• Do you want to help Your Homes Newcastle make your estate a great place to live?
  
  
• If so, come and join an estate walkabout and help to improve the appearance of your estate.

What is the aim of an estate walkabout?

Estate walkabouts happen to give residents and YHN officers the chance to work together to make your estate a better place to live.

Who is involved?

Residents on the estate are joined by their Housing Services Officer and other key staff who can help make improvements to the estate.

What do I have to do?

All you have to do is tell your local Housing Office that you would like to take part in the walkabout and turn up on the day!

Each walkabout will involve:

• a briefing session - a short meeting before the walkabout to agree a date and time (if it has not been agreed).  This will set out a route, agree how long the walkabout should take, set priorities for the walkabout and decide who to invite
• a tour of your estate - residents and officers will walk the estate together looking for anything which may make the estate look unsightly such as untidy gardens, cars parked on grass, litter, fly tipping or unreported repairs
• a log of all the issues identified - during the walkabout the Housing Services Officer will make a record of all the issues identified by residents
• the development of an action plan - Officers and residents will agree how to solve any problems, or how to tackle any issues and agree an action plan.  It will include what action will be taken, who has responsibility for ensuring that action is taken and the timescales for action to take place.

Why should I get involved?

As residents who live on the estates we manage, it is easier to identify the areas that need improvements.  You can also see the improvements happening as a result of being involved.  Residents who have been involved in walkabouts have felt that they’ve had the opportunity to have their opinions heard and their ideas used to make neighbourhoods a better place to live. 

This is what one resident said about their estate walkabout in Walker:

“Estate walkabouts are a great opportunity to make a real difference to your estate.  Since starting the estate walkabouts I have more confidence in the staff and the neighbourhood offices and feel that they really listen to the residents. 

"We come to an agreement with staff on how the improvements can be made.  There is a lot to do on the estate but we are starting to make a real difference!”

When do estate walkabouts happen?

Visit our Event Calendar to find out about estate walkabouts happening soon.