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Teen clothing pack

15 May 2026

Supporting Stripey Stork’s Teen-to-Teen project

We’ve very pleased to have supported Stripey Stork with a £5,000 grant from our Brighter Community Fund towards its Teen-to-Teen project, which has helped hundreds of teenagers across Reigate and Banstead access essential clothing, toiletries and volunteering opportunities. This funding unlocked a further £5,000 in match funding from Reigate and Banstead Borough Council’s Thriving Communities Fund.  […]

Estates team

30 Mar 2026

Changing the way we work to improve your experience

Our Delivering What Matters plan sets out how we can improve our homes and our services for you and the neighbourhoods you live in. As part of this work, we’ve listened to your feedback about what’s important to you and where you live. You’ve told us you want to see: Us recognising the needs of […]

Banstead Pantry

06 Feb 2026

Our Brighter Community Fund supports three community projects

We’re pleased that through the latest round of applications to our Brighter Community Fund that we’ve been able to award £8,250 in total. These funding supports initiatives that build resilience, reduce isolation and improve wellbeing across Surrey. The successful projects are Banstead Pantry’s Pantry Savings Scheme, the launch of a community chess club in Redhill […]

food bank image

16 Dec 2025

Where to get help this Christmas – Local foodbank opening times

With the festive season approaching, a few of our local foodbanks will have slightly different opening times. To make things easier, we’ve brought together the Christmas opening hours for some of the foodbanks most used in our community below. If you are in need of support with accessing foodbanks, please contact our Moneywise team through […]

children with pumpkins

21 Oct 2025

October half term free and low cost activity round up!

With October half term just around the corner and Halloween fast approaching, we’ve rounded up a selection of free and low cost local events and activities to keep the kids entertained. From spooky celebrations to non-Halloween fun, there’s something for everyone to enjoy. If you know of any great local events we’ve missed, we’d love […]

preston

03 Oct 2025

Investment plans in the Preston area

At Raven Housing Trust we’re committed to investing in our communities – this is a key part of our three-year plan, ‘Delivering What Matters’. We are committed to creating homes that are fit for the future in neighbourhoods that are safe, secure and clean. Raven owns and maintains over 1,000 homes in the Preston area […]

01 Oct 2025

Celebrating our 2025 Raven in Bloom winners

Congratulations to all our winners and runners-up in this year’s Raven in Bloom gardening competition! We had some fantastic entries this year, and our wellbeing team faced the challenging task of selecting the winners. First place: £75 gardening voucher Second place: £50 gardening voucher Third place: £25 gardening voucher Thank you to everyone who sent […]

easter egg hunt

04 Apr 2025

Fun Easter activities for families

With the Easter holidays upon us, you might be looking for fun activities to do with the children over the holidays. There are some fantastic chocolate filled adventures being run in the community. First up it’s Furzefield School Easter Hunt on Saturday 12th April… our Neighbourhood Wardens will be there to, so do stop to […]

Members of Timperley Cookery Club

18 Dec 2024

Brighter Community Fund – supporting Timperley Cookery Club

The Timperley Cookery Club is cooking up more than just delicious meals – it’s a place for local mums to make friends, learn new skills and get support each week. Members of the club not only share budget-friendly recipe ideas but each session they also learn to cook a new meal which they take home […]

children with pumpkins

25 Oct 2024

What’s on guide for October half term

It’s an exciting time of year for children, with a much needed break from school and the chance to get dressed up for spooky fun! Here’s our guide to some local things to keep the kids busy this October half term: Ewell Court Library is hosting a free Halloween event on Saturday 26th October from 10am […]

flowers

23 Aug 2024

Celebrating our Raven in Bloom winners

Congratulations to all our winners and runners-up in this year’s Raven in Bloom gardening competition! We had some fantastic entries this year, and our Customer Voice Panel faced the challenging task of selecting the winners. Thank you to our grounds maintenance contractor, Groundscapes for funding the prizes: First place: £75 gardening voucher Second place: £50 […]

Preston aerial view

22 Aug 2024

Shaping the future of the Preston area in Tadworth

As part of our commitment to building homes and changing lives, we play an active role within our local communities, this includes engaging with communities to look at and understand ways to improve the homes and open spaces we own and manage. Raven owns and maintains over a thousand homes in the Preston area, and […]

13 Aug 2024

Transformation of the Cromwell estate

We’ve partnered with Reigate and Banstead Borough Council and the Cromwell estate residents’ group to transform this community and to truly understand what differences can be made to make this a better place to live. We’ve invested £200,000 into the Cromwell estate in a regeneration project that aims to revitalise neighbourhood living and improve the […]

food shopping basket

18 Jul 2024

Banstead Pantry launches to give access to affordable food

We’re really pleased to announce there is a brand-new Pantry opening on Banstead High Street in early September. Banstead Pantry is a community supermarket offering affordable and healthy groceries. We’ve partnered with Good Company Surrey and Reigate and Banstead Borough Council to fund this initiative, as part of our community investment. How to shop at […]

flower

23 Apr 2024

Raven in Bloom – our gardening competition is back!

Our gardening competition, sponsored by our grounds maintenance contractor – Groundscapes, is back for 2024! Are you a budding gardener with green fingers and have a garden or outdoor space you’re proud of? Then enter our gardening competition, Raven in Bloom, for your chance to win some gardening vouchers. There are five categories this year […]

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