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Broad Road

Your safety is our top priority. We want you to feel safe in your home and know how to get in touch with us to raise any concerns or share ideas you may have.

Introduction and scope

Living in a block of apartments does not mean you are at any more risk of experiencing a fire. zowever, we do need you to consider how a fire in your home could affect not only yourself but others in your building.

We take customers’ safety seriously, and The Building Safety Act places a duty on Plumlife to deliver a strategy for engaging with you and other customers about building and fire safety at Broad Road. This is called a Resident Engagement Strategy, and its purpose is to:

  • Set out the responsibilities between the landlord and customers
  • Ensure that customers know who they can speak to about their safety
  • Ensure that customers have a variety of opportunities to speak to staff about any building safety concerns or issues
  • Ensure that customers feel confident to hold their landlord to account and to understand any communications sent to them relating to building safety

This Resident Engagement Strategy is specific to Broad Road and considers all the customers in the building and their individual needs.

Who holds responsibility at Broad Road?

As your management company, we are responsible for managing fire safety at Broad Road which is a high-rise building that contains 45 homes up to eight storeys.

Principal Accountable Person

The Principal Accountable Person is the person or organisation who owns the building. For Broad Road, the principal accountable person is Great Places Housing Association and they are responsible for ensuring that Broad Road is appropriately managed.

Responsible person

The Responsible Person is there to ensure that Broad Road has all its safety measures in place. For Broad Road, Great Places Housing Association (including Plumlife) is the Responsible Person.

Review and monitoring

We will consult with you to review this strategy:

  • Every two years
  • After the completion of any significant safety works or alterations to the building
  • After every consultation held regarding the strategy
  • After any reports made to the Building Safety Regulator about any fire or structural incidents

The aim of this plan is to make sure that you:

  • Feel safe in your home
  • Can easily report any safety concerns in your home and the wider building
  • Are aware of how you can be involved and influence building safety decisions
  • Know how we respond to customer feedback
  • Have the information you need about your building
  • Know how to make a complaint if you feel you are not being listened to or have concerns

Keeping you informed

We will share information with you about building safety and any measures that are in place to ensure your safety at Broad Road.

We will regularly provide customers with an annual fire safety leaflet and make sure we give this to new customers when they move in. We will provide other information in a variety of ways, such as:

  • Letters, leaflets, and newsletters
  • Text messages and emails
  • On our website and social media

If any of our customers need additional support and require communications in a different format, please contact us.

Other information you may need can be found on our websites or by contacting us, such as:

  • Advice on how to reduce fire hazards
  • Fire escape routes, fire doors and emergency lighting
  • What to do in an emergency
  • Details about safety equipment and its purpose
  • The roles and responsibilities of Plumlife
  • Summary of the latest Fire Risk Assessment
  • A summary report explaining how building safety risks are assessed and managed

How you can have your say

We will give you opportunities to have your say by:

  • Undertaking surveys in a range of ways
  • Consultations through our digital platform, Our Voice

The topics this may include are:

  • Asking about your opinions on how we can improve our fire and building safety
  • Getting your thoughts on preferred times for our fire safety checks or work being completed
  • Involving you in the design of any major upgrade works in your building if they are needed
  • Asking for your support when looking at employing contractors
  • Your thoughts about ways we can manage disturbance from any building safety work

We will measure and review the information you provide to us and report back on key findings, such as:

  • Overall satisfaction on how safe you feel in your home
  • Number of complaints around building safety
  • Number of building safety issues reported

You said, we listened

We will inform you of what customers have told us, what decisions we have made and an explanation if we can’t do what you have asked us for.

Fire Safety Panel

We are also offering the opportunity for a representative from each high-rise building we manage to become a member of our Fire Safety Panel. If this is something that interests you, please do let your property manager know.

Building safety concerns and complaints

You have the right to raise a concern or complaint if you feel a report or work carried out has not been handled in the way it should.

Raising a concern

If you are concerned with something in the building or for example how a building safety repair has been completed, please contact us.

Raising a complaint

If you have raised a concern with us but are not satisfied with how this has been dealt with, or you still feel the building is unsafe, you can contact our Customer Feedback team to raise a complaint.

Escalating a complaint

If you are not satisfied with the outcome of your complaint, you have the right to escalate this back to us or if you feel we have not dealt with your issue to the Building Safety Regulator.

Learning from complaints

As an organisation we publish themes of our complaints and lessons learnt on our website.

Handling complaints

Our approach to dealing with Building Safety complaints is compliant with the Building Safety Act 2022.

  • Any building safety complaints should be reported to us via our Customer Feedback Team, either via the Plumlife website or through the Directory on 0161 447 5050.
  • Any formal complaint will be acknowledged within 3 – 5 working days and an investigation and resolution provided within 10 working days.
  • Following the complaint, our Customer Feedback Team will provide a written response including details of the investigation that has taken place and the outcomes and any action/resolutions to be undertaken.

Who is responsible for safety in your home and communal spaces?

It is your responsibility to:

  • Be safe in your home by keeping your escape routes clear
  • Make sure you regularly check your fire alarm
  • Be mindful of your neighbours and ensure that the space outside your flat is clear and free from obstruction at all times
  • Dispose safely of household waste and recycling using the bins provided - if you have any issues around this please do contact your building manager
  • If you have any issues, especially around fire safety please contact the building and fire safety team on: BuildingSafetyandFire@Greatplaces.org.uk

It is our responsibility to:

  • Ensure the block and your home are safe and meet regulatory standards
  • Make sure that your escape routes are well lit
  • Maintain your fire doors to regulatory standards
  • Ensure anyone working in the block is competent to do so
  • Have contact with local services, such as the fire service to ensure your safety

Contact us

Online

Visit the Plumlife website where you can submit an online form. We aim to respond to all enquiries within 3 working days.

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By email

If you have a query about fire safety in your building, you can email the Building and Fire Safety Team: BuildingSafetyandFire@greatplaces.org.uk

For other matters, you can get in touch with The Plumlife Directory: directory@plumlife.co.uk

By phone

We’re open for business 8am–6pm, Monday to Friday.

0161 447 5050

Fire action

If you discover a fire:

  • Operate nearest fire alarm point.
  • Call the Fire Brigade by telephoning 999
  • Leave the building by the nearest exit.
  • Report to your assembly point at: B&M Stores car park, 5 Broad Road
  • Do not stop to collect personal belongings

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