - Eastlands Homes
Issue 36 - Eastlands Homes
Issue 36 - Eastlands Homes
You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles
YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.
Customer Involvement<br />
Road show<br />
On Thursday 20 October we<br />
held our first Roadshow at the<br />
Pakistani Community Centre<br />
in Longsight in partnership<br />
with the Police, Housing<br />
Management, Community Safety,<br />
Gas Servicing, Investment,<br />
Financial Inclusion, Sheltered<br />
Housing teams.<br />
You said…<br />
You told us that you would feel<br />
better coming to our meetings<br />
in taxis where the driver was the<br />
same sex as you.<br />
The day was a great success<br />
attracting around 130 residents<br />
from different backgrounds who<br />
received help and advice.<br />
We learnt lots from the day and<br />
are putting your feedback into<br />
practice.<br />
We did…<br />
We are now putting this into<br />
practice. If you attend a meeting<br />
at one of our offices, you will<br />
be given the option of having a<br />
same sex taxi driver.<br />
Eco centre<br />
Situated in Debdale<br />
Park and overlooking<br />
the beautiful Gorton<br />
reservoir, Debdale<br />
Eco Centre is one of<br />
the few eco centres in<br />
Manchester focussing<br />
on organic gardening.<br />
We have been working with<br />
the Eco centre to introduce<br />
basic, grow your own food<br />
training courses to give you<br />
skills which you can use in<br />
your own garden or in an<br />
allotment.<br />
The Plotting the Future<br />
training course covers<br />
all aspects of growing,<br />
site layout, composting,<br />
companion planting, organic<br />
growing etc. and gives<br />
new allotment holders a<br />
user-friendly introduction<br />
on how to cope with their<br />
new allotment, as well as<br />
providing inspiration to<br />
people thinking about taking<br />
on an allotment.<br />
The FREE allotment training<br />
course is run at Debdale Eco<br />
Centre in Gorton, Manchester.<br />
Each gardening topic is<br />
delivered over a two hour<br />
session for six weeks.<br />
Brenda from Clayton said “I<br />
enjoyed the garden group,<br />
picked up lots of ideas and<br />
learnt so much about things<br />
I didn’t know. Marva the<br />
course co-ordinator was<br />
really good at explaining<br />
things and also took the time<br />
to listen. I can’t wait to do<br />
another course!!”<br />
Another six week basic<br />
training course is starting<br />
on Thursday 16 February<br />
2012 between 2.30pm and<br />
4.30pm.<br />
If you are interested in the<br />
course please contact Wendy<br />
Woodfine on 0161 274 2168 to<br />
book your place and arrange<br />
FREE transport to and from<br />
the venue.<br />
4
Change language