Kent News and Views Winter Edition | Page 12

news MidaKPeanntel Are Congratulations! Message from the panel Hello to all Mid Kent residents! The panel has continued to work with AmicusHorizon on your behalf. We’ve been monitoring work carried out by staff and contractors for continual improvement. Our priorities The Area Panel has set three priorities to focus on over the next four years: „„ Anti social behaviour „„ Money matters „„ Resident service and communication. Congratulations to our chairperson Graham Whitehead, who’s recently passed two Open Award exams with Tenant Central, run by TPAS (Tenant Empowerment Organisation). He can now use the knowledge he’s gained to help the Area Panel understand performance information and tenant scrutiny. There are many ways you can be involved as a resident. We welcome you to join in and contribute to the organisation. We always look forward to your input. The panel considers feedback carefully, even if you make just one comment on a survey. Thank you to all residents who attended our events last year. The panel enjoyed listening and talking to you. We’d also like to welcome Louise Chilley, who joins the Mid Kent Area as a Housing Officer, covering Kayleigh Fosbraey’s maternity leave. MyAccount is so handy! Panel member, Lindsey Davies tells us about her experience of using MyAccount, our online customer portal. “I use MyAccount to pay my rent, check planned maintenance and to check progress of reported repairs. If I need to ask anything extra, I send a request. I can do it at any time of day. Plus I get an automated reply with a reference number, so I can keep track of everything I’ve requested!” It’s so easy to sign up, visit https://myaccount.amicushorizon.org.uk 12  - 0800 121 60 60   Lindsey Davies “ I use MyAccount to find out anything I need to know about my home.”  - [email protected]   - www.amicushorizon.org.uk