Peabody Local Ching Way | November 2025
Neighbourhood Manager update As you may already know your Neighbourhood Manager, Vicky CareyDuff, recently left Peabody to start a new role. We hope you’ll join the team in wishing her all the best for the future. We are pleased to share that the role of Chingford’s Neighbourhood Manager has already been filled. Your new Neighbourhood Manager will be joining the team from Monday 15 December. Please keep an eye out for her introduction letter. In the meantime the usual drop in surgeries will continue to be covered by members of the Neighbourhoods team. These are every Thursday, 10am to 2pm at the Ching Way Office ( 5 Ching Way, Chingford, E4 8YD). Drop in to discuss any issues, concerns or support you are looking for with us. If you need to raise a repair or get help with an issue, you can also get in touch with the Contact Centre by calling 0300 1233 456 or filling out an online form at peabody.org.uk/contact-us. Your myPeabody account can also be used to raise and track enquiries. If you don’t have one yet and think it might be helpful, you can sign up at peabody.org.uk/your-home/my-peabody
Meet the team Eleanor Ward, Community Investment Lead for Waltham Forest
We’re pleased to share that Ellie Ward has joined the Waltham Forest team as your new Community Investment Lead. Ellie has previously worked as the Community Investment Lead for Peabody in Waltham Forest, as well as over in Hackney, so brings a lot of experience as well as new ideas to the area. As Community Investment Lead for Waltham Forest, Ellie will be supporting residents and local groups with their ideas to bring people together and help make things happen locally. This might mean working with partners to deliver activities you’ve said you’d like to see and making sure that the services available to you are good quality. Ellie will be working alongside Doug (Youth and Community Coordinator) and a fantastic group of volunteers. Do say hi and have a chat if you see her around in Ching Way!