Racing Welfare's Annual Review 2022/23

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HOUSINRacing Welfare is committed to providing affordable, safe and pleasant homes that we’d live in ourselves. This service is provided toracing’s people through our housing arm, Racing Homes. Racing Homes has a dedicated and specialised team whose purpose is todeliver a good quality, financially viable and efficient housing management service that meets the needs of our tenants.RACING HOMES, A SNAPSHOT IN 2022REFURBISHED EMPTYHOMES: 3 FULLREFURBISHMENTS,4 PARTIALREFURBISHMENTSTOTAL RACING HOMESPORTFOLIO: 165 UNITS OFACCOMMODATIONTOTAL NEW LETS: 35| 34
ANNUAL REVIEW 2021/22 | HOUSINGG“I FEEL A LOT BETTER IN MYSELFNOW, MORE CONFIDENT.IT’S VERY HARD TO ASK FORHELP SOMETIMES BUT RACINGWELFARE SEEM TO SENSETHINGS AND JUST WHEN I DONEED HELP, WHEN I FEEL LIKEI’M GOING UNDER AGAIN,THEY RING ME UP!”“FOCUS ON: JIM JOEL COURTAnyone visiting Newmarket’s Jim Joel Court can expect to be greeted by the sound of a radio and whistling emanating from the sharedgreenhouse situated on the communal lawn. Most likely you’ll be greeted by a beaming Racing Homes tenant, David Brooks, whose loveof gardening sees him spending most of the daylight hours tending to the flowerbeds or vegetables growing around the housing scheme.David, a former racing employee for over 40 years, has lived at Jim Joel Court since 2017, but he explains how this hasn’t always beensmooth sailing.“I went through a relationship breakdown and spent time in hospital – I was really unwell. When I came out I had nowhere to go, I was homelessand I spent around two years sofa surfing. I put my name down on the Racing Homes wait list and they managed to find me accommodation,initially at Jack Jarvis Close, then moving here [Jim Joel Court] in 2017.”During this time, David was battling a serious drug addiction which led to him falling into significant rent arrears.He said: “I’d get money in one hand then out the other on drugs.”Racing Welfare’s team supported David to overcome his addiction and worked hand-in-hand with Racing Homes to set up ongoingsupport and a repayment plan to clear his rent arrears.He said: “I went to Racing Welfare and asked if they could get me some help with counselling. They got a counsellor for me which helped outamazingly.“Over the last 18 months I’ve kept off [the drugs]. Slowly, slowly, over a few years, with the help of Racing Welfare and Racing Homes, I’vemanaged to get the arrears right down.”David continues to receive ongoing support from the Racing Homes team and reflects on how this support affects his day-to-day life:“Living here benefits me tremendously. Living somewhere where you know you can get support rather than just being left out to dry - I feel a lotbetter in myself now, more confident. It’s very hard to ask for help sometimes but Racing Welfare seem to sense things and just when I do needhelp, when I feel like I’m going under again, they ring me up!”35 |
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