3504 SHA Your Voice 15 - Spectrum Housing Group

Short quizCan you answer the following questions? If you look closely, youwill find the answers hidden inside Your Voice.Please return your answers by post or email, using the contact details onPage 8 by Friday 24 April 2009. The first correct quiz drawn will win a £20voucher. Answers will be in the next edition of Your Voice. Don’t forget toput your name, address and telephone number on your entry.Chairman’s bookhelps Residents’Community FundFor every copy of his novelAnother Mouth has Passedwhich is sold in the HousingAssociation sector the author,J.C. Sledge, who is Chairman ofSignpost Housing Associationwill donate £2 to the SignpostResidents’ Community Fund.The book tells an entertaining storyabout events in the attractive villageof Horton Fence, where there is aproposal for a social housingdevelopment. To some, this is awelcome initiative; to others, it is abetrayal of the essential character ofthe village.David Wells, Chairman of SpectrumHousing Group, said: “I loved theway the characters are built up. Itreads just like village life, with theauthor’s own humour overlaying.The Housing Association activitiescontribute to the story withoutoverpowering it.”Another Mouth has Passed is pricedat £7.99 (including postage).Copies can be purchased onlinedirect from the publisher’s websitewww.brimstonepress.co.uk1 Name the winner of the Christmas Lights competition.2 In which city does the new overall Community Champion, Debbie Martin live?3 What will Pimperne PreSchool buy with the £500 from the Community Fund?4 How much money did Lulworth Court receive from the Community Fund?5 What sort of course has been running atRawson Court?6 Approximately how many garages doesSignpost have in the North Dorset area?7 Name the charity providing financial helpto people online.8 What kind of conference will be takingplace in North Dorset on 25 March?9 What is DAG short for?0 How many times do the Easter chicks andpuppies appear in this newsletter?Answers to the Winter edition’s short quiz were: • Athelhampton House • VeronicaCrompton • Tenant Services Authority • 65% • Maisie Curtis • Monthly • WessexCourt • Social Services • 01258 484844 • Torbay • Steve Jones • 12New skillsAs part of our Resident Involvement action plan, we have been helpingResidents take part in free training to build capacity, learn some new skills andhopefully have some fun! Courses suggested have computer literacy, using theinternet and email, committee skills and learning more about the role of theHousing Association Board. If you have a training request, please contacteither Liz Baker on 01258 484879 or Kate Weeks on 01392 354636.www.spectrumhousing.co.ukBlandford Office:Signpost House, Sunrise Business Park, Blandford Forum, Dorset DT11 8SATelephone: 01258 484800 Fax: 01258 484840Exeter Office: Hawthorn House, Emperor Way, Exeter Business Park,Exeter, Devon EX1 3QS. Telephone: 01392 361122 Fax: 01392 361125Plymouth Office: 4 Mainstone Avenue, Plymouth, PL4 9NBTelephone: 01752 306586 Fax: 01752 306526Email: CustomerServices@sha.co.ukOut of hours Emergency Number: 0845 600 3574Callers living outside the 01258 code should use our lo-call number0845 606 0800 during office hours. Callers with an 01258 code, please call 484848For heating enquiries (gas, solid fuel and oil) please call 01258 48470220Embracing diversity