31st - 4th August 2023

It’s been another busy week for our Engagement and Communications team, as they’ve been out in our communities, getting tenants involved in a range of events and activities.

🌱 The weather didn’t put people off as we welcomed 24 adults and 38 children to our Family Fun Day at Moor Nook allotments for an afternoon of fun including face painting, exploring herbs, making bug hotels and learning all about a live wormery. Thanks to our friends at Let's Grow Preston for helping run the event.

👔 We held our first two School Uniform Store sessions. 58 families with 131 children dropped in and benefited from 484 items of free school uniform. It was lovely to be able to support so many people.

🙋‍♀️ Our Scrutiny Group met to continue their review into our Damp, Mould and Condensation processes. We also had another group of involved tenants who came along to our first ‘Tenant Talk’ meeting, to help us shape the content of our upcoming newsletter, select the design of our new-style factsheets and decide what content we need to include, plus much more. It was a very productive evening, with lots of really useful discussions which will help us improve the way we do things.

🥗 Beanstalk Food and Cookery held the first of five Cook, Eat, Repeat workshops, helping families get hands-on to create tasty meals together from budget-friendly ingredients. The sessions have been funded by our Community Fund, so Community Engagement & Support Officer Lisa popped in to chat to tenants taking part and join in the fun!