BHT Housing Services

17/04/2018

The latest edition of the Housing Services newsletter "Lighthouse" is now available to read via the BHT website. This quarter's edition includes information about the LGBT*Q Social Research study, this year's "In Bloom" gardening competition joining details, some tips for staying safe on the Internet, the results from the Winter 2017 Tenants' Survey and information about BHT's Universal Credit drop-in sessions.

Lighthouse magazineInformational leafletsTenancy Handbook Lighthouse magazine In the latest issue we have articles including an LGBT*Q social research study, new Universal Credit drop-ins, staying safe on the internet, BHT in Bloom 2018 call for entries, and the results of the 2017 tenants' survey.....

17/04/2018

Universal Credit is a monthly payment for people of working age who have no or low income which replaces six benefits - Housing Benefit, Income-based Jobseekers' Allowance, Income-related Employment and Support Allowance, Income Support, Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit.

Since December 2016 in Hastings and October 2017 in Eastbourne, Universal Credit has been on Full Service in those areas. This is now also taking effect in Brighton & Hove.

If you would like to find out more about how Universal Credit affects you, BHT Housing Services are running monthly workshops in each of the geographical areas in which it has properties where officers will be on hand to answer your questions.

The next workshop in your area is on the following date and time:

Brighton: Wednesday 18 April - 2:00pm to 4:00pm, 144 London Road, Brighton BN1 4PH, Tel: 01273 645454/01323 340018

Eastbourne: Friday 27 April - 10:00am to 12:00noon, Suite 14, Highlight House, 8 St Leonards Road, Eastbourne BN21 3UH, Tel: 01323 340018

Hastings: Friday 11 May - 2:00pm to 4:00pm, Renaissance House, London Road, St Leonards on Sea TN37 6AN, Tel: 01424 445354

26/03/2018

The Greater Brighton Cycle Challenge 2018 is taking place on Sunday 1 July and will comprise three exciting cycling experiences. Further information about this event and how to join in are available via the link below.

Share this page This year BHT has teamed up with The Living Coast to create the Greater Brighton Cycling Challenge, comprising three exciting cycling experiences: The BHT Around the World Cycle Challenge 2018 BHT’s Around the World Cycle Challenge 2018 is a family friendly event taking place the P...

23/03/2018

BHT Housing Services is looking for your experiences about Universal Credit.

We would like to give you and all our tenants as much assistance as possible when you are in receipt of Universal Credit.

If you can tell us about your experiences, it may shows us how we need to adapt or change our services.

Follow the link to the survey on the Survey Monkey website.

All entries that are returned will be entered into a draw to win a £50 Sainsbury's shopping voucher.

You are welcome to call your Income Recovery Officer and go through your answers with them. Julie Schofield can be contacted on 01323 340018 and Shirley Campbell is on 01424 445354.

Please take the survey titled "Universal Credit Users' Survey". Your feedback is important!

09/03/2018

South East Uniting and Training People (SETUP) is a partnership of social housing providers from across the South East of England

22/02/2018

Universal Credit is a monthly payment for people of working age who have no or low income which replaces six benefits - Housing Benefit, Income-based Jobseekers' Allowance, Income-related Employment and Support Allowance, Income Support, Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit.

Since December 2016 in Hastings and October 2017 in Eastbourne, Universal Credit has been on Full Service in those areas. This is now also taking effect in Brighton & Hove.

If you would like to find out more about how Universal Credit affects you, BHT Housing Services are running monthly workshops in each of the geographical areas in which it has properties where officers will be on hand to answer your questions.

The next workshop in your area is on the following date and time:

Brighton: Wednesday 21 March - 2:00pm to 4:00pm, 144 London Road, Brighton BN1 4PH, Tel: 01273 645486

Eastbourne: Friday 23 February - 10:00am to 12:00noon, Suite 14, Highlight House, 8 St Leonards Road, Eastbourne BN21 3UH, Tel: 01323 340018

Hastings: Friday 9 March - 2:00pm to 4:00pm, Renaissance House, London Road, St Leonards on Sea TN37 6AN, Tel: 01424 445354

27/11/2017

The HomeSAFE study, commissioned by HouseProud and funded by 6 national housing associations, is using an online survey to collect information from Le***an, Gay, Bisexual, Trans*, Q***r and Questioning social housing tenants. (LGBT*Q)

The survey will be the biggest LGBT*Q social housing survey to date in the UK and findings will help landlords identify practical steps to address the main issues raised by LGBT*Q residents.

To complete the survey, please visit this link http://bit.ly/2t9BW0N You will be given the option of being entered for a prize draw, to win a £50 voucher, upon completing the survey. The draw will take place in January 2018.

HouseProud is a new nationwide LGBT network for individuals working in the housing sector.Our aim is to develop and facilitate best practice on LGBT issues within housing, provide networking opportunities, social events, fundraising and campaigning

06/10/2017

SETUP Training are running 2 training courses this autumn which BHT tenants are invited to join.

The first course is on Wednesday 18 October at Langney Community Centre in Eastbourne from 10:30am to 12:30pm. The course is called "Becoming a Dementia Friend" and will enable you learn more about what it is like to live with dementia and ways you can help someone who has dementia.

The second course is a Level 2 Food Hygiene course and this is a full day course that is being held on Tuesday 14 November from 10:00am to 4:00pm at The Orangery in Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex. This course is aimed at anyone who prepares or handles food and will help you to develop food hygiene principles and will train you to the nationally required safety level. Topics covered during the course will include food poisoning, cleaning, refuse, pest control, safe food handling and legislation.

To book your place on the course, please call Juliet O'Brien, Tenant and Client Involvement Coordinator on 01273 645443.

Travel expenses will be reimbursed by BHT wherever a valid train or bus ticket is provided and car mileage will be reimbursed at a rate of 45 pence per mile.

Further information about the courses is available on the SETUP website which is found at http://www.setup.org.uk/training-events-2016 .