How to use it
Every box is optional. Type the name of your residents' group and your estate or street, and they go in the heading and the welcome. Add the bin days, when the group meets, a few people to ask, and anything worth knowing, one thing to a line. The sheet builds as you type, so you can see it before you print.
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Print on plain A4. At the foot of the sheet is a short line that should measure 50 mm: if it does, the sheet printed at full size. Nothing you type is stored or sent anywhere. It stays in your browser.
What to put in it
Think back to your own first week. What did you have to ask about? Usually it is the bins, where parcels end up, who has the spare key to the shared gate, and how to report a broken street light. Write those down. Keep each line short: a sheet people read on the doormat beats a booklet they put in a drawer.
Ask before you print anyone's name or number on the sheet. A first name and a house number is often enough.
The useful numbers
Tick the box and the sheet adds a short list we have checked against each service's own page: 999 in an emergency, NHS 111 when you think you need medical help right now (England), and 105 for a power cut in England, Scotland or Wales, which reaches your local electricity network rather than your energy supplier. It also points to GOV.UK's finder for your council.
Sources
- NHS, When to use NHS 111 online or call 111, read 30 October 2026.
- Power Cut 105, UK power cut? Call 105, read 30 October 2026.
- GOV.UK, Find your local council, read 30 October 2026.
Moving in yourself? Our change of address checklist and first-hour checklist help with the rest.