For the past several years colleagues of Greenaway Residential have been going along to give support to the Crawley Rugby Club as Aldingbourne Trust with a once a month Sunday Social event.  We thought we would take a moment to highlight not only what the Trust does but also the great work that Crawley Rugby Club regularly does in the local community.

The Aldingbourne Trust supports adults with learning disabilities and/or autism lead enriched and fulfilling lives through education, training, specialist care and a keen focus on building strong partnerships with local businesses and employers.

The Sunday Social events are hosted by the Crawley Rugby Club to allow people with learning disabilities, a chance to socialise from 4pm-6pm once a month on a Sunday afternoon.  We believe Crawley is blessed with this great club in the community, who are always there to help at every opportunity.  We can speak from experience as they have always got behind every one of our charity events.

If you would like to know more about either the Aldingbourne Trust or the Crawley club please visit their websites.  Or if you know of anyone who could benefit from the Sunday Social events,  or even if you would like to just come along and join in, why not email our good friend Paddy Constance paddyconstance@hotmail.com for more information. As always Greenaway Residential are proud to be associated with the club and in turn everyone associated with it.

Over the past month we have been approached by Landlords worrying about the latest legislation to Section 21.  For clarity whilst the Government have announced their intentions to overhaul the already much overhauled sector which was only overhauled at Christmas, at this moment in time it is only a consultation. 

This means that there is no defined detail, nothing has become law and things may yet change.  In the words of Baz Lurhman in sun screen ‘don’t worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind’. 

Remember whilst the tenant may feel they have uncertainty because the Landlord can give them 60 days’ notice at the moment a Tenant only has to give 30 days’ notice meaning the Landlord has even less security.  Perhaps in this consultation this aspect may also be reviewed.

All we can say at the moment whilst there is potentially yet another change to the law on the horizon (making it 60 since Tony Blair was elected in 1997), we will just have to watch this space.  As soon as we know more we will keep everyone updated.

The past year has been a tough time for Ethan Greenaway (son of Darren Greenaway), having being diagnosed with Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) and then being tested for Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) and vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. Whilst unfortunately he was diagnosed with EDS the more serious form of Vascular EDS was not diagnosed, to relief of everyone.

Whilst at the age 14 this is very upsetting for him, Ethan has tried to take the negative feelings and turn them into a positive.  So on the 12^th May Ethan organised and walked over the O2 arena to raise money for the Ehlors Danos Society.  We are pleased and very proud to say he raised £250 for the charity.

As mention last month, as a reminder as of the 1^st June 2019 it is prohibited to charge fees to a tenant.  

This means we have made changes to our procedures.  Firstly instead of the fixed fee of £250 Greenaway Residential take as a holding deposit this will now be a variable amount equivalent to one week’s rent.  To reduce risk to everyone we have also changed our procedures to complete the referencing forms, sign terms and conditions and then take the holding fee.  Whilst we appreciate that this will slow down the initial part of the process it will save time later and help comply with the fifteen calendar day rule.