Read the summer edition of Engage - out now!

The summer 2011 edition of Engage is available now. The new issue is packed with useful information and recent news. Read about solar electricity in your home, design skills for teenagers, helping residents get online, customer feedback, estate parking, dealing with ASB, safety checks, neighbourhood consultations and much more.

You can also choose if you would like to receive online updates about Peabody via our social media tools.

This issue also includes a special supplement which looks at greenery on our estates and focuses on our residents community garden projects.

Tell us what you think of it – and if you’ve got any ideas for the next issue, out winter 2011, or if you know someone who might like to contribute, please get in touch with us.

• Read the summer 2011 edition of Engage (pdf, 2MB) and the supplement, Engage Green London (pdf, 3MB)
  
  
• Browse previous editions

Here’s additional information about some of the topics covered in the latest edition below:

• What it means to be a Hackney Host volunteer
  Albert Atiase is a Hackney Host volunteer and has found the experience a positive one. Find out more here.
  
  
• Interview with Jeremy Pilcher
  Jeremy is highly qualified but currently unemployed. He has been attending our Hugh Cubitt centre for help with his job search. Read his interview here.
  
  
• Help with finding work
  Some examples of how we have helped people back into work.
  
  
• Designing for the future in 1950s London
  Margaret Willis is a Peabody resident who worked as a sociologist in the Architect’s Department of the London County Council during the 1950s. With her permission, we reproduce below her essay about her work.
  
  
• G15 London moves
  Find out how we helped a resident relocate through the g15 London moves programme. Coming soon
  
  
• Peabody Avenue wins top design awards
  Read more about this award-winning development.
  
  
• Solar electricity
  Read more about our solar electricity programme.
  
  
• It's about Respect
  Peabody signs up to a new ASB charter for housing.
  
  
• Safety in the home
  How to protect yourself and your family around the home.

Below are the topics covered in the supplement: Green London:

• More herb-growing tips
  Community gardener, Naomi Glass, offers more advice about growing herbs indoors.
  
  
• Wild Street estate garden club
  Yvette Van Giap, a resident of Wild Street, W1, talks about her estate garden club.
  
  
• Kingsley flats garden club
  Genevieve Colliers lives at Kingsley flats in SE1. She writes about setting up a gardening club there.
  
  
• Tree maintenance
  Find out where works will take place this coming autumn and winter.

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