Taking Part in First Choice

Since 2004 First Choice has been running tenant workshop prgrammes. We decided that the tenant conferences we had held before were too big for everyone to enjoy properly.

By getting smaller groups together more often we thought that our tenants could learn more about their landlord, their home and what their rights and responsibilities are.

Different things we have talked about at the workshops include:

1. Health and safety in the home
2. Taking Part in First Choice
3. Making changes in the home
4. Tenants’ rights and responsibilities
5. My life, my pet, my garden

The workshops also offer an opportunity for our tenants and their support staff to meet up with each other and have a chat about common interests.
 
Everyone who comes to the workshops is given a certificate.
  
 

 
 

Award winning Association

Our innovative and practical ways of involving tenants are highly regarded. We have won 8 housing awards for the ways in which tenants are encouraged to become involved with the Association:

· The TPAS (Cymru) Participation 2000 Award (1998)
· The Chartered Institute of Housing Award for Good Practice in Resident Participation (1999)
· The Pat Chown Innovation Award (2001)
·  The TPAS (Cymru) Participation in Supported Housing   Award (2002)
· TPAS (Cymru) Integrating Vulnerable People Award (2004)
· TPAS (Cymru) Participation in Supported Housing Award (2004)
· TPAS (Cymru) Wales Communication in Housing Award (2005)
· TPAS (Cymru) Participation in a Registered Social Landlord Award (2005)
· TPAS (Cymru) Participation Awards 2007 – Communication in Housing (Landlord) category – 1st prize and 2nd prize

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TPAS awards 2005

First Choice Tenant Workshops

Since 2004 First Choice has been running a programme of tenant workshops. We decided that the tenant conferences we had held before were too big for everyone to enjoy properly.

By getting smaller groups together more often we thought that our tenants could learn more about their landlord, their home and what their rights and responsibilities are.

Usually we have five workshops – one a month – covering the following subjects:

1. Health and safety in the home
2. Taking Part in First Choice
3. Making changes in the home
4. Tenants’ rights and responsibilities
5. Overview of all subjects

We have a quiz at the end of each workshop to see how much everyone has learned. At the last workshop, where we talk about everything we have covered in the first four workshops, there is a big quiz with prizes for the winners.
Everyone who comes to the workshops is given a certificate.
 


 

               




 

Living in your home

This training guide and tenant workbook is intended to increase the number of ways in which tenants with a learning disability can be informed about their rights and responsibilities as tenants.  The project was carried out by First Choice Housing Association Ltd, West Glamorgan Housing Consortium and Cartrefi Cymru. The project was part funded through the Welsh Assembly Government’s Social Housing Management Grant Programme 2003-2004.

 The project had two aims:- 

  1. To enable tenants with a learning disabilities to train other tenants on tenants’ rights and responsibilities. 

  1. To produce a tenants’ rights and responsibilities workbook which could be used by tenants at home.

The Living In Your Home training manual can be downloaded from this website. You can also contact First Choice to obtain a copy, including the CD rom which accompanies the training pack. There is a charge of £25 to cover administration costs.

Download a copy of the Living In Your Home document here :      

       Living In Your Home

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