A successful first
year
SERT is a Project
employing one person, based in South Edinburgh Local Office, paid for by
South Edinburgh Partnership and managed by Edinburgh Tenants’
Federation.
It is directed by an
Advisory Group made up of local people.
Its job is to support
and help develop:
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South Edinburgh
Residents’ Council (SERC), the umbrella group for local Tenants’
& Residents’ Associations.
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Local Tenants’ &
Residents’ Associations involved in developing New Housing Partnership
(NHP) programmes in the area.
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Other existing local
Tenants’ & Residents’ Associations.
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Helping to establish
new Associations where none exist.
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The Project has had a
very successful first year, its achievements include the following:
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Helping to organise
regular meetings of SERC;
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attracted three new
member groups - Kingston Avenue Residents’ Association, Ashton Grove
Sheltered Housing Group and Inch Community Association;
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organised local
consultation on possible transfer of the Council’s housing to
alternative landlords.
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Offering intensive
support and assistance to the NHP Groups in Hyvots, Gracemount
Maisonettes and Moredun Park.
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Supporting Gracemount
Tenants’ Association and Gilmerton Dykes Tenants’ & Residents’
Associations to develop and recruit new members;
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Helping to establish
the Inch Community Association and assisting them in achieving their
objectives.
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Helping Gilmerton
Dykes Drive residents in their campaign to make Barratts reverse their
plan to use their street for HGV access to the adjacent building site.
What do users of the
Project think of it?
The SERT Project has
just completed its Annual Report. Some of the Project Users’ comments
indicate that the Project has made a good start:
"The continuation
of SERT is vital to us"
Jimmy Anderson, Chair,
Hyvots Residents’
Association.
"SERT is a valuable
resource for resident organisations. It has played a key role in co-ordinating
input into a wide variety of issues affecting local people and I have
been delighted at the very valuable contribution it has already made in
its short history".
Councillor Donald
Anderson
Where does the
Project go from here?
The SERT Advisory Group
believes that the Project’s high level of activity demonstrates there
is a need for such an initiative. A Steering Group has been set up to
look at how the Project can be expanded.
If you’d like to
find out more about SERT, please contact Scott Weatherstone, the Project
Worker, on 529 5197 or scott@sert.southedinburgh.net or at South
Edinburgh Local Office, 40 Captains Road.
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