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Anything to be learned from a study into disengaged employees
A study by research firm Gallup shows that there are twice as many actively disengaged employees worldwide as there are engaged employees and that…
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Busting some myths about social housing
Well done to Monmouthshire Council They have set up a chat room and twitter account to counter the many recent bad publicity of living…
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New scrutiny proposed in local authority areas
Every town and city should have a public accounts committee led by councillors that holds local services to task, according to a leading think…
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Minutes from a scrutiny meeting
There is often suspicion and secrecy around the work of scrutiny panels. this can lead to mistrust by other involved tenants and also by…
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Bidding for Neighbourhood Plan opens at Adactus
Adactus Housing Association (AHA) are inviting bids for a share of £23,000 from their Neighbourhood Fund for 2014/15. Reporting in Housing News: The fund,…
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Fund for restoration of derelict buildings
The UK’s first social enterprise fund to help deprived communities restore and reuse empty buildings is to be launched by The Prince’s Regeneration Trust…
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Wigan invest 2 days of staff paid leave in the community
Council staff in Wigan will be allowed to take off two paid days a year in order to do community work, as part of…
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Golden Gates rewards lifestyle changes
The Williams family from Longford, Warrington were celebrating this week after taking away the overall prize in Golden Gates Housing Trust’s Challenge4Change initiative. The…
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Technology in use in Denver to engage communities in planning
We found this on linked in – we hope you find it useful: “Civic Technologies” are gaining increasing interest as a way to engage…
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Neighbourhood planing more popular in the south
Localism appears to be more popular in the south of England, according to new research into the take up of neighbourhood plans. According to…
