ETRA- Evelyn Tenants and Residents Association

22/10/2025

Come and join us on Thursday 30th October 7pm … we look forward to seeing the old familiar and new faces

18/09/2025

📢 We are updating the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) for the first time in 10 years.

We want your views on how developers should contribute to the local services and infrastructure that communities rely on, from schools and roads to parks and leisure facilities.

🗓 Consultation closes: 12 October 2025

👉 Find out more by going to the link in the comments.

16/09/2025

Sign up to the MET Engage Community, I nice and easy way to report things and to keep up to date with what’s going on in the area … sign up via the Website or QR code

28/08/2025

Cllr Will Cooper introduces the Housing annual report to residents 2024/25:

"Welcome to our Housing Annual Report to Residents. This publication aims to give you, our tenants and leaseholders, a round-up of the Housing Service’s performance in 2024/25. If you want to understand how the service works and what the challenges are, this is a great place to start.

"It’s not all good news. There are challenges, and many of you will have first-hand experience of being frustrated or let down when trying to get a problem resolved. I hope this report will show that we know what the problems are, and the service is focused on fixing them. There is still a lot to do, but we are moving in the right direction.

"I do want to highlight two big steps the service took during 2024/25.

"Firstly, a new Resident Engagement Strategy was put in place after working with residents from across the borough to hear what you want. As a result, we’ve started running roadshows and repairs open days to give you the chance to speak to us in person. We’ve also got a variety of forums and panels if you are keen to get more involved – it’s all about making sure your views and experience help us to improve and shape the service.

"Secondly, last year we arranged for independent surveyors to visit every building we manage and inspect over 80% of tenants’ homes. I want to thank you for giving access to our surveyors for this huge project. The results have already been used to plan where refurbishment is needed for the next five years and beyond, which is a very important first step to improving the overall condition of housing in Lewisham. The Council has committed nearly £70m per year for the next five years to make these plans a reality.

"Over the past year I have visited countless Tenants and Residents Association meetings, roadshows and repairs open days and met hundreds of residents, and I want to thank you for your engagement and desire to improve where you live and work with us to make our housing services as good as possible."

William Cooper
Cabinet Member for Better Homes, Neighbourhoods and Homelessness

👇check comments for link to report

30/07/2025

Some interesting short corses for young creative’s - The summer music camp is free to join

30/07/2025

22/06/2025

10/06/2025

Role of Tenants on Council Housing Boards and Committees

As the changes brought about by the Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023 take effect, council's are developing new structures to ensure the voice and experience of council tenants and leaseholders influencing decisions about the services the council, as a landlord, is providing.

This session aims to inform and support council tenants who are part of, or aspire to be part of, the formal Board or committee that has strategic oversight of the council's housing service.

Book on to this course today: https://zurl.co/Jgxt4

07/06/2025

The mother of a disabled woman who took her own life after the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) wrongly stopped her benefits has called for a public inquiry into the years of deaths linked to…

09/05/2025

Brockley Max festival (30th May – 7th June) is looking for someone to MC on the stage at our finale event on the 7th June from midday to 6pm.

It’s a community afternoon on Hilly Fields SE4, with about 500 audience at any one time. They’d need to introduce the bands, engage the audience with what’s happening throughout the day such as art workshops, storytelling sessions, promote the art and craft fair etc and have a warm, friendly delivery.

We need someone with great performance skills, and who would like to gain experience in front of a mic and audience.

Email [email protected] if interested.

07/05/2025

Lewisham Disabled ‘s Meetings both in person on a Tuesday or on line on a Wednesday