Sing it for England

Football fever has gripped much of the nation and has even reached Alton’s Silver Song Club which has been prompted to ‘Sing it for England’ (in the words of one of the many unofficial England World Cup anthems).  The club, which is a community music-making group supported by the charity ‘Sing for Your Life’ and hosted by Orchard House, has never been backward in coming forward with topical ideas for its rousing singing sessions.

MADD Days!

Radian in partnership with the Police, East Hampshire District Council, Hampshire County Council and Horndean Parish Council held the latest in a series of community events in the heart of the Downs Park community in Horndean, on Monday 6th April 2009.

Around thirty residents including children attended the Make a Difference Day (MADD), giving their views about their community over a wide range of issues. A BBQ was provided by local RKdia catering services which gave a well needed energy boost for those who helped maintain the community garden planted back in October 2008. As the saying goes, 'there is no such thing as a free lunch', but those who took part, did so with such enthusiasm that the result of their efforts was fantastic!

Radian in Schools

Radian has taken the lead in a forward thinking initiative to inform the younger generation of East Hampshire about their environment and community and to help encourage them to make a positive future contribution.

Over 100 children in year two at Petersfield Infants, were shown how their behaviour can have an impact on the local community and how their actions affect others living around them, both locally and globally.

Paultons Park Trip - July 2009

Residents from Cumberland Gate in Portsmouth had the opportunity to take part in a trip to the theme park on Saturday July 25th.

The sun was shining brightly as residents gathered to board the coach that arrived at Cumberland Gate for the 45 minute journey. An air of excitement lingered. What would it be like? Who else was going? Would people be friendly? Would the children enjoy it?  Would the grown ups cope with the big choice of rides and things to do?

The Gardening Project At Poppy House

Residents at Poppy House have been involved in a new and exciting gardening project which provides informal outside activities whilst at the same time providing opportunities for life skills learning.

For example, working in groups, IT, numeracy, literacy, project planning skills, information gathering, physical activity, as well as introducing residents to different types of foods and ways of cooking. Garden design also makes up part of the project.

The project was the idea of two of the Poppy House residents and with the help of Hilliers Garden Centre, we have been able to support a project that is resident focused and resident led.

Summer Roadshow - August 2009

On a rather blustery and wet day on Thursday 20th August 2009, a team of Radian staff took to the road and visited the villages of Froyle, Froxfield and East Meon.  The purpose of this was to make Radian more accessible to our harder to reach residents living in some of the district's more rural villages. 

This gave residents, whether from Radian, other local Housing Associations or owner/occupiers the opportunity to raise any issues they might have and staff the chance to promote all of the services we offer and review customer satisfaction.