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Community Improvement Fund 2022 – open for applications!

May 24, 2022

Community Improvement Fund communal garden project

Community Improvement Fund 2022

Community Improvement Fund – now open for applications!

The Community Improvement Fund can offer grants for projects and is designed to help tenants set up their own community project. For example, you might want to hold yoga classes in your local village hall and need support to pay for the teacher or hall hire, or to buy water butts for your scheme.  

Your idea for funding must fall into one of the following categories:

  • Health and wellbeing
  • Community projects
  • Environmental improvements

How to apply

Please complete this short online form – Community Improvement Fund 2022 application form.

If you would like an application form posted to you, please email tenantengagement@broadlandgroup.org or call 01603 750113.

Some quick questions answered

  • The fund is open to Broadland Housing tenants only
  • The 2022 fund is open for applications once a year between 1 April – 31 May: you can only make one application per scheme
  • If you already have part funding for your project from another agency or charity or you have already done some fundraising, you can still apply to this fund

Broadland’s ‘finest hour’ – AGM 2020 report

October 5, 2020

Broadland held its first ‘virtual AGM’ in September. Board members and association members came together in a socially-distanced meeting, with an exclusive video link as an additional option for participants.

Michael Newey, our Chief Executive, described how the previous 6 months had been Broadland’s ‘finest hour’. He outlined how we have supported vulnerable tenants during the Coronavirus pandemic, implemented a huge sanitisation programme, and worked closely with local partners to provide safe places for homelessness people during the lockdown.

  • Broadland Housing AGM 2020
  • Michael Newey, Broadland Housing Chief Executive

Building more affordable homes

Despite the pandemic, Broadland also delivered 288 new homes during 2019-20 including 171 for rental and a further 38 for shared ownership.  We allocated 527 new homes during the year, of which 82 were let to homeless people, and a further 122 to older people.

Supporting tenants

Michael praised Broadland employees for their team spirit:

Our staff had to adapt quickly to a new way of working, and responded magnificently. Because of this, we were able to put in place support for our tenants really quickly.

As lockdown started, we phone more than 1,000 of our most vulnerable tenants, to make sure they were alright, and to offer any assistance they might need.  As a result, 450 of those received ongoing help, from deliveries of food and prescriptions, to regular telephone calls to provide a friendly voice to those facing lockdown on their own.

The way we responded to lockdown and Covid has been our finest hour as an organisation.  But we are still working through how we deal with the new normal.

Michael Newey, Chief Executive, Broadland Housing Association

Addressing homelessness in the region

Broadland also played a key part in the ‘Everybody In’ campaign to ensure all homeless people had a safe place to stay during lockdown. We are working in partnership to provide permanent accommodation for homeless people.  The scheme has already secured permission for 23 new homes in King’s Lynn and West Norfolk and 13 in Norwich, and is well on the way to securing 36 more in Great Yarmouth.

‘A strong year’

Reflecting on the year, Michael was upbeat about Broadland’s performance:

On pretty much every metric, we have had a strong year.  We have accelerated our development programme; we carried out over 20,000 repairs including new bathrooms, kitchens, windows and heating systems; We installed solar PV panels on 55 of our homes; and we carried out adaptations in 38 properties to enable residents to stay living in their own homes.

In addition, our Tenancy Support team worked with nearly 350 tenants, underlining our commitment not just to provide quality affordable homes, but to help people access the support they may need to maintain their tenancy.

Michael said that it was difficult to predict what the immediate future would bring – but that Broadland Housing would remain committed to its core aims:

For the last 25 years, everybody has been talking about having a ‘2020 Vision’ – and yet none of us could have foreseen what this year would bring. 

We have proven that we are equal to the challenges which have been thrown at us, and we will stay focussed on our core aims of providing quality affordable homes, supporting our tenants to live in those homes, tackling homelessness, and building as many new homes as possible.

Download a copy of our 2019-20 Annual Report

Robert Kett Court, Wymondham

July 17, 2020

Our housing with care scheme at Robert Kett Court is independent living with care available 24/7. 

If you need a little extra help with cooking or taking care of yourself, then this could be an option for you. Every flat is self-contained with its own front door, but there is a real community spirit and plenty of opportunities to be involved as much as you want to be.

Robert Kett Court is situated just 5 minutes’ drive from the historic market town of Wymondham.

What do I do next?

Step 1 – you will need to get a care assessment. Please call SCCE on 0344 800 8020 and ask for a housing with care assessment. You can also visit Norfolk County Council’s Adult Social Care website.

Step 2 – you need to speak to the Housing Options team at South Norfolk District Council on 0808 168 2222 or go to South Norfolk District Council’s website for more information.

Please note – unfortunately we do not accept pets

Photography with the kind permission of Blanc Creative.

Broadland supports Homes at the Heart

June 29, 2020

We are delighted to support Homes at the Heart, a campaign calling on the Government to put social housing at the heart of its plan for social and economic recovery from the Coronavirus crisis.

The Coronavirus crisis is further highlighting the need for secure, high quality, affordable homes and, for many people, support to live in them. Some of those worst affected by the crisis include low-paid key workers living in homes they can’t afford, rough sleepers, homeless families in temporary accommodation, older people in unsupported homes, and families stuck in overcrowded conditions.

Investing in social housing, in all its forms, will help the country recover from this crisis. It will boost the economy, create jobs and improve people’s lives. Without action, we are likely to see many people’s housing situations get much worse in the weeks, months and years ahead, as the economic impacts of the crisis are felt across the country.

Homes at the Heart is calling for a once-in-a-generation investment in social housing.

The campaign is a partnership between Chartered Institute of Housing, Crisis, National Federation of ALMOs, Association of Retained Council Housing and National Housing Federation, along with more than 60 supporters from across different sectors – from Carers UK to NatWest.

Find out more about the #HomesAtTheHeart campaign.

Meeting the challenges of Coronavirus – Tpas

June 25, 2020

Our Chief Executive, Michael Newey, recently talked to Tpas members nationally about how Broadland staff and tenants are working together to meet the challenges of Coronavirus.

Watch Michael’s chat with Tpas members from all over the UK here:

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