News: Year: 2023

Two older ladies sitting in a conservatory

14 Sep 2023

We celebrate Starts at Home Day with the Mayor of Reigate and Banstead

The Mayor of Reigate and Banstead, Cllr Eddy Humphreys, visited Portland House in Merstham (one of our sheltered housing schemed) to meet residents and staff as part of the National Housing Federation’s Starts at Home campaign, which celebrates the positive impact of supported housing on communities across the country. The visitors were greeted by residents […]

engineer working on boiler

13 Sep 2023

Introducing our new gas contractor

We’re pleased announce that our new gas contractor is Gas Call Services. Gas Call Services is working in partnership with Raven and will be carrying out gas safety checks and boiler repairs on Raven properties from 1st October 2023. What will Gas Call Services be doing for Raven? All annual gas safety appointments, gas servicing […]

Raven welcomes Mayor to swift conservation site

12 Sep 2023

We welcome Mayor to swift conservation site

We were delighted to welcome The Mayor of the Borough of Reigate & Banstead, Cllr Eddy Humphreys and Mrs. Sarah Humphreys, the Mayoress, along with members of the Swift Protection Association in Banstead (SPAB) to our homes in Pound Road, Banstead, earlier this month. The group took a tour of the swift colony area as […]

Raven colleagues at the Westminster event

23 Aug 2023

We head to Westminster for campaign launch

We have pledged our support for a new employment support campaign on a recent visit to Westminster Palace. As members of Communities That Work, we were invited to attend the group’s Summer Parliamentary Reception, launching its A Future that Works campaign, along with the Minister for Social Mobility, Mims Davies MP, and other Parliamentarians. Communities […]

24 Jul 2023

Merstham community fun day

We had a brilliant time at the Merstham community fun day. Our smoothie bikes were out and despite the rain a great day was had by all… we even got the Mayor of Reigate and Banstead making a smoothie!

10 Jul 2023

Could you be one of our next models for our upcoming photoshoot?

Each year we refresh our image library and have a photoshoot day to take photos we can then use throughout the year. These photographs are used on social media, our website, on posters and in our annual report and other publications. Would you like to be a model for us this year? We use a […]

06 Jul 2023

ASB – Heroes Day

Not all super heroes wear capes! Today is heroes day during ASB Awareness Week. We wanted to share with you a chat we had with one of our Tenancy Enforcement Officers about their role and how they help customers who are victims of ASB. What does a Tenancy Enforcement Officer do? “It’s certainly a role […]

04 Jul 2023

ASB – Know your rights!

This week it’s ASB Awareness Week and the theme this year is ‘know your rights’. With 94% of people not knowing what an ASB case review is, we want to make sure you have the information you need so that you know your rights. What is an ASB case review? The ASB case review (formally […]

03 Jul 2023

We’re supporting ASB Awareness Week

We’re supporting Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) Awareness Week from 3rd-9th July. Throughout the week we’ll be attending events and sharing important information about ASB and to highlight your rights if you’re a victim. What’s going on this week? Throughout this week we’ll be with Surrey Police and Reigate and Banstead Council at various community events. We’ll […]

RavenTimes

30 Jun 2023

Raven Times – Summer 2023 is out now!

Welcome to the Summer issue of your Raven Times! We’ve listened to your feedback and given Raven Times more of a community focus. The ‘update from our wardens’ section is back, there’s a new ‘community noticeboard’ feature, details of our gardening competition and much more in this latest edition. Read now

29 Jun 2023

Enter our gardening competition!

We know there are lots of you who are very green fingered and have absolutely beautiful gardens, so we thought what better way to celebrate this than to launch a gardening competition! We have five categories and there’ll be a winner and a runner up for each. Sponsored by our grounds maintenance partner, Groundscapes, first […]

21 Jun 2023

Fun at Horley Carnival!

Kicking off our summer of community events was Horley Carnival on Saturday 17th June – thank you to everyone who came to see us. We had a great day, despite a little rain! Our smoothie bikes made their debut for the summer season and we had the opportunity to catch up with customers who stopped […]

Cromwell community garden

08 Jun 2023

The community comes together to create welcoming communal garden

The community has come together to create a fantastic communal garden on Observatory Walk, Cromwell Estate in Redhill. We’ve been involved by installing benches (bought by our Brighter Communities Fund) and taking part in a community fun day where residents came together to finish the garden. It was a great turnout on the day and […]

26 May 2023

What’s on this May half term

Here’s our roundup of local activities to keep the kids busy this May half term Monday 29th May – Fairy tale treasure hunt at Gatton 1-4pm £6 per adult in advance / £7 on the day, £3 per child Join characters from well-known fairy tales and follow their clues in a treasure hunt around the […]

Raven apprentice working

17 May 2023

September 2023 apprenticeships launched – join our open day

Join us on Friday 30th June from 10am to 12pm at Christ Central, Redhill for our apprentice open day! We have the following apprenticeships starting in September 2023: Electrician Painter / Decorator Plumber Customer Service To register your interest or for more information, please email people.team@ravenht.org.uk What our current apprentices say: Jack, Plumbing “I chose […]