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Residents responded to call to find out more about improving their neighbourhood
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The Regenda Group’s Oldham residents gratefully responded to the call to attend The Regenda Education Day held in Glodwick recently.
Over 120 residents turned up to get valuable information about the service available to them in the borough.
The Group passed on advice about council run services such as refuse collection and recycling, while the Police and Community Safety Unit were issuing tips on crime prevention.
Many of the community’s children also attended after they had taken part in a football tournament at Greenhill Primary School earlier in the day. The football event was sponsored by The Regenda Group who gave out trophies to the winning teams and provided lunch to the children prior to them joining the Education Day where youth services attended to offer them guidance on drugs and crime, littering and recycling.
Beckie Kirkland, Neighbourhood Officer for West Pennine Housing Association, part of The Regenda Group explained, “We were really pleased with the turn out. The day was all about informing our residents about how to access the services available.”
Charged with the mission to get the Glodwick community to become more involved with their landlord, Regenda’s newly qualified Resident Interpreters were also on hand at the event, talking to residents about their housing concerns, what they would like to see improved and how becoming involved with the housing association can help to do this.
As Regenda residents themselves, the Resident Interpreters main aim is to break down any language and cultural barriers between other residents and the housing staff, which may have previously discouraged residents from the Asian community attending community meetings or events.
One of the Regenda Resident interpreters, Rahima Begum said; “I personally feel that the community needs interpreters for their voices to be heard. There are so many people who have problems especially as they can’t speak English. So, I think by being an Interpreter, I really will be helping a lot of people out there.
This is not just about housing, it’s about so much more. Before becoming an interpreter I wasn’t aware of all the other services out there that residents could access and so now I can help and advise them where they can go to benefit from them.”
