Garden Tool Hire is a service which is administered by the Trust in partnership with the Housing Department of the Council.

This scheme enables tenants of council houses* in the Townhill ward to hire equipment free of charge. Equipment available is electric strimmers and hedge cutters.

If you would like to hire tools you will need;

- Your Rent Card

- £5 deposit for each item (this will be returned when the equipment is returned in working order)

The estate, not surprisingly, sprawls across a very large hill. There are nearly 4000 households on the Hill and most of which have large gardens and hedges. The cost of buying electrical tools to cut grass and trim hedges is a problem for many people on a low income.

The scheme has made a great difference to improving people's garden's on the Hill.

If you would like to hire garden tools please contact the Phoenix Centre on (01792) 479800 or call in and speak to someone on reception. Please note that demand for items in spring/summer is high so there may be a waiting list.

* as it is run through the Housing Dept owner occupiers cannot access the scheme but this is something we would like to make available to all