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Adult Learner’s week

Adult Learner’s Week (18th-24th May) is a UK wide campaign to try and encourage more adult’s to find a new venture. Charter’s aim is to target those who aren’t online and would like to be. Together with Newport City Homes and Newport City Council, we aim to help more of our tenants to get online. [...]

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Tenant video celebrates Spring Online Week

Spring Online Week is an online campaign to try and push more people to get online. In the video below, Ken John, a Charter Housing tenant, demonstrates the great work that the Community Regeneration Team at Charter Housing does. Ken has taken part in our Mariner’s Quay computer class since it started late last year, [...]

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MYPAD CELEBRATES LIFT-OFF WITH INFORMATION DAY

This month a pre-tenancy programme for young people in Newport will be officially launched by Newport City Council, Supporting People and the city’s four biggest social landlords. MyPad is a practical training course delivered by housing professionals and will be presented to professionals and service users at an information day on Wednesday 24th April. The [...]

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Mortgage Rescue project shortlisted for CIH award…

An innovative ‘Down and Out’ mortgage rescue project, co-ordinated by Caerphilly County Borough Council, in partnership with Charter, United Welsh HA, Citizens Advice and Shelter Cymru has been shortlisted in the prestigious Chartered Institute of Housing Awards, under the category of ‘Strategic local authority of the year’. The project which offered advice and assistance to [...]

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Charter residents enjoy extra warmth…

Residents at the Longbridge Court, Risca are enjoying an extra warm start to the year and the promise of greatly reduced heating bills, following the completion of extensive insulation works to their homes. Happy resident Carol Williams said “Having insulation has made a real difference to my home, especially in the mornings and particularly during [...]

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Rhian is Charter’s local Heat Hero…

Charter’s Moneysaver, Rhian Woodman was awarded a Heat Hero by fuel poverty charity National Energy Action (NEA) in London recently for her contribution to tackling fuel poverty in South East Wales. The Heat Hero Award Scheme recognises individuals across England and Wales who have made a significant contribution to helping people living in fuel poverty [...]

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Contact Magazine Winter 2012

In this edition of Contact magazine we have; Your benefits are changing How are we doing? WIN! £50 in high street vouchers Plus a whole lot more. You can download the edition using the link below (you’ll need Adobe Acrobat to read the magazine).

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Abergavenny Homemakers expand with new van…

Homemakers Community Recycling recently took ownership of a new van as part of it’s expansion programme. Homemakers is a community recycling charity/social enterprise located in Abergavenny who work in partnership with Monmouthshire County Council to reduce landfill. Charter was one of the partners that set up Homemakers over ten years ago, in order to help [...]

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A new kind of housing company is launched…

As one of Wales’ largest housing and support providers, we recently launched a new kind of housing company offering a unique range of affordable housing solutions under one roof.  Serenliving has a portfolio of brand new homes for people wishing to buy either outright or on a shared ownership basis.  It offers people the opportunity [...]

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Fairview Community House celebrates re-opening of Community Garden!

The newly renovated community garden at Fairview Community House was officially opened with the cutting of a ribbon by Mayor Gaynor Oliver at a ‘garden party’ held on 11 October. Staff from Charter and  Groundworks Caerphilly, plus the local Police Community Support Officers and Caerphilly Flying Start group came along to admire the new garden [...]

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