Gardens and gardening

Help with your garden

One of our objectives is to provide an attractive environment within north Manchester, contributing to the pride and well being of local communities.

Tenants are responsible for maintaining their gardens and we can offer assistance in the form of a tool loan scheme for those without their own tools. We can also provide a free gardening service to some tenants, who are unable to carry out work for themselves.

In order to qualify for the service, you need to meet one or more of the following criteria:

  • Everyone living in the home must be over 75 and incapable of keeping their garden in a reasonable condition OR
  • Everyone in the home must be 65 or over and in receipt of Attendance Allowance and incapable of keeping their garden in a reasonable condition OR
  • Everyone in the home must be in receipt of the higher rate of DLA with a physical disability and incapable of keeping their garden in a reasonable condition
  • There must be spaces available on the scheme
  • The tenant must meet the Northwards Xtra criteria

You must also be in receipt of Housing Benefit or an occupational pension which pushes you just over the Housing Benefit threshold.

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