February TORC News Bulletin

 

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February News Bulletin

TORC Resident Engagement Newsletter

February Update

TORC Road Safety Event in Shannon

🚦 TORC Road Safety Event – Shannon 🚦

We’re delighted to be bringing an RSA Road Safety Event to Shannon next Wednesday, 19th February at 1pm as part of the Mid-Term break.

Come along and support road safety in your community. We’ll have:

✅ Free high-vis goodies

☕ Free coffee van onsite (all hot drinks available)

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 A welcoming, family-friendly atmosphere

Let’s work together to keep our roads and estates safe. See you there!

Valentines Day Competition

💘 VALENTINE’S DAY COMPETITION 💘

What lifts your heart or makes you happy? 💖

To celebrate Valentine’s Day, we’re inviting TORC residents to share a photo of something you love… it could be a person, a pet, a favourite place, or even a poem.

🎁 Win one of 5 × €30 Lidl Vouchers
📅 Closing date: Friday 13th February

📸 How to enter:
Email your photo to getinvolved@torcsustainablehousing.ie

Get creative and have fun! 💕

T&Cs apply. Open to TORC tenants aged 18+.

Resident Satisfaction Survey Results

Repairs and Maintenance

Findings from the resident survey indicate a high level of satisfaction with TORC’s repairs reporting process and overall approach to maintenance. Over nine out of ten residents (93%) reported that they find it easy to report a repair to TORC, demonstrating that reporting channels are clear, accessible, and effective.

Satisfaction levels with the way repairs and maintenance are managed by TORC Facilities Management also remain strong. A significant majority of residents (85%) indicated that they are satisfied with how repairs and maintenance issues are dealt with generally. While this figure is slightly lower than the ease-of-reporting score, it still reflects a positive resident experience and a strong level of confidence in service delivery.

Overall, the results highlight that TORC performs well in enabling residents to report repairs and in delivering maintenance services. The feedback also provides a valuable baseline to inform continued service improvement and to further enhance resident satisfaction in this key service area.

Communications and Resident Engagement

The resident survey results demonstrate strong overall satisfaction with TORC’s communication practices and approach to resident engagement. Feedback indicates that residents feel well informed, supported, and provided with meaningful opportunities to share their views.

Almost all residents (96%) reported that they are satisfied with how TORC keeps them informed about matters that may affect them as residents. This highlights the effectiveness of TORC’s communication channels and the organisation’s commitment to providing timely and relevant information.

Around eight out of ten residents (78%) indicated satisfaction that TORC listens to their views and acts upon them. While this represents a positive outcome overall, it also provides an opportunity for continued focus on strengthening feedback loops and demonstrating how resident input informs decision-making.

Satisfaction levels relating to day-to-day interactions are also strong. Approximately nine out of ten residents reported that TORC is easy to deal with (88%) and expressed satisfaction with customer service and contact handling (87%). These results reflect positively on staff responsiveness, professionalism, and accessibility.

Resident involvement opportunities were also viewed favourably. A significant majority of residents (89%) are satisfied that TORC gives them the opportunity to make their views known through feedback, and four-fifths of residents (80%) are satisfied with the tenant engagement opportunities provided.

Overall, the findings indicate that TORC performs well in communication, customer service, and resident engagement. The results provide a solid foundation on which to continue developing engagement initiatives and enhancing resident involvement across all areas of service delivery.

Have your say.. TORC Resident Engagement feedback form

 

 

We hope you enjoyed the Tenant events held in your estate last year! To help us make future events even better, we would love to hear your thoughts.

Please take a moment to complete this quick survey to let us know which events you think your community would benefit from, it should only take a few minutes:

 

https://forms.office.com/e/1DzdMq0xZ7

 

 

Your feedback is valuable and will help us plan more enjoyable and engaging events for everyone in 2026.

Thank you for your time and participation!

TORC’s Recharge Policy

Tenants may be financially responsible for repairs that exceed normal wear and tear, in line with their Tenancy Agreement and TORC’s policies. Examples include intentional or negligent damage to fixtures, unreported leaks, broken glazing without proper cause, damaged flooring or tiles, blocked drains from misuse, burns or stains on surfaces, mould from poor ventilation, pet-related damage, tampering with electrical or heating systems, and neglect of gardens or external areas. These are illustrative, and each case is assessed individually, with evidence provided if costs are recharged.

Tenants are responsible for routine upkeep and minor maintenance of the property, including garden care, internal decoration and minor wall repairs, replacing light bulbs and fittings (internal and external where applicable), maintaining doors, windows, floors, and tenant-installed coverings, and looking after boundary fences on their side. This also includes replacing lost keys or fobs, maintaining individual doorbells, clearing gully traps, cleaning gutters and downpipes (unless damage-related), handling minor plumbing tasks such as replacing toilet and sink parts, bleeding radiators, removing limescale, and maintaining white goods and tenant-installed appliances. Tenants are also responsible for electrical resets, meter cupboard doors, cleaning extractor fans and cooker hoods, and repairing broken glazing or damage unless caused by defects or supported by a Garda report.

Upcoming Events:

TORC is launching a Marchathon Challenge in March, across our 8 housing schemes to encourage residents to get moving, connect, and have fun together.

Residents can take part individually, as a group, or both, with everyone’s steps contributing to their scheme’s weekly total. Each scheme will nominate a scheme leader who will collect step screenshots from participants, total the steps, and submit the weekly figure to Roisin (TORC Resident Engagement Co-Ordinator). The steps will be audited each week to ensure compliance. Please inform us if your scheme would like to get involved and who is going to be the scheme leader.

At the end of the month, the scheme with the highest total number of steps will be crowned the winner.


The winning scheme will receive
€1,000 to host a community event of their choice. The funding can be used to hire entertainment or activities for the day such as a family fun day, live entertainment with an ice-cream truck or we are open to hearing other suggestions you may have for your community!

This challenge is all about getting communities active, encouraging social connection, and bringing neighbours together in a fun and positive way.

So lace up those runners, grab a friend, and let’s get moving!

Torc Top Tips- February