Safe homes and estates

Leaflets about safer homes and estates

Safety in your home

Far too many accidents happen in people's homes, some of them leading to serious injury or even death. Our leaflet Safety in Your Home contains useful advice on how to avoid accidents. It was produced with support from various agencies, including the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents.

It includes information on:

• Security
• Fire safety
• Electrical safety
• The dangers of carbon monoxide, the need for regular maintenance and servicing of gas appliances and how to spot the signs of gas leaks
• Safety on balconies, landings and stairs, particularly for children
• How to make sure windows are both safe and secure
• Disposing of rubbish safely and responsibly
• Safety around building sites
• What to do if you find asbestos in your home
• Child safety
• Who to contact in emergencies involving fire, gas, electricity or water

Fire safety in flats

We have recently produced a leaflet to advise tenants of flats on how to reduce the risk of a fire in their flat and in their block and what to do should a fire break out.

Tackling harassment and anti-social behaviour

Details of how to report harassment, nuisance and anti-social behaviour and how we respond to it can be found in our new 2010 leaflet Tackling harassment and anti-social behaviour.

It includes information on:

• The process that we follow when someone reports harassment, nuisance or anti-social behaviour.
• The type of information we will need to prove harassment, nuisance or anti-social behaviour.
• The legal options available we can use
• The action we take against those who are responsible for harassment, nusiance and anti-social behaviour

Neighbourhood Wardens

We provide a neighbourhood warden service in the areas we manage. For more information on this service, see our leaflet Neighbourhood Wardens - here to help you.

The leaflet includes information on:

• What the wardens do while out on patrol
• Ways in which the wardens help out in the community
• How to contact the wardens

Domestic abuse

Advice and support for people who are suffering from domestic abuse .

Where to get these leaflets

You can download them from this page or pick them up any of our offices. You can also call us on 0114 293 0000 or 0114 205 3333 and we will send you copies.