Wednesday 8th May 2024
Hi there and welcome to This Week at Orwell. This is your five-minute video newsletter sharing stories from around the Orwell community this last week.
TLF Calls Update
In April 2023, the Regulator of Social Housing introduced performance measures called Tenant Satisfaction Measures. These measures aim to hold housing providers accountable for their actions and give customers greater access to their performance. There are 22 Tenant Satisfaction Measures, and all social housing providers must report on them. The measures are split into two parts:
- 10 performance measures that we will collect through management performance information.
- 12 customer perception survey measures that will be collected through surveying customers directly.
Orwell employed an external agency called TLF to undertake the survey on our behalf, calling a random sample of tenants on a quarterly basis during the year. We are currently following up the comments received from customers about our service and prioritising the areas with the lowest level of satisfaction.
TLF will be undertaking the next round of calls from 29th April 2024, which will run for 3 weeks.
Customer Board Member Vacancy
If you are a current tenant, resident or customer of Orwell and are interested in helping us make a difference in our communities we have an exciting opportunity for you. We are recruiting a Customer Board Member to be part of our board and work with us on an ongoing basis. This is a paid position, you don’t need to have any board experience, and it’s a really exciting opportunity for the right person.
Focus Group for Orwell Customers
Are you an Orwell Customer? We are looking for 20 Orwell customers to join us for a short focus group. Those who attend will be entered into a prize draw to win a £200 Love2Shop voucher. Please get in touch today.
As one of our customers/tenants/residents, we value your opinion. We are looking for 20 people who are willing to attend a focus group and share their views on our website, our customer portal and app and our new engagement platform, My Orwell Voice. We want these to be the best they can be, so are keen to hear what you like about them as well as what you would change/improve and ideas for the future.
The session will be hosted by a person independent of Orwell and will be held at Emily Bray House in Ipswich.
22nd May 2024, 11 – 12.30, Emily Bray House, 300 Woodbridge Road, Ipswich IP4 4BA. The building is fully accessible, and refreshments will be provided.
Please email comms@Orwell-housing.co.uk or call 07501469334 to register to attend. Spaces are allocated on a first come first served basis.
Get involved with Orwell Housing
We have two groups where we meet face to face at our headquarters in Ipswich and we’re looking for more members.
Orwell Resident’s Group (ORG):
Every month we meet at our headquarters in Ipswich on a Monday evening from 6pm - 8pm with the rest of our like-minded ORG members and members of Orwell staff to get involved behind the scenes of Orwell, including to scrutinise three service areas per year.
This year the three areas are.
- Housing Management
- Complaints
- Voids
Complaints Handling Assessment Team (CHAT):
The CHAT team will work with Customer Services and Customer Insight & Engagement to help us monitor our complaints processes and outcomes.
We will meet quarterly at our headquarters in Ipswich on a Saturday between 10am & 12pm, where CHAT will support identifying trends in complaints and monitoring the outcomes of complaints, whilst ensuring adherence to the Housing Ombudsman Complaints Handling Code.
You can learn more about these two groups on the Orwell website (orwell-housing.co.uk)
Please be assured that we are listening and taking note of every part of your feedback from your experiences, as they are a vital part of our research to know the areas that require more focus going forward.
You can also get involved with Orwell by:
- Completing any Orwell surveys (from or on behalf of Orwell) Keep updated and visit our pages. From videos to jobs and business updates to events... We have it all here and would like you to see what Orwell is up to.
- Joining our new engagement platform My Orwell Voice and taking part in surveys as well as learning about upcoming projects.
Free Welcome Workshops for new customers
Orwell are running FREE Welcome Workshops for new customers in Ipswich (Friday 17 May) & Lowestoft (Friday 24th May.
A chance to meet Orwell’s Tenancy Sustainment and Housing Team and learn about how Orwell can support customers with managing their tenancy and their homes. Topics covered will include; Money Wise, Rents & Budgeting Managing your tenancy Wellbeing, Welfare & Benefits General household skills & maintaining your home.
