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.
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.
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.
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.
Throughout each year, our Housing & Support Officers visit every tenant in their home a minimum of four times. The purpose is to check and physically inspect every property to ensure that they are safe and in a good state of repair, whilst taking the opportunity to catch up with our tenants and their support staff.
During the second half of 2023, Fairoak undertook an exercise to re-define our core purpose, the reason why we exist as an organisation and the purpose for all our activities.
Before we’re too far into 2024 we have taken the opportunity to look back on the year gone by and reflect on what was another memorable year for both Fairoak and many of our tenants alike. New Properties With the assistance of a Homes England grant, Fairoak developed and adapted a three bedroom property near Workington, Cumbria,…
There was plenty of festive fun for all as around 50 Fairoak tenants and support workers from across Cumbria enjoyed the annual Christmas party.
There’s a fresh face in the Fairoak offices, and that’s the latest recruit to our team – James Arnold! James joined us in October and has been incredibly busy getting to know our tenants and finding out more about their homes and requirements.
There’s a fresh face in the Fairoak offices, and that’s the latest recruit to our team – James Arnold! James joined us in October and has been incredibly busy getting to know our tenants and finding out more about their homes and requirements.