Fairoak Newsletter – Autumn 2024
As we head into the colder winter months, we wanted to remind you of some of the great activities you have done over the summer of 2024.
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Celebration Event Marks a Milestone for Fairoak
Fairoak Housing Association is celebrating a significant milestone as 2024 marks our 20th anniversary.
Annual Report to Tenants 2023/24
Once again it has been a very busy and exciting year for everyone involved with Fairoak and the annual report includes information on what we have been doing in the past 12 months and plans for the year ahead.
Good Lives Manifesto Pledge – Pippa Smith, Labour
Pippa Smith is the Labour party candidate for Westmorland & Lonsdale who has agreed to support the Learning Disability England’s Good Lives Manifesto and Pledge Card. But rather than just sending her response, asked if she could come and meet us.
Fairoak Attains Cyber Essentials Plus Certification
Staying safe online is something we talk about regularly with our tenants, but it’s also something that we at Fairoak take very seriously ourselves, and this is why we recently embarked on the lengthy process to become Cyber Essentials Plus certified.
Good Lives Manifesto Pledge Card – Candidate Responses
Alison and James have been contacting candidates standing for the Westmorland & Lonsdale constituency in the General Election to ask them to pledge their support for an accessible election – here you’ll find their responses.
Making Our Mark on Independence Day
With a General Election coming soon, we want to help ensure the voices and opinions of people with learning disabilities and autism are heard, and everyone gets to cast their vote to decide who governs our country.
Access to Healthcare
The Fairoak Owls discussed the barriers they face when accessing healthcare, something which they and many other people with a learning disability or people with autism often experience.
Tenants’ Residential at Kepplewray
It wasn’t so long ago that we were enjoying the late summer sunshine on our tenants’ residential at Calvert Lakes near Keswick, and it was obviously something that everyone enjoyed given the number of requests we had for another holiday just like it.
Place on the Tenant Advisory Panel for Lily
A Fairoak Housing Association tenant has achieved a place on a national housing advisory panel and has already made it clear that the voice of tenants with learning disabilities and supported housing is going to be heard.