Pictured above: Mandy Seaton from Three Valleys Housing
shows off her statuette awarded by the Cotmanhay Neighbourhood
Management Group (CNMG) for supporting the Junior Rangers also
pictured
A housing officer in Ilkeston has been honoured by her
neighbourhood for encouraging youngsters to take pride in their
community.
Mandy Seaton from Three Valleys Housing was presented with a
statuette from the Cotmanhay Neighbourhood Management Group (CNMG)
for supporting the Junior Rangers, a scheme to get local children
involved in environmental awareness and community safety.
After receiving the award at an event hosted by Derbyshire Fire
& Rescue Service, Mandy chose to share her success by taking
the award to Cotmanhay Junior School where all 12 of the nine to
ten year-old Junior Rangers go to school.
The scheme was launched by Andrew Savage of CNMG, a resident-led
partnership group, last year with funding and support from Three
Valleys Housing.
As part of the programme, Mandy spent an afternoon showing the
children around a Three Valleys Housing estate, discussing with
them the importance of respect and what they considered to be the
duties of a housing officer.
Mandy Seaton said: "I was delighted to receive the award. The
Junior Rangers play a major role in encouraging children to take
pride and ownership of their community and we are happy to support
them.
"During their visit, I encouraged the children to come up with
reasons why we have housing officers, as well as promoting the need
to keep areas free of rubbish, graffiti and damage which impressed
them.
"I also asked them to come up with ideas as to how they would
use the land at Donner Crescent that we cleaned up recently. Three
Valleys Housing is now considering those ideas."