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The stigma of social housing
Here is the lecture by Kate Davies, CEO at Nottinghill HA Can we all help to fight the negative perceptions of social housing? –…
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Telling your story through social media
Of course, you can always use this to make your case…. Check this out from Linked in: Lift Me Up youtube.com Urban Edge’s music video…
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Helena support staff and customers with mental health difficulties
A Merseyside landlord is training its staff to become mental health first aiders to help them support both colleagues and tenants, as Helen Clifton…
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Report into mental health social work
This report examines the challenges facing mental health social work, and offers a blueprint for a fast-track programme that could better recruit and train…
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Troubled Families unit – a success?
The Prime Minister on 1 May 2014 welcomed the news that the government’s Troubled Families programme has now turned around the lives of almost…
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Urgent need to tackle loneliness in older people
Loneliness in older people must be ‘urgently’ tackled, with only ‘patchy’ access currently available to local support – a report warns. According to LG…
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Mencap says people with learning disabilities are dying prematurely
Too many people with a learning disability are dying prematurely as they are not getting access to the right care and treatment, according to…
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Parliamentary inquiry into problems faced by disabled children
An independent Parliamentary inquiry has been launched into the problems faced in accessing childcare for disabled children. According to LG news: The inquiry will…
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UK Housing Award Winners
UK Housing Awards 2014 Shortlist Business transformation of the year Cestria Community Housing – Zero to heroes Circle Housing – Repairs and maintenance Curo…
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Guide to safeguarding
The Social Care Institute for Excellence has developed a guide to help housing staff engage with safeguarding of vulnerable adults and connect with safeguarding…
