Tenant engagement

If you’re a Newark and Sherwood District Council tenant or leaseholder and care about your home, where you live and the housing services that you receive, why not help us to improve what we do and how we do it?

We can help you set up safe events in your community to try to get more people involved or you can work with us individually to improve the services that we offer to all tenants. It really is up to you!

Tenant involvement opportunities

Over the next few months we are reviewing how we do things. Tenants and leaseholders will be able to suggest ways in which they would like to see how things work. Together we will provide a menu of opportunities for all people, whether you have a day to spare, a week or even just five minutes.

In the meantime if you want to get involved now, you can either speak informally to a tenant who is already involved or if you want a general picture about what is available at the moment, email our Tenant Engagement Officers at getinvolved@newark-sherwooddc.gov.uk.

Local Influence Network

Following feedback from tenants, the Local Influence Network has been set up to give tenants the opportunity to speak to one another and share their views on their local community with District Council officers.

There are four specific networks for our district, one for Newark, one for Sherwood and a third for all rural locations. Local Influence Network meetings will take place every few months. There are, already, a number of willing tenants wishing to take part but more are being encouraged to join and feedback their views to help shape and improve local areas.

More information is available on our Local Influence Network webpage including details on how you can get involved. 

Community Link Groups

Our Community Link Groups complement and provide feedback to our Local Influence Network. 

Taking place at locations across the district the Groups provide a more local focus and provide an opportunity for tenants, leaseholders and residents to raise issues and ideas that are specific to their local community. Issues and ideas discussed at the Community Link Groups will be raised to the local LIN Chair for further discussion at the LIN meetings and through to the District Council for consideration. 

More information is available on our Community Link Group webpage including details of when the next meetings are taking place. 

Estate walkabouts

Estate walkabouts are a great way for you to help us keep our communities clean, tidy and problem free. You will meet other tenants, staff members and agencies involved in maintaining acceptable standards in our communities. 

We aim to resolve any issues within four weeks, which could involve us working with tenants to tidy gardens or replacing missing street signs.

All walkabouts start at 10:00am.

Estate walkabout dates
Date Area Meeting place
Tuesday 7 March Hawtonville A Hawtonville Local Office
Thursday 9  March Southwell, Farnsfield, Thurgaton & Bleasby Kings Court Community Centre
Tuesday 14 March Chatham Court, Tithe Barn Court, Queens Corut and Lovers Lane Chatham Court Car Park
Thursday 16 March Boughton (Retford Road estate) and Kirton Adjacent to 9 Bentinck Close
Tuesday 21 March Boughton (Hallam Road estate) Adjacent to 58 Hallam Road
Thursday 23 March Farndon Trent House Community Centre
Thursday 30 March Hawtonville B Hawtonville Local Office
Tuesday 4 April Victoria Gardens & Knights Court Knights Court Community Centre
Tuesday 11 April Fosse Estate Beaumont Walk Community Centre
Tuesday 18 April Balderton (Mount Road area) and Barnby William Ghent Community Centre
Thursday 20 April  Hawtonville C Onestop shop Bowbridge Road
Thursday  27 April  Ollerton and Wellow Ambleside Community Centre
Tuesday 9 May Winthorpe Road Winthorpe Road Community Centre
Thursday 11 May Boughton (Hallam Road estate and Wellow) Adjacent to 58 Hallam Road
Tuesday  16 May   Balderton (Wolfit Avenue area) Manthorpe House Community Centre
Thursday 18 May  Boughton (Retford Road and Walesby) Adjacent to 9 Bentinck Close
Tuesday  23 May  Sutton on Trent and Carlton on Trent Snell Close Community Centre
Thursday 25 May  Welbeck Avenue, Lawrence Street & Newstead Avenue Lawrence Street Play Area
Thursday 8 June  Howes Court, Vineway, Wilfred Close, Cross St, Massey St and Barnbygate Barnbygate Community Centre
Tues 13 June  Holme, Collingham and Harby William Bailey Community Centre
Thursday 15 June  Farndon  Trent House Community Centre
Tuesday 20 June  Coddington Wellgreen House Community Centre
Tuesday  4 July  Hawtonville A Hawtonville Local Office
Thursday 6 July  Edwinstowe Lynds Close Community Centre
Tuesday 11 July  Winthorpe Road Winthorpe Road Community Centre
Thursday 13 July  Clipstone The Circle Community Centre
Tuesday 18 July  Hawtonville B Hawtonville Local Office
Thursday 20 July  Chatham Court Chatham Court Car Park
Tuesday 25 July Fosse Estate Beaumont Walk Community Centre
Thursday 27 July  Balderton (Wolfit Avenue area) Manthorpe House Community Centre
Thursday 31 August  Balderton (Mount Road area) William Ghent Community Centre
Tuesday  5 September  Farndon Trent House Community Centre
Thursday 7 September  Chatham Court, Tithe Barn Court, Queens Corut and Lovers Lane Chatham Court Car Park
Tuesday 12 September  Boughton (Retford Road estate) and Kirton Adjacent to 9 Bentinck Close
Thursday 14 September  Boughton (Hallam Road estate) Adjacent to 58 Hallam Road
Tuesday 19 September  Southwell, Farnsfield, Thurgaton and Bleasby Kings Court Community Centre
Thursday 21 September Ollerton and Wellow Ambleside Community Centre
Tuesday 26 September  Hawtonville B Hawtonville Local Office
Thursday 28 September  Blidworth Rookwood Close Community Centre
Tuesday 3 October Rainworth  Cambridge Close Community Centre
Thursday 5 October Lowdham, Gunthorpe The Leys Community Centre
Tuesday 12 October Bilsthorpe and Eakring The Green Community Centre
Tuesday 17th October  Victoria Gardens and Knights Court Knights Court Community Centre