30 Mar 2026
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 […]
06 Feb 2026
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 […]
16 Dec 2025
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 […]
21 Oct 2025
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 […]
03 Oct 2025
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
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 […]
04 Apr 2025
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 […]
18 Dec 2024
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 […]
25 Oct 2024
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 […]
23 Aug 2024
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 […]
22 Aug 2024
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
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 […]
18 Jul 2024
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 […]
23 Apr 2024
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 […]
23 Nov 2023
We’re so lucky to have loads of festive community events on our doorstep. We hope you enjoy this round up of what’s on in the coming weeks and if we’ve missed something in your area then let us know by emailing raven.comms@ravenht.org.uk. Banstead Saturday 25 November, Banstead Community Centre will be having their Open Day […]
Every Tuesday at Merland Rise Church, we have a representative from either our Income or Housing team available to answers any questions you have. Address: Merland Rise Church, Tadworth, Surrey, KT20 5JQ
