Open Letter to Iain Duncan Smith

ETF supported an open letter from the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) to Iain Duncan Smith calling on the UK Government to immediately suspend the further implementation of Universal Credit in Scotland until the process of legislating for new powers for the Scottish Parliament is complete. Letter to Iain Duncan Smith re Universal Credit

Press Release Civic Scotland letter calls for suspension of roll-out of Universal Credit (2)

ETF E-Newsletter | January 2015

Our e-newsletter for January 2015 is now live. Check it out here.

Starting and running a T&R group

Setting up a tenants’ and residents’ association couldn’t be easier; all you need is a few people in your area who share a passion about wanting to make improvements.  You could maybe attend other public meetings in the area to try and drum up more interest to form a steering group.  A start up grant is available from the City of Edinburgh Council for their tenants to cover the costs of hiring a venue, photocopying and anything else needed to help to get started.  If you are with another landlord you could approach them to see what help they could offer to get a group started.  ETF is available for tenants of any landlord to provide guidance, information and support.

At present, ETF has the following member groups:

• Birnies Court Tenants and Residents Association;
• Gateside Tenants and Residents Association;
• Hailesland Park Neighbourhood Council;
• Laichfield Community Association;
• Magdalene Neighbourhood Association;
• Maidencraig Court Residents Association;
• Minorities Initiatives Tenants and Residents Association;
• Moredun Multis & Maisonettes Residents Association;
• North Sighthill Residents Association;
• Ratho Station Residents Association;
• Redbraes Residents Association;
• West Cromwell, Persevere and Citadel Residents Association;
• Wharton Square Residents Association;
• Willowbrae and Duddingston Residents Association.

If you would like to set up a group in your area or would like some more information please contact the Federation Office.

Information for Scottish Government

Information for Scottish Government.

Community Learning and Development

Edinburgh Tenants Federation uses a community development approach in our work with local tenants’ groups. This means we provide practical and development support, opportunities for people to connect, information and training to enable and empower individuals and tenants’ groups to influence the issues in their local communities.

And we’re big on contributing to Community Learning and Development as a profession.

We are proud to regularly host Community Learning and Development / Community Education/Housing student placements at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. We currently have partnering arrangements with the University of Edinburgh,University of Dundee and University of Stirling.

We are always on the look-out for links that will enhance our work, so if you feel your organisation could connect positively with us, or if you’d like to join ETF for a student placement, please get in touch.

Good practice guidelines

ETF would like to share examples of good practice, so get in touch if you have ideas of what we could feature.