House Doctor
Peterborough Healthy Living Partnership Project
House Doctor- Central Ward of Peterborough
Abdul Q. Malik is the House Doctor for Central Ward in
Peterborough. The project is a part of Peterborough
Healthy Living Partnership project. The partners are Peterborough
City Council, North Primary Care Trust and Voluntary Organisations,
and the project is focused on promoting and providing opportunities
for Health in the Central and East wards of Peterborough.
The aim of the partnership is to work closely with the
community in identifying priorities and building a community that
is welcoming and supportive for all. Community involvement is a
vital ingredient in the success of the healthy living partnership
and the project is focused on supporting residents in both wards in
developing new skills and expertise through a focus on
volunteering, training and employment opportunities.
The House Doctor will be supporting homeowners by
- facilitating training workshops on home and garden maintenance
- providing advice and information to access a range of services to resolve their home & safety issues
- continuous mentoring and support to encourage residents to tackle regular home maintenance
- facilitating training workshops for those residents who wish to become volunteers to help other residents in tackling home maintenance & safety issues
- producing information on home safety & home maintenance to enable residents to increase their awareness
- setting up a tool library for residents to borrow tools to undertake home maintenance
Home owners in Central ward can take advantage of this Free
Service to improve their living conditions by becoming a DIY
enthusiast. Tackling every day home maintenance routines
confidently and safely would result in householders making
substantial savings on their repair expenditure and a reduction in
their energy costs.
Householders in Central Ward can benefit from
this FREE House Doctor Service by:
- Seeking advice and information on any aspect of home safety and maintenance issues
- Take part in training workshops for home maintenance to acquire new skills and knowledge
- Consider using your spare time to set up a support groups to tackle area's problems
- Consider becoming a trained volunteer to help other residents
- Build your confidence to tackle home maintenance safely and save hefty repair bills
- Generally improve your living conditions by helping yourselves proactively
- Gain experience to find a career in home maintenance
- Take part in garden competitions or nominate your neighbour's, family members or friends
- If you have any suggestions or views on any aspects of the ward issues then why not share it with the House Doctor
- Invite the House Doctor to your group meetings to provide you advice & information
- You can resolve many of the area's issues by working together as a community and improve your environment
The House Doctor will be visiting residents - by
referral or at the resident's request - with a view to
- Conducting an inspection and making an initial assessment on home safety and maintenance
- Making a diagnosis of what residents need to tackle, and how
- If necessary providing mentoring, support and training
- Providing advice and information to access other benefits or grants, if applicable
- Offering follow-up visits until the home maintenance work is completed
- Making referrals to other agencies if requested
Do any of the following questions apply to you:
1. Are you interested to take part in training to learn basic
home maintenance and safety?
2. Do you wish to undertake DIY at your home safely to reduce
maintenance cost?
3. Are you keen to gain knowledge to transform your garden
areas?
4. Do you wish to be become a trained volunteer to assist
other residents?
5. Are you interested in developing your skills and knowledge
to find employment in home maintenance?
6. Do you have spare time to work with residents associations
to improve your neighbourhood?
7. Do you wish to set up a support group to deal with specific
topics such as safety, environment or traffic?
8. Do you wish to take part in campaigns to reduce traffic
congestion?
9. Do litter and graffiti visible in the ward concern
you?
10. Are you interested in promoting healthy diet to improve
health and well being?
11. Do you wish to take part in consultation processes at a
strategic level to influence decision- making?
12. Do you wish to become a volunteer to assist in a tool
library?
If your answer is yes to any of the above questions or you
need advice or information, please contact the House Doctor on
01733 742579 or by email.
Alternatively write to him at Community Services, 3rd Floor, Bayard
Place, Broadway, Peterborough. PE1 1HZ.
