How can I get involved?
If you’re one of our residents and would like to help us to improve our services, then you are in the right place.
We’re keen for our residents to be involved in the key decisions that we make here at Paradigm.
You can get involved with something quick and easy – like a survey about a service you’ve received, or something more long-term like being a part of our Residents Forum, where you’ll help to monitor and improve our performance.
If you’re thinking of getting involved but don’t have a lot of spare time, you can still make your voice heard.
We’ll support you
When you help us, we’ll provide you with the support you need – whether that’s reimbursing your travel expenses, contributing towards your childcare or carer costs, or setting a meeting time or date that suits you best.
We’ll even arrange your transport if you don’t have your own, will provide disabled access at all meeting venues.
If you’ve decided how you would like to get involved or want to find out more, contact our Resident Involvement team on 01628 811862 or contact us.
You can find out about the opportunities to get involved with us below.
Resident and community associations
These are local groups formed around a street, block of flats or an estate. We have a Code of Practice for resident groups that explains how to set one up and what support you can expect from us. You need to ensure that sufficient neighbours are interested in forming a group before contacting us. Please see our Residents and Community Associations page.
Residents' Forum
Working alongside others members, you’ll help us to identify the most critical resident issues and regulate our performance.
The group meets approximately five times a year, and each member is paid a nominal fee.
If you’re one of our residents or are not a Paradigm resident but are a homeowner, visit our Current Vacancies page to see the latest opportunities.
Readership Panel
Help us from the comfort of your own home (or by post or email) by reading and giving us feedback on any new documents, leaflets or literature that we’re looking to send out to our residents.
Resident Quality Inspectors
Train to become a resident quality inspector, where you’ll check the standard of our estates and empty properties against our specifications and contract agreements and then give your feedback.
You’ll even get a £5 gift voucher for each of your visits, and your travel expenses will be reimbursed. visit our Current Vacancies page to see the latest opportunities.
Resident Internal Auditors
Train to be a Resident Internal Auditor and you’ll help us to carry out audits, assessing our overall performance against our standards. All finding are reported to our Audit and Risk Committee.
To apply, you’ll need to keep an eye out on opportunities by visiting our Current Vacancies page.
Customer suggestions
Send us your ideas to improve the way we work. You can do this by phone, by email, website or letter. We’ll look into your idea and let you know the outcome.
Task and finish groups
Make an impact by joining our ‘Task and Finish Groups’, where you’ll submit your ideas on how we can tackle a specific problem – for example, anti-social behaviour, or setting ground maintenance standards.
Surveys
From time to time, we’ll ask for feedback from our customers in the form of a written or over the phone survey – which will help us to improve our services.