Wimpey 1 Estate Residents Association - a Non-starter!

Isla Martin and I have struggled to get a residents association initiated for the Wimpey 1 Estate for 3 months now. Juliet has helped me with the distribution for letters and Isla has attended 3 meeting prepared to take minutes - just as she has for all the other recent NHW's and CHAG Meetings. However, with only 3 people attending this last meeting we have decided to call it a day. It is a a real shame that residents are complaining about the number of issues on your estate but are unwilling to help yourselves. So far incidents that have been reported include:

• Drains being fitted incorrectly
• Lack of painting of communal areas
• Bulky waste
• Antisocial behaviour from two properties on Sherman Gardens and one on Westfield Gardens
• Lack of litter Clarance
• Arson attacks to 4 different bin areas
• Faulty door entry systems
• Street crime
• Vandalism
• Faulty street lighting

We have resolved most of the issue but there are other outstanding issues and a residents association would have empowered local residents to get these resolved. Those that attended today are interested in joining a group, however, no-one wanted to lead and so I shall await further response from local residents.

I have some new casework from today such as a person cutting shrubs in a communal area, to park his bike at the location and antisocial behaviour occurring in some flats. I will be investigating these items.