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Key Local Authorities

Below is a list of local authorities Shepherds Bush Housing Group deal with.

• London Borough of Brent
• London Borough of Ealing
• London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
• London Borough of Harrow
• London Borough of Hillingdon
• London Borough of Hounslow
• The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
• The Royal Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames
• London Borough of Richmond
• London Borough of Westminster

Information for Tenants

• The Tenant Participation Advisory Service for England is a national non-profit making organisation that provides information, advice, training, consultancy, seminars and conferences on all aspects of involving tenants in their housing management.
  
  
• The Independent Housing Ombudsman Scheme deals with disputes between landlords and tenants in England.
  The Scheme was established under the Housing Act 1996 with jurisdiction over more than 2,000 landlords.
  
  
• Your local Citizens Advice Bureau can be found through the Advice Guide website. This site also contains information about benefits, housing, family, health, tax and your rights.
  
  
• Race Action Net This site aims to facilitate dissemination of guidance and innovative practice as well as making contacts, for organisations and individuals committed to combating racial abuse and attacks and supporting the people being targeted in their home or in public places.
  
  
• The Energy Saving Trust was set up by the UK Government after the 1992 Rio Earth Summit and is one of the UK's leading organisations addressing the damaging effects of climate change.
  
  
• Welcome to the National Grid for Learning, the gateway to educational resources on the Internet. The NGfL provides a network of selected links to web sites that offer high quality content and information. Whether you are learning, supporting, teaching or managing, there are resources on the NGfL for you.
  
  
• New Deal is a key part of the Government's Welfare to Work strategy. It gives New Deal jobseekers aged 18-24, 25 plus,50 plus and New Deal jobseekers with disabilites a real chance to develop their potential, gain skills and experience and find work.
  
  
• For information on the Department for Work and Pensions DWP).
  
  
• EOC-The Equal Opportunities Commission
  
  
• Locata
  A choice based lettings system. Where tenants can choose the property they would like to be transfered to. To register use the link to the Locata website.
  

Homelessness Charities

• Foyers provide accommodation with opportunity for young people, and a community in which they can grow and thrive.
  
  
• Shelter is the UK campaigning charity for homeless and badly housed people.
  
  
• The Big Issue is a news and current affairs magazine written by professional journalists and sold on the streets by homeless vendors
  
  
• Homeless Pages
  Website with information and publications covering homelessness issues.
  

Health and Safety in the Home

• Website for the Health and Safety Executive.
  Contains leaflets in various languages for gas safety in the home.
  

Aid organisations

• Age Concern is a charitable movement in the UK concerned with the needs and aspirations of older people and an authority on ageing related issues.
  
  
• Sixty Plus
  
  
• Women's Aid Federation of England (Women's Aid) is the national charity working to end domestic violence against women and children.
  
  
• Confidential helpline 08457 023 468
  
  
• Domestic Violence
  This site has information, help and support for anyone affected by domestic violence.
  

Housing Advice

• Housing Advice Kensington and Chelsea
  Housing advice for people who live, work or study in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
  

Housing

• L8 Housing Group
  The L8 Group consists of 8 London Housing Associations who regularly benchmark their performance and swap good practice. On this site you will find performance indicators for the L8 group.
  
  
  Key Housing Associations part of the L8 Group
  
  • Dominion Housing Group
  • Bethnal Green and Victoria Park Housing Association
  • Threshold Housing and Support
  • Hexagon Housing Association
  • Look Ahead Housing and Care
  • Octavia Housing and Care
  • Origin Group
  
  

• Housing Corporation
  The Housing Corporation is the regulating and funding body for Registered Social Landlords or Housing Associations such as Shepherds Bush Housing Associations.

• iN Business for Neighbourhoods
  SBHA and Bush Homes are adopters of the "in business for neighbourhoods" campaign. We believe our established work with our local communities and, in particular, our support for the Healthy Living Centre shows the Group to have a clear commitment to improving the quality of our residents' lives. We will develop our work in the year with new proposals for tenant involvement, choice and employment.

• Community Recycling and Economic Development Fund (CRED)
  The Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts manages the £36.5 million CRED Programme and will award grants of between £50,000 and £300,000 to community based recycling, reuse and composting initiatives in England. Furnish a part of Staying Put Services has received a grant from them.