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There’s still time to take our survey - and you could win that £25 Amazon voucher!

We’re giving SDR tenants a further chance to let us know how their housing provider is doing with a short survey form that’s in line with Government guidance.

You’ll be helping us to improve our service to you and one respondent will end up winning a £25 Amazon voucher when their name is drawn out of a hat shortly before Christmas.

Life or death: The need to recognise and report faulty fire doors

As a responsible landlord, owning and managing hundreds of properties, many with multiple rooms and numerous occupants, SDR takes very seriously the need to keep its tenants safe. 

Care home advert at Totnes rail station is just the ticket!

 Grabbing the attention of passengers as they enter and leave Totnes Railway Station for the next 12 months is this colourful advert for our Forder Lane House Care Home, which currently has vacancies.

The advert is part of a marketing campaign launched earlier this year, aimed at drawing the attention of people living within the catchment area of the Dartington care home to the facilities offered by this homely place, which provides a welcoming environment for people as they reach old age.

Tell us how we're doing and you could win a £25 Amazon voucher!

 Government led tenant satisfaction measures.

Care home manager Jo taking steps for dementia charity

 Care home manager Jo Pammenter (pictured) walks a fair distance during her working day whilst ensuring all the residents receive the best possible attention. But it’s nothing compared with ‘Trek26’ – a walk she’ll be making in September as she and many others raise money for the Alzheimer’s Society’s ‘United Against Dementia’ campaign.

GOD SAVE THE KING! CARE HOME CORONATION PARTY

Residents at our Forder Lane House care home enjoyed a Coronation celebration tea to mark the crowning of King Charles III on 6 May, watching the ceremony on TV. Many of them remember the Coronation of HRH Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. Staff at the care home also entered into the spirit of the occasion. 

Every drop counts: Hosepipe ban now in force in our area

 SDR tenants, staff and friends are reminded that South West Water (SWW) has extended its hosepipe ban to include our area.

Care home's 'extra' resident is a clue to Tony's aquatic past

 WHY DARTINGTON’S MERMAID IS ‘SWIMMING’ IN SPORTING NOSTALGIA

Your room awaits…

PLACES NOW AVAILABLE AT OUR COSY CARE HOME IN DELIGHTFUL DARTINGTON
Rooms are available for immediate occupation at our cosy care home in Dartington.

Young and old share Christmas carols together

 Youngsters from Dartington Primary School entertained residents of SDR’s Forder Lane House Care Home with a performance of some favourite carols.