Blackpool Residents Federation and its affilliated group the
Blackpool Private Tenants Forum held their fourth "private tenants" information days on Friday the 27th of April in the newly refurbished Floral Hall of the Winter Gardens.
in attendance were over 25 agencies from throught the town and beyond to help and advise members of the private rented sector with any problems or issues they may have.
The event was officially opened by
Gordon Marsden MP who welcomed everyone and gave a brief outline on the history and aims of the Residents Federation and their recent work with the private rented sector, also mentioning that the group are one of the founder members of the newly formed National Private Tenants Organisation.
The day went well with over 200 members of the public visiting the various stands, most of who were private tenants, although the information available was also for the benefit of any resident.
Amongst the many stands were people from Housing, Police, CVS, Age UK, Trading Standards Etc:
Full list of agencies is
Blackpool Residents Federation / Blackpool Private Tenants Forum
Housing Enforcement
Fylde Coast Landlord Accreditation (Manchester)
Legal Advice (Atkinson, Blackledge and Waring)
Blackpool Council Housing Options
Great Places Housing group
Blackpool Fylde and Wyre Credit Union
Blackpool Police
Blackpool Volunteer Centre
Disablity First
Blackpool Wyre and Fylde CVS
Care and Repair
Advice Link
Blackpool Neighbourhood Services South
Blackpool Neighbourhood Services North
Blackpool Council volunteer Team
Renassance (Drugline Lancashire)
Age UK
Senior Voice Forum
Blackpool LINk (Groundwork)
Trading Standards
Thanks to all agencies who took part in the event.
Thanks also go out to
The organisers Blackpool Residents Federation and the members who gave their time to man the stand, Ann Allen and David Wright
Gordon Marsden MP
The Funders, Cooperative Society and Blackpool Council
The Winter Gardens and their staff
The advertisers, Radio Wave, Customer First, Benefits agency.
Shelagh Parkinson, Gazette article.
Special thanks to *Chris Wright* who pulled the whole thing together from start to finish.
As a way of getting feedback we asked the public to fill in a questionaire before leaving the event
Results are as follows.
Question 1. How did you hear about the event?
32% said Radio, 22% said Flyer, 18% said word of mouth, 12% said Newspaper, 26% said other
Question 2. Was the event helpfull? 92% said Yes, 6% said No, 2% didn't say
Question 3. Would you like to see these events more often?
98% said Yes
2% said No.
Question 4. Were there any stands not here today you would like to have seen?
2% More Council
4% NHS
2% Cooperative Society
2% Stand promoting local events
2% BCH
4% Blackpool Transport
20% C.A.B.
64% were happy with the stands present.
Question 5, How would you rate the event on a scale of 1 to 10
60% scored 10
12% scored 9
20% scored 8
4% scored 7
2% scored 6
2% scored 4
Average score 9.16
People who filled in our questionaire were entered into a free draw for a food hamper
The winner of the hamper was Mrs.J.C.Carter of Central Drive.
All in all a fruitfull day was had by all in a wonderfull venue.
Pictures taken at the event.
Chris Wright (coordinator)
with Gordon Marsden M.P
Jack Croysdill (Cooperative Society N.W.area Chair)
with Gordon Marsden M.P.
Winner of the hamper Mrs J.C.Carter with Chris Wright
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