Welcome to Lyng

Community Trip to the Seaside Saturday 24th August 2024

We are delighted to confirm the details for this year’s annual community trip to the seaside and this year it’s Porthcawl in South Wales.

Porthcawl offers a large sandy beach with a big traditional fairground just behind it together with a seaside town centre just a few hundred yards away.

The coaches leave Frank Fisher Way at 8am with arrival at Porthcawl by 11am expected.

Coaches leave Porthcawl at 5.30pm and are due back to the Lyng by 8.30pm.

Prices are £15.00 for tenants (16+) , £10.00 for children of tenants and £5.00 for those aged under two.

Friends and family /non tenants can come along too – prices are £20.00 for those aged 16 or over, £15.00 for children and £5.00 for those aged under two.

Phone us on 0121 525 5969 for more details – or you can book by paying a £5.00 deposit at the Lyng Office (10am -1pm).

Summer Events run by Lyng Community Association.

Saturday 29th June 2024 – Community Trip to Stratford Upon Avon

Coach Leaves 9am – back at 5.30pm

Tenants £13.00 + Children £6.50

Others – £15.00 + Children £7.50

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Sunday 21st July 2024 – Fun Day at Oak House Museum

11am – 2pm Stalls, Entertainment and Food and Drinks.

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Monday 29th July to Friday 2nd August 2024 – Play Scheme 5 to 11 Years old

This year out theme is the Wild West.

£30.00 per child for a week of activities and a trip – Pre – booking is ESSENTIAL

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Call us on 0121 525 5969 or call into the Office 10am – 1pm weekdays.

Help With Water Bills

South Staffs Water are offering help with water bills –

Their Assure tariff can help customers who are on a low income or struggling to pay their water charges;

it aims to reduce water poverty and make bills more affordable.

Low household income
If your household income is less than £20,050* per year, you may qualify for a discount on your water charge. If you are eligible and your application is successful,

your charges will be discounted for two years, in the first year by 60% and the second year by 40%.

If you have a dependent child living at your address, an additional allowance of £1,500 per child may be added to the household income threshold amount of £20,050* per year.

*South Staffs Water do not take into consideration income received from the following benefits:

Attendance Allowance
Personal Independence Payment
Carer’s Allowance
The disabled child or severely disabled child element of Child Tax Credit
Disability Living Allowance
Housing Benefit or Housing Element of Universal Credit
Council Tax Benefit
Homes for Ukraine scheme

Pension Credit
If you are in receipt of Pension Credit (guarantee element), you may also qualify for a discount on your water charges.

Your charges will be discounted for two years, in the first year by 60% and the second year by 40%.

Universal Credit

If your household is temporarily receiving no income, you may qualify for Assure Assist – a discount of 100% for eight weeks, then you can continue on the Assure tariff for the remainder of that term. Please apply using the Assure application form. (Household income does not include the welfare benefits omitted for Assure plus Child Benefit.)

To apply go to – assure-tariff-application-form_ssw_march_2024_final.pdf (south-staffs-water.co.uk)

If you need help with your application, please call South Staffs Water on 0800 093 0570 (calls to 0800 numbers are free). They can go through the form with you over the phone, or if it’s easier, they can come to your home and help you fill it in.

About Lyng Community Association

Lyng Community Association is proud to be at the heart of West Bromwich’s flagship residential development. We provide 200 high quality homes for affordable rent, provide a management service for a further 250 homes and manage and maintain shared communal areas across the mixed tenure estate under a Management Agreement with Lyng Management Company as well as building a community spirit to make the Lyng a vibrant place to live.

We’re a not-for-profit organisation set up after a group of pioneering local people united to redevelop the old Lyng estate by creating homes fit for modern living, as well as fantastic open spaces.

Now is an exciting time in the history of the Lyng as we shape our thriving community, keeping our focus on sustainable regeneration and local empowerment. The 2017 Tenant Satisfaction Survey provided us with a fantastic 97% overall satisfaction rate – putting us amongst the best performing housing associations across the UK.

Lyng Community Association manages its properties from our office at 3 Frank Fisher Way West Bromwich . You can phone us on 0121 525 5969. (10am – 4pm)

Please note our office is now open to callers 10am – 1pm Monday to Fridays.

Housing Surgeries – if you want to speak to our Housing Officer you can make an appointment by calling 0121 525 5969.

For Lyng repairs service please contact 0121 525 5969 – during working hours.

For emergency repairs outside office hours the number is 0300 333 6540.

Please remember that the Emergency Repairs service is provided by Bourneville Property Care on 0300 333 6540. The calls are answered by an external Call Centre so to ensure your call is dealt with efficiently please explain that your property is owned by Lyng Community Association with the emergency repairs service provided by Bournville Property Care

Paying your rent – 24 hour automated rent payments are accepted – please telephone Allpay on 0330 041 6497 – you will need to have your payment card (so you can enter the long account number when asked for this) and credit or debit card with you.

Or pay online here

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IF UNABLE TO CONTACT US ON OUR MAIN NUMBER – USE OUR ALTERNATIVE NUMBER 0121 525 8352 or 0121 525 6553

Outside office hours if it is an emergency repair please call 0300 333 6540.

Lyng Community Association – building a thriving, successful community and creating a great place to live.

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