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Reducing Damp and Mould in Social Housing

Understand and comply with the latest legislation and regulatory advice

This course is available for teams and organisations.

We’ll tailor it to your goals and deliver it online, at your offices, or wherever works best.

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Overview

Awaab's Law has introduced significant changes in the way social housing landlords are required to handle cases of damp and mould.

From much stricter deadlines and tighter timescales tackling damp and mould has never been more important for social housing organisations.

Join our Reducing Damp and Mould in Social Housing training course to better understand and comply with the latest legislation and regulatory advice on reducing cases of damp and mould. Gain more effective techniques and tools to improve the quality of your tenants’ homes. Learn how to be quicker at identifying and responding  to cases of damp and mould faster

Leave the day with an action plan to reduce damp and mould within your tenants’ homes.

Learning Outcomes

  • Understand and fully comply with Awaab’s Law

  • Learn how to respond to stricter timescales and deadlines

  • Gain techniques to improve how your organisation identifies and reduces damp and mould

  • Take back a reducing damp and mould action plan to your organisation




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Example Agenda

09:30 - 09:45 Registration

09:45 - 10:00 Trainer’s Welcome and Clarification of Learning Outcomes

10:00 - 10:45 Tackling Damp and Mould: Complying with the Legislation

  • Deep dive into Awaab’s law and the impact it has on your organisation

  • Learn how to adapt to the stricter deadlines and timescales


10:45 - 11:00 Morning Break

11:00 - 12:00 Identifying and Quickly Responding to Cases of Damp and Mould

  • Gain more effective techniques at identifying damp and mould

  • Respond more rapidly to urgent cases of damp and mould

  • Streamline processes to improve response rates

  • Improve policies to enhance the timescales for response

12:00 - 13:00 Ensuring Better Governance

  • Develop more effective reporting and recording complaints procedures

  • Work to specific response times and with clear key performance indicators

  • Learn how to improve your reporting to governing bodies

13:00 - 14:00 Lunch

14:00 - 14:45 Improving Your Data and Stock

  • Improve how you collect and manage your data

  • Learn how to carry out stock condition surveys

  • Display data to governing bodies

14:45 - 15:00 Afternoon Break

15:00 - 16:00 Workshop: Develop a Reducing Damp and Mould Action Plan

In this session, you will review the day’s learning and work in groups to develop an action plan to help you meet legislative requirements for reducing damp and mould for your tenants.

  • Develop techniques and tools to reduce mould

  • Review and improve your current processes

  • Learn how to train staff to be better at identifying and reducing damp and mould

  • Take back a reducing damp and mould action plan to your organisation

16:00 - 16:15 Feedback, Evaluation & Close - Question and Answer

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