Residents' associations

Residents' associations in Spelthorne
The table below gives contact information about residents' associations in Spelthorne (where the Council has permission to make it public).

Residents' association	Contact 1	Contact 2
Batavia Residents' Group	Miss DE Went Secretary 01932 788459
Green Street Action Group	Mrs Doreen Johnson Secretary 01932 783513	Mr Keith Johnson Chairman 01932 783513
Leacroft Residents' Association	Mrs Joyce Childs Secretary 01784 454018
Lower Sunbury Residents' Association	Mr John Hirsh Chairman johnhirsh1234@aol.com Website: www.losra.org 01932 781363	Mr Paul Watts President paulwatts@tiscali.co.uk 01932 788449
Kempton Residents' Association	Mr Ernest Burden Secretary 01932 765955	Mr Michael Wakefield Chairman kenrick1@onetel.com 01932 783026
Sherbourne Gardens (Shepperton) Management Co. Ltd.	Mr Phil Hawkes Director philhawkes@lineone.net 01932 269351
Silvery Sands Residents' Association	Mrs Gulbin Chaworth-Musters Secretary gulbin.chaworth-musters@uk.bp.com 01784 456698	Mr Geoff Richardson Chairman grichardson@21riverside.fsnet.co.uk 01784 454510
Staines Town Society	Mrs Anne Damerell Secretary 01784 454767	Mrs Claudette Curtis Jenkins Chairman 01784 455518
The Neighbourhood Society (Ashford)	Mr Alan Sloan Chairman 01784 211944

If you represent a residents' association that would like to be included in this list and/or receive relevant information from the Council, please contact the Community Liaison Officer on 01784 446421 or at partnerships@spelthorne.gov.uk.

How to set up a residents' association
If there is no residents’ association in your area, why not set one up? Acting as a group gives people a greater voice about local issues, helps organisations to communicate with residents and can strengthen community spirit. Steps to setting up a residents’ association include:

Talk to people in the area to find out if they are interested
Decide on what area you will cover
Elect a committee
Agree a constitution
Organise publicity to tell people about the group

The Tenant Participation Advisory Service publishes useful leaflets on setting up residents' associations. For more information, call 0161 868 3500 or go to www.tpas.org.uk.

If you are a housing association tenant, the association will be able to help you in getting more involved on your estate.