Easthall Park Newbuild Homes Off Site
As at the end of March 2009 the Co-operative received thirty five houses, the first of seventy six new homes that are being built in the Kildermorie area.

During the year over £5.7m of grant was utilised to achieve the new build.

Tenants have expressed their satisfaction with their new homes in Kildermorie and work is progressing well on the second phase of new homes.

"your VOICE - your CHOICE"
All tenants of Easthall Park will have received details of our new "Your Voice - Your Choice" panel for our tenants and potential tenants. This initiative is aimed to allow you to influence how we deliver our services

All that we ask is that you inform us, (by completing the information sheet or calling the office), of which areas of our work you are interested in, for example anti-social behaviour, and we will ask for your views on the level of service you receive, how you think we can deal with such behaviour and how can we ensure that you get the best possible service.

Yes you have a voice and it´s your choice as to whether you wish to be involved, so if you are interested in any of the following areas please let us know in the office:

• Rent Levels
• Estate Management
• Review of Performance
• Young People
• Community Services
• Repairs & Maintenance
• Allocations & Lettings
• Anti-social Behaviour
• Tenant Involvement
• Services & Standards

Information Sheets
The Co-operative has published a variety of information sheets that cover the services we provide and outlines how you as a tenant or user of our services can get the best from them.

To date the following have been printed:

1. Service Standards
2. Alterations & Improvements
3. Repair Priorities Service Standard
4. Keeping Your Home In Good Repair
5. Succession To A Tenancy
6. Abandoned Houses
7. Rechargeable Repairs
8. Your Voice - Your Choice
9. Right To Repair
10. Complaints

Copies of these information sheets will be located at the reception area in the Glenburn Centre or can be downloaded from the information sheet page.

Planned Maintenance 2009 - 2010
We have published details of our plans for planned maintenance during April 2009 to March 2010 along with our cyclical maintenance plans for the same period.

The following outlines our main plans over the next year:

Planned Maintenance
Address	Type of Work
21-29 Wardie Road 6 Wardie Place 37 Eddlewood Road	Boiler Renewals
21 and 29 Wardie Road	Door Entry
55-57 Wardie Road 1-19 Ware Road 1-35 Edderton Way 1-38 Edderton Place	Smoke Detector Replacement
10-20 Eddlewood Path 1-23 Eddlewood Road Eddlewood Place Eddlewood Court Easthall Place	Kitchen Renewals

Cyclical Work
Address	Type of Work
All properties	Gas Servicing and Repairs CCTV Maintenance Roof Anchor Repairs Clean Gutters Drainage Inspections
Glenburn Centre	Wind Turbine Maintenance
All tenemental closes	Close Cleaning
All common areas	Ground Maintenance
3-39 Wardie Road 35-37 & 2 -16 Eddlewood Road Wardie Place 2-8 Eddlewood Path Banton Place	Paint External Woodwork
47-53 Wardie Road	Close Decoration
Wardie Road Eddlewood Road Wardie Place Eddlewood Path Banton Place Easthall Place Eddlewood Court	5-year Electrical Inspections

Environmental Improvements
We have appointed a new contractor, (Castle Contracts), to carry out the close cleaning and maintenance of common areas starting in April.

This work will entail litter cleaning twice per week, removing of weeds and moss from driveways and parking bays twice per year, bin collections for tenemental properties every week, 14 grass cuts per year in common areas and for those on our garden maintenance list, common hedges cut three times per year and shrubbed areas maintained three time per year.

All closes will be cleaned on weekly basis and the contractor will record when visit are made and how long the clean took. The contractor is expected to shake and remove soil from doormats, stairs and landings are to be mopped, ledges to be wiped clean and on a monthly basis all windows and close tiles will be cleaned.

We hope that the new service meets with your approval and we will be monitoring very closely how the contractor is performing and you can assist us by informing us if there are any issues.

We anticipate that there will be teething problems but let us know how you feel about the service so we can closely monitor the work.

We will be issuing every tenant with a booklet outlining the services we carry out. If you have any views on the service whether good or bad please let us know.

Environmental Project
In partnership with Moriehall Housing Association, work will soon begin on looking at what improvements can be made to the environment and how play facilities can be introduced in the Kildermorie area.

We are looking for willing volunteers to give us their initial views on what they would like to see happening, therefore if you are interested please call the office and ask for Janice. Please note Janice is available in the office on Tuesday - Thursday and can be contacted on the usual number 0141 781 2277.

As plans develop we will hold either an open day or present these at our public meetings.

Youth Worker Training
Congratulations to the 12 local people who are undertaking their SVQ level 2 in Community Development in the Glenburn Centre.

This training project, developed in partnership, is a 26 week course that is designed to allow the students to achieve not only the above qualification but look at ways in which people can get back into work particularly in the role of youth workers.

The students receive training and are also put into a placement at a community facility or project and receive a training allowance of £70 per week.

It is hoped that this will not be the last of its kind developed in the Centre and if you are interested in future opportunities please contact Lynette at the Glenburn Centre.

Kimberley Johnstone
Congratulations to Kimberley Johnstone from Easthall on her achievements in the field of Karate.

Kimberley, (aged 11), trains at Eastbank, Tollcross and Ibrox Marine´s Barracks and is coached by Gerry Fleming on the National Squad Training.

In 2008 she won the East Calder Junior Champion, Wishaw Grand Pri Scottish Open, Scottish Champion at Meadowbank Stadium.

In 2009 she brought home silver in the AMA International Open and won the gold in the Grangemouth Championship.

She will be participating in the Scottish International Open, the British Championship and the Irish Open this year.

We wish you all the best this year in your Karate competitions and we are sure you will all agree that it is always nice to hear what achievements our young people can make and we are confident that we will be hearing much more about Kimberley in the years to come.