New Mill Consultants can create a programme tailored to the needs of an organisation or group of residents. This includes:
Tours
Workshops
Presentations
One-to-One advice and guidance
Conferences
Peer Support
The services have been designed by professionals and experienced residents with some professional and voluntary help.
Services can be arranged in any of the following areas:
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How the main board can be organised and run for the maximum benefit of residents
Making sure non-resident board members are there to support and not oppose residents
Relationship between Chair and other board members and Senior Management Team
Developing a cohesive and responsive managing committee structure
Ensuring residents have the maximum opportunity for decision making
How to begin and organise a local Tenants and Residents Association or other local estate group
How to be a resident director of a Housing Association and what are the implications of this role for a local resident.
How to be a resident Chair of a Housing Association or other body and what are the implications for the local resident and the Association/body involved
Understanding board reports and reading in between the lines
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How to develop resident involvement/control
Equipping residents to influence central government and other agencies
Supporting estate based resident groups
Training & equipping residents on one to one basis
Gaining respect from the “professionals”
Dealing with politicians
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Share experience from the development of Neighbourhood Management model
Helping to get hold of the vital statistics
Formulating a neighbourhood management/development plan
Empowering the community to make it work
Developing community based neighbourhood management structures
Sharing information on Local Strategic Partnerships and how do residents get into and work with them
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Working with statutory funders
Applying for and working with Innovation and Good practice grants
Funding bids to charitable foundations
Fundraising in the community
Working with the Neighbourhood Renewal Fund
Bidding for work
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Managing academic research
Active participation as opposed to meetings based participation
Looking into how an organisation learns
Understanding and working with Best Value reviews from a residents perspective
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Managing the relationship with the local authority
Developing a relationship with other “regeneration” partners
Making sense of the Local Autority Structures
Working with like minded but different organisations i.e. Bromley by Bow Centre
Working with and involving faith groups
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Working with residents to understand the practicalities
Managing tenancy queries
Working with local residents on what will be delivered
Helping to empower residents through the transfer
Sharing information on the pitfalls
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Helping to find information on funding community development
Where do you start – establishing priorities
Collecting and use demographic details
Engage the local community
Planning, building and running community centres
Developing a local programme
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Developing Pathways to work
Developing relevant training programmes
Managing training programmes
Accessing life long learning
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Heling to find available funds
Bidding for local authority youth work contract
Managing youth workers/youth centres
Engaging young people
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Utilising acceptable behaviour contracts
Working with Youth Offending Team
Ensuring landlord action is effective
Bringing in the experts
Neighbourhood wardens – do they work
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Managing the master planning process
Getting residents involved right at the beginning
Making sure promises are delivered
The partnering process
Ensuring residents know what's going on
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Preparing presentations to other residents
Making the annual report relevant
Getting the message across
Resident news letters
What about non-English speakers
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Staff reviews
Managing recruitment to get the right person
Information sharing on legislation
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Resident involvement in finance and audit committees
Balancing the books
Planning for the future
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