WECH aims to provide the highest possible level of service and encourages feedback.
The purpose of this Complaints Process is to investigate and resolve complaints in a way that is satisfactory to all concerned.
This process is open to:
This process is not for:
It is always better for complainants to try and resolve issues informally with members of WECH staff but, if they wish to raise a formal complaint to WECH, they can do so at anytime.
Any complainant has the right to have their complaint made by a representative or to be accompanied by a representative whenever there is meeting about the complaint. WECH will verify that the complainant has genuinely appointed that representative before dealing with them.
To raise a complaint a complainant should contact any member of WECH staff or management, write in, phone in or email and say that they would like to raise a formal complaint. This will immediately trigger WECH’s complaints procedure.
The member of staff receiving the initial complaint shall inform the Corporate Services & Governance Assistant (CSGA) of the complaint. The CSGA shall enter details of the complainant in the complaints register, issue a complaint number and inform the appropriate manager of the complaint and its number. The manager must not have previously dealt with the matter before the complaint was made. Within one working day of the complaint being made, the CSGA shall contact the complainant and (a) inform them of the name and contact details of the manager who will be handling the complaint, (b) give them a copy of this process and (c) give them the complaint number.
As soon as possible, the manager will contact the complainant to (a) find out the detailed nature of the complaint and (b) ask the complainant what they would like to achieve. This information should be stated on a complaints form that the complainant signs. At this stage, the manager may inform the complainant that WECH is unable to deal with the complaint and try to give advice as to where they should address it. If the complaint is valid, within ten working days of step 1, the manager will write to the complainant with either a response to the complaint or, in exceptional circumstances, to give a detailed account of why more time is needed before a response can be made. In this case the manager has another ten working days in which to respond to the complainant. If the complainant is not happy with the response, then they have a further ten working days to escalate the matter to the Chief Executive.
The Chief Executive shall respond to the complainant within ten working days.
If the complainant is still not happy, then they can appeal to a panel of Board members. The complainant has ten working days from receiving the Chief Executive’s decision to request a panel hearing by contacting the Chief Executive. The panel hearing must be convened within ten working days of the complainant requesting it. The panel should ideally consist of at least three Board members and must respond to the complainant within ten working days of the panel hearing.
There are no further internal steps in WECH’s complaints policy.
Complainants can take their complaint to bodies that are independent of WECH. These include county courts and the following examples of outside bodies:
Board chair Julie Bundy
Secretary Linda Mokrane
V. Chairs S Brade J Rosenberg
Chief Executive Matt Townsend
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