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New tenants compelled to volunteer
New tenants compelled to commit to volunteering in ‘aspirational’ project According to Inside Housing: A Bristol housing association is to pilot a scheme under…
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Winner of the Local Government Challenge
Graeme Kane, strategic leadership manager at Mole Valley Council, has been crowned the winner of the Local Government Challenge 2014. According to LG News:…
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Scrutiny.net officer meeting – notes from June 2014
Hello everyone Here are the notes from our meeting on 11th June: our main topics of discussion were the new regulatory standards – whats…
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Big society update June/July 2014
Office for Civil Society, Local Intelligence Team (LIT) June/July 2014 Update More information below on: OCS Newsletter June 2014 (attached) Government unveils major boost…
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Cabinet office progress on social investment strategy
Today the government published the 2014 progress update on HMG’s social investment strategy. This report sets out progress against our 2013 commitments and plans for the…
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Community Justice
This report argues for reforms to the way the criminal justice system deals with victims, communities and offenders, in order to repair the everyday…
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LifeKit for accessing IT at Halton
Halton Housing Trust customers are set to benefit from a newly launched section of the LifeKit, an online toolkit to provide customers with a wide range…
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Volunteering at Bolton
‘Give and gain’ allows staff up to five full work days each year, or 10 half days, to help Bolton’s voluntary sector. It also gives…
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Is it a good idea to lease your roof to telecoms companies?
The increasing competition between telecommunication companies to improve the strength and coverage of their network services and the country wide roll out of 4G…
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New regulatory fees on hold
HCA fees for housing associations will not now come into effect in April. According to Inside Housing: Regulatory fees for English housing associations will…