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LRU Facilitator Training, 17th April 6-9pm
When: 17th April 2023 – 5:45pm - 9pm Where: Main Event Space , Pelican House, 144 Cambridge Heath Road, E1 5QJ Food, childcare and travel expenses provided. This training is being created for active members who want to get more skills and tools to run effective,...
Membership and operations coordinator
Pay: £33,250 for 30 hours per week plus £1,200 per year towards counselling or other forms of agreed wellbeing support.Deadline for applications: Monday 10th April 2023 9pm. Since we launched in 2018, the LRU has won countless disputes against landlords to improve the...
Member solidarity organiser x2
Pay: £33,250 for 30 hours per week plus £1,200 per year towards counselling or other forms of agreed wellbeing support.Deadline for applications: Monday 10th April 2023 9pm. Since we launched in 2018, the LRU has grown to more than 6,500 members, won countless...
Disputes training, 3 April 6-8:30pm
When: Monday 3 April, 6-8:30pm Where: Main Event Space , Pelican House, 144 Cambridge Heath Road, E1 5QJ A dispute is when union members take collective action to put pressure on landlords and letting agents to resolve a member’s housing issue. We organise public...
Peer support training, 23rd March 6-8:30pm
When: Thursday 23 March, 6-8:30pm Where: Main Event Space , Pelican House, 144 Cambridge Heath Road, E1 5QJ This training is for all active LRU member, and especially those who want to get involved in member solidarity. We will cover the basics of peer support – the...
Unions and Sadiq Khan join renters in public call for Michael Gove to freeze rents
Trade unions, the Mayors of London, Greater Manchester, and Liverpool, the Green Party, think tanks and other organisations have joined London Renters Union (LRU) in calling for Michael Gove to freeze private rents. 1 in 2 private renters nationally are struggling...
Disrepair training, Thursday 2 March 6-8pm
Time: Thursday 2 March 2023, 6-8pm Venue: Common room, Pelican House (second floor), 144 Cambridge Heath Road, E1 5QJ This training will introduce legal routes for dealing with disrepair. It will cover the laws that tenants can use, how much compensation tenants can...
Peer support training, 28 November 6-8:30pm
When: Monday 28 November, 6-8:30pm Where: Common room, second floor, Pelican House, 144 Cambridge Heath Road, E1 5QJ This training is for all active LRU member, and especially those who want to get involved in member solidarity. We will cover the basics of peer...
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We’re now hiring new staff to help our members organise renters and build the power of the union
Organiser x 2
We’re now hiring two new organisers to help our members organise renters and build the power of the union
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