RBH members – 2000 and growing!

The RBH Junior Wardens, a youth based community project at Lower Falinge help spell out the 2000 member message

2000! This was the clear message from Rochdale Boroughwide Housing (RBH) as this week it celebrated the news that 2000 tenants and employees have now joined the new housing mutual as members.

Sue Kershaw from RBH said: “Members are crucial to RBH and we are thrilled we have hit the 2000 mark in just two months since we transferred homes to the new mutual RBH.”

As part of involving all RBH employees in local neighbourhoods, people from across RBH, helped by tenant Members, recently carried out a door knocking exercise, visiting over 10,000 homes to promote membership.

RBH Chief Executive Gareth Swarbrick, said: “Members are essentially owners of the new company and will now have influence over the way homes and communities are managed.”

These new RBH Members will soon be voting in elections for the first Representative Body and a total of 35 candidates are standing for election.

Governance Manager Moira Richardson explains: “We are delighted with the number of applicants for this important election,” she said. “The number of members and those prepared to participate at the highest level, shows how members are keen to make sure they have the voice and influence that will be at the heart of the new mutual RBH.”