Moat and Maldon District Council clean up Heybridge Canal » Communities » 24dash.com

On Monday 25 January, local residents and staff from Moat and Maldon District Council met at the Moat office on Holloway Road in Maldon, Essex and walked along the Heybridge Canal, collecting litter. In total they collected 50 sacks of rubbish!

The event was organised as part of Moat’s commitment for staff to become more involved in Moat communities and to increase knowledge of all areas of the organisation. Moat and Maldon District Council staff got stuck into tidying up the area surrounding the Maldon neighbourhood office and built on the already successful partnership with local residents.

Angie Cross, Moat resident, says; “I really enjoyed getting out and about and doing something to improve the area I live in. It was nice to meet the people who work for Moat and the Council and put faces to names.”

Caroline Kay, Moat’s community development officer, says; “It’s important to maintain community pride and a sense of responsibility for the neighbourhoods in which we live and work. This litter pick allowed us and residents to work side by side to tidy up the Heybridge Canal and spend some time outside in the long awaited sunshine!”

Stuart Jarvis, Maldon District Council’s contract liaison and enforcement officer, says; “Partnership working is a priority for us and we’ve been delighted to work with Moat on this project. We and local residents must all play our parts in ensuring that the neighbourhood is a clean and pleasant place to live.”

About Moat:
Moat is a housing association providing affordable homes in thriving communities for people in the South East. For over forty years, Moat has delivered high quality general needs homes for affordable rent, supported accommodation and tenancy support services, and has a strong affordable home ownership and key worker housing offer. Follow us on www.twitter.com/HomeBuyUK.

Moat is one of the Homes and Communities Agency’s development partners and is also the government’s appointed HomeBuy Agent in Essex, Kent and Sussex. Employing 450 people, Moat provides excellent customer service to residents of our 20,000 affordable rented and shared ownership homes.

In the East, Moat owns and manages over 4,000 homes across 17 local authority areas in Essex and Hertfordshire. Moat is in partnership with the Greater Haven Gateway Choice based lettings, covering Maldon, Colchester, Braintree, Barbergh, Ipswich, Mid Suffolk and Suffolk Coastal local authority areas.

Moat works as an active partner in the Stansted Area Housing Partnership, M11 corridor, Thames Gateway, London commuter belt and Haven Gateway.