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Supporting Job Interviews – How Tenant Involvement makes a difference...by Tony Buchanan
A few weeks ago, I was asked by Simon and Wendy if I would take part in interviewing for a New Homes Officer position at the Oxford City...

jlongford
Dec 8, 20202 min read


Homeless In Oxford by Emily and Kevin Badger
Emily’s story Being homeless can affect us all in different way, adults, teenagers and children. This is my personal experience. I came...

scwilson
Nov 27, 20203 min read


Our Own Mary Berry! (Gill Taylor)
Another season gone and we are well into Autumn and the long cold days of winter are approaching fast and we are back in another lockdown...

jlongford
Nov 25, 20202 min read


Acting as Customer Services Co-optee...by Justin Stratford
I have just started work as a Tenant Involvement Co-optee working with Customer Services. We are working out exactly what the role will...

jlongford
Nov 23, 20202 min read


Housing, Homelessness & Housing First...Submitted by Wendy Hind
As this is something which the review of the Private Rented Scheme review with Gill, Tony, Geno, Brenda and Hashim looked at, as well as...

jlongford
Nov 6, 20204 min read


Is it me or...by Justine Nunn
What a strange week this has been! It was inevitable wasn't it as we had been viewing the map of the UK slowly turning red with areas...

jlongford
Nov 6, 20203 min read


Oxford Residents Panel v Tenant Involvement...by Anthony Church
In my opinion there is no contest Tenant Involvement wins hands down. The Oxford Residents Panel is purely a tool for residents to...

jlongford
Nov 6, 20201 min read


Co-production in Action...by Wendy Hind
My “office” a month ago was just a junk heap. When my husband and I moved in here, this spare room became the room to move stuff into...

jlongford
Nov 6, 20202 min read


Housing - then and Now...by Brenda Walton
My parents moved to Oxford in 1955. Failing eyesight meant my father could not continue in his job and needed to look for other work....

jlongford
Nov 6, 20203 min read


My First Impressions...by Emily Badger
Hello my name is Emily Badger. A lot of people might not know about the tenancy involvement and I was one of them, I was recently...

jlongford
Nov 2, 20201 min read


Ending Homelessness...by Tony Buchanan
Home For All Oxfordshire On Thursday 29 October, the Crisis Volunteer Fundraising and Campaigns Group in Oxford hosted Home For All...

jlongford
Nov 2, 20207 min read


Love of a Bird...by Dave Simons
As a kid I remember being out once with 1 of my older brothers and I saw this big bird, a blue and yellow parrot which I now know is a...

jlongford
Nov 2, 20205 min read


Working Together...submitted by Wendy Hind
Co-production means working together as equals and making best use of our resources and strengths to find ways of doing things that...

jlongford
Oct 23, 20201 min read


Remember Architecture?...by Simon Warde
In my last blog I made a quick reference to a final trip away with my girlfriend and wondered whether this would go ahead. Fortunately it...

jlongford
Oct 23, 20202 min read


VERY Organised Chaos...by Justine Nunn
I thought I would share with you what I have been up to during the last couple of weeks. We have been looking at how the team going...

jlongford
Oct 16, 20203 min read


It Comes To Us All...by Brenda Walton
Why is it that so many people will not talk about death? In everyone's life that moment will come and not thinking of it will not make it...

jlongford
Oct 12, 20202 min read


Don't Let Your Pride Get In The Way Of Your Wellbeing...by Anthony Church
Firstly I am reminded of these lyrics by Lennon and McCartney, WHEN I WAS YOUNGER SO MUCH YOUNGER THAN TODAY I NEVER NEEDED ANYONE TO...

jlongford
Oct 9, 20202 min read


Great Estates Project a personal perspective...by Anthony Church
The project I am speaking about is the rear of the five blocks of flats that number 54-112 Barns Road an area that I have lived in for...

jlongford
Oct 9, 20204 min read


Tenant Ambassadors support Oxford City Council Workforce Equality Action Plan Review...by Wendy Hind
During late September and early October 2020 a programme of work was undertaken to review our equalities action plan and identify what...

jlongford
Oct 9, 20201 min read


Engagement & Empowerment – Bringing Social & Private Tenants Together Through Positive Involvement..
Submitted by Tony Buchanan The social aspect of engagement is important and shouldn’t be undervalued or ignored. It can be the very...

jlongford
Sep 29, 20204 min read
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