Wera.org.uk, Weir Estate Residents Association’s website, has made front page news this month for the Clapham Area Newsletter sent to all Lambeth Living properties in the housing area of Clapham.

The acclaimed website which was set up in June 2009 has been featured on the front page of the Clapham Area Newsletter sent out across the area following a successful first year.

WERA’s website has received much praise for its appearance and content by loveclapham.com and Labour’s Parliamentary Candidate, Chuka Umunna who have praised the site as an ‘Essential Site’ and ‘A model for best practice for all TRA’s’ has also featured exclusive fortnightly interviews with many across the borough’s services including Lambeth Living Chief Executive, Cathy Deplessis and Lambeth’s new Borough Commander Nick Ephgrave as well as many other front line officers.

The website which was featured in the Winter edition of the Clapham Area News is designed to make it easier for residents and anyone wishing to keep up to date with the latest news, contacts and interviews. Wera.org.uk has continued to break its visitor records on a month by month basis much to the delight of website developer Kieran Casey, “The website was set-up to keep residents on the estate informed, but it has now shown that it can be used to communicate to a wider audience.”

With a political month promised before the elections in 2010, residents will have the opportunity to read what makes the Candidates for MP to represent the area tick and find out more before making their choice at the ballot box at the expected General elections in May 2010.

The website has also been praised by many other people and is being used as a model to encourage other associations to enter into the digital era of having an association website.

Mr Casey who has developed and manages the design and content of the website explained the importance of having the site for residents and local people to visit “The website is a quick and easy means of keeping residents informed, with the touch of a button, you can read the latest news which otherwise would not be communicated to residents for some time.”

WERA also distributes a monthly bulletin to cater for those residents who do not have internet access at home or for elderly residents who prefer a hard copy of the Associations latest news. Kieran added “It was a great joy to see the website featured on the front page of the Clapham Area News, and hopefully the continuing year will see the website continue to grow, and visitor numbers continue to be broken month-by-month”

WERA is also on social networking site, Twitter just another way the association is striving to improve the way its residents are being kept informed and has provided a way of relaying all the contacts and information residents need for life living on a Lambeth council estate.

WERA has been featured on the front page of Clapham area news to share its growing success with members of the wider community and aims to continue to grow in 2010.

You can read the full newsletter including the wera.org.uk article featured on the front page by clicking here.