A local housing provider hosted a community day this week to help improve a small neighbourhood in Newcastle-under-Lyme.

Staffs Housing, who provides over 3,000 homes to people across Staffordshire, visited Mount Pleasant in Chesterton to help residents and the wider community.

Gardeners cut back and improved green spaces, housing officers checked in with residents and neighbourhood officers cleaned the streets by litter picking.

The team also hired a small skip to help residents get rid of any unwanted rubbish or clutter in their homes.

Housing Officer Katie says this is just one of many community days the team have done in neighbourhoods across Staffordshire this year and is part of their commitment to creating proud homes for residents.  

Neighbourhood officers, including Vicki, went litter picking around the neighbourhood (Staffs Housing).

"At Staffs Housing we're committed to making sure our residents have proud homes," explains Katie.  

"That doesn't just stop at the front door. We know that the neighbourhood you live in can also make a difference to how you feel about your home.  

"We noticed that the streets were becoming littered and wanted to help improve things for the people that live there.  

"I got to work to set up a community day to help our residents and the wider community too.  

The community day took place on Mount Pleasant in Chesterton, Newcastle-under-Lyme (Google).

Resident Mr Ullah said he's really pleased to see Staffs Housing making a difference to his community.  

"It's great that Staffs Housing can come out and spend time helping to improve the community for residents", said Mr Ullah.  

"On the day the team were great, as well as litter picking and cleaning up the streets the gardening team helped to plant flowers in our front garden, something we've been wanting to do for a while.  

"To show our thanks and support we made sure everyone had a cuppa too." 

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