Tribute to Lyn Ralph

In honour of Lyn Ralph (deceased) Chair of the Doncaster Federation of Tenants and Residents, the Standing Joint Committee (SJC) has dedicated the main meeting room to Lyn, it will in future be known as the 'Lyn Ralph Suite'.

The room was officially opened by Sharon Adam, Lyn's daughter who said she knew her Mum would be honoured to think that the room had been dedicated to her.

The photo shows members of the SJC with the commemorative plaque.

Unity in the Community

Are you Doncaster's Good Neighbour of the year?

This is just one category in this year's Unity in the Community Oscar style ceremony, which will take place on March 13.

Other categories in the awards include:

• Best achieving Tenants and Residents Association (TARA) or Tenants Club (TC) award.
  
  
• Most innovative project award. Here judges will be looking for a group that has done something a little bit different to help both its community and the wider area.
  
  
• Staff who care award. This will be awarded to an individual staff member of St Leger Homes of Doncaster who has gone the extra mile to help a tenant.

The awards will be presented at the Tenants and Residents' Day, called Unity in the Community, to be held at Doncaster Racecourse, which has been organised by The Doncaster Federation of Tenants and Residents Associations with support from St Leger Homes of Doncaster.

St Leger Homes is the organisation that manages around 21,000 homes for Doncaster Council.

Walk this way in 2010!

Doncaster Council tenants are being invited to join in a number of walks in 2010 - to help highlight any issues on the borough's council estates.

St Leger Homes of Doncaster - the organisation responsible for managing around 21,000 properties for Doncaster Council - carry out estate walks on all the estates it manages regularly and this year's schedule of walks has just been launched.

St Leger Homes teams up with Doncaster Council, South Yorkshire Police and local councillors to look for any problems that may need rectifying - such as graffiti or litter. After the walks the improvements are carried out.

Dave Abbott, assistant director at St Leger Homes of Doncaster, said: "The estate walks are a great way of picking up any concerns tenants have. It means we actively find out what needs doing and then plan for any work that needs to take place."

Anyone wanting details of estate walks in their area can either visit http://www.stlegerhomes.co.uk or call into St Leger Homes' area offices and ask staff for further information.

Free Tenant Training Programme

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More training on offer

A new set of free training courses for Doncaster Council tenants is on offer.

The courses, organised by St Leger Homes of Doncaster - the organisation that manages just over 21,000 properties for Doncaster Council - cover a wide range of subjects including spreadsheets for beginners; newsletter writing; website design; family finance; ICT; confidence building; internet skills, food safety and much more.

The courses are held at a range of central Doncaster centres and run from 9.15am till 3pm - to make it easier for parents to attend.

Lynne Harrison, Community Liaison Officer at St Leger Homes, said: "These courses are on offer to encourage our tenants to learn new skills. So far the courses we have held have been a huge success and we look forward to seeing more tenants attending these training sessions."

For more details please contact St Leger Homes' Community Liaison Team on 01302 862292 or email Community Liaison

Tributes paid to council housing champion

Alan Walter, the devoted tenant activist and
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