Today is #BigHousingThankYou day

Homes for Haringey is joining other stakeholders to mark the #BigHousingThankyou day across the country, which is showing appreciation for frontline housing workers across the country for their continued help and support during the Coronavirus outbreak.

Sean McLaughlin, Homes for Haringey, Managing Director, said: “Homes for Haringey staff have continued to deliver essential services to residents during the lockdown as well as deliver homelessness services and support and guidance for those suffering from domestic abuse. They have been a crucial part of the national COVID-19 response and I want to thank them for their invaluable contribution

“They swapped roles without missing a beat, going wherever they were most needed. They’ve given up lunch hours to collect prescriptions; they’ve gone out with other key workers from 999 services to check on residents who neighbours were concerned about.

“Back-office staff have also been stretched to the limit. At a time when so many residents have feared for their livelihoods and even their homes, call centre staff and financial wellbeing and rent officers have reassured and advised customers and tirelessly supported colleagues out on the ground.”

“A Big Housing Thank You you to all of you who have supported the Haringey community and each other”

The presence of housing frontline workers has become very important in mitigating effects of the pandemic. They have kept thousands of communities safe and well-cared for: doing repairs, clearing rubbish, cleaning, staffing food bank services, doing safety checks, delivering care packages, and phoning or calling on hundreds of thousands of vulnerable people to check they're okay.

Frontline housing workers have been the invisible heroes of the country's COVID-19 battle.  Throughout the day, picture stories from the NFA (National Federation of ALMOS) will feature among scores of #BigHousingThankyou tributes to frontline housing staff on the campaign’s Twitter account, @OurBHTY.

In a two-minute video 22 residents and leading figures from organisations across the housing sector mark the event. They also present a poem about staff from more than 30 housing associations, councils and ALMOs, all pictured on the COVID-19 frontline. Watch the video here