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Six Town Housing Join Communities that Work
Communities that Work are delighted to introduce a new member, Six Town Housing. Six Town Housing is an Arms-length Management Organisation (ALMO) that manages and owns around 8,000 homes in the Bury area. Six Town Housing don’t just deliver much-needed affordable homes but also provide ten...
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Social media competition winners announced
Bolton at Home, Futures Housing Group and Northwards Housing are the three joint winners of our social media competition, announced during Communities that Work week. Through the Working Wardrobe scheme, Bolton at Home has helped 186 tenants into rewarding employment, including Demi who has...
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Ministerial visit for #CommunitiesthatWork week
The Minister of State for Employment, Alok Sharma MP, has visited an L&Q employment support scheme to find out more about the help we offer to residents. The Minister was invited to L&Q's community hub 'Starting Point' in Barking by Give Us a Chance, the leading membership organisation ...
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Association welcomes MP to employment-led scheme
Metropolitan Thames Valley (MTVH) welcomed Will Quince MP, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Family Support, Housing and Child Maintenance, on a visit to one of its successful employment programmes in East London. The visit coincides with Communities that Work week, led by Give Us a ...
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NEW REPORT LAUNCH: University of Salford report reveals housing sector’s impact on tenant employment
A new report by the University of Salford has revealed the social housing sector’s significant impact on employment outcomes. The “Housing Works: Assessing the Impact of Housing Association Employment Support ” report, by Sustainable Housing & Urban Studies Unit (SHUSU), has revealed th...
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#CommunitiesthatWork is here
Communities that Work week is finally here! It’s the week where the housing sector stands together with one voice: housing providers are leading the way to help social housing tenants into long term and rewarding employment. Make sure you’re making the most out Communities that Work week,...
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50 members strong: Peabody joins the membership body for employment and housing
One of London’s oldest and largest housing associations, Peabody, has joined Communities that Work (Communities that Work), pushing membership numbers for the national body to 50. Peabody owns and manages more than 55,000 homes across London and the South East, housing over 111,000 residents. ...
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Finalists announced for Communities that Work social media competition
Communities that Work is delighted to reveal the shortlist of the 12 entries in contention for the Communities that Work social media competition. The competition, which celebrates stories of housing providers who have helped people into work, received over 60 submissions from housing providers a...
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