Charter’s Aspirations Youth Team has teamed up with the Jamie Baulch Academy to organize a special free event designed to engage young tenants of Charter between the ages of 11 and 18. It takes place on Saturday 3rd March between 10 am and 2pm at the Newport International Sports Village We have brought along athletes [...]
In this edition of Contact magazine we have; Free money advice Families in crisis: we can help Where the wild things are: animal rescue New pages for older tenants WIN £50 Amazon vouchers! Plus a whole lot more. You can download the edition using the link below (you’ll need Adobe Acrobat to read the magazine).
“Government policies must respond to ageing population”, say charity chiefs Good health, access to training and independence for older people were some of the subjects under the spotlight at the Senedd on Wednesday 11 January. Age Alliance Wales brought together over 60 older people from across Wales to Cardiff Bay to talk to their Assembly [...]
If your New Year’s resolution for 2012 is to get out more, take up a hobby, learn a new skill or just get to know your neighbours better then Charter’s Community Regeneration team can help! We have a range of free weekly activities taking place in the following locations – just ‘drop in’ any time [...]
The Family Intervention Project (FIP) is a service designed to work with families living in South East Wales that are facing eviction or other enforcement action due to anti-social behaviour. The service takes a whole family approach and combines intensive support to confront and change behaviour and avoid potential sanctions. This successful service has recently [...]
The Government’s digital Champion Martha Lane-Fox and her RaceOnline 2012 team aim to get the whole of the UK online by the end of 2012. You can help in their ‘Give an Hour this Christmas’ campaign by sparing some time this Christmas holiday to get someone online for the first time or help them use [...]
The Welsh Government requires all social landlords to develop a Local Tenant Participation Strategy outlining who they work with their tenants to improve the services they deliver. Our Forward Together Panel (FTP) recently completed a review of our Tenant Participation Strategy and a new version has been submitted to the Welsh Government. What’s new about [...]
The Welfare Reform Bill, which started to roll out in April 2011, is already beginning to effect tenants. From January 2012, the benefit system will be changing for most single tenants under the age of 35 living in private rented accommodation. This does not affect Charter tenants in this age group because it applies to [...]
Fancy strutting your stuff on the dance floor? We are offering you the chance to learn to dance in the New Year. Every month we will be holding a class with a qualified tutor who will teach you to Waltz, Jive or Foxtrot your way across the floor. Not only will you learn who to [...]
Our Forward Together Panel (FTP) as achieved a great deal of success over the last year by working together. They have won an award, organised a tenant fun day, fast-tracked their IT skills and presented a workshop at the Welsh Tenant Federation Conference. It’s been a busy year and it isn’t over yet! At November’s [...]
