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Come Dine With Charter

Charter is always looking for ways to interact and build close relationships with tenants so what better way than to prepare, cook and finally eat a meal together! Over the next couple of months Charter has come up with its own version of the popular TV series, ‘Come Dine With Me’. Eight lucky tenants have [...]

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The Age of Stupid

Tenants were recently invited to sit down and watch the award winning film ‘The Age of Stupid‘, starring Pete Postlethwaite. The story tells of a man living alone in the devastated world of 2055, looking at old footage of seven real people from the present day and asking ‘Why didn’t we stop climate change when [...]

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£5.00 a week utility bills in Newport’s first eco-friendly homes

Winter fuel bills will soon be hitting the doormat and are forecast to have increased by up to 50% following the recent cold snap. This can only lead to an even tighter financial start to the New Year for households. One Newport based housing and support provider, the Seren Group, are aiming to resolve this [...]

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Community Clean Up Day

Staff members from Charter’s Neighbourhood team and Community Initiatives team joined forces with Communities First and Tidy Wales to co-ordinate a “Community Clean Up Day” at our Grosvenor Road Estate in Abergavenny on 27 February 2010. Following an office briefing session, the team descended onto Grosvenor Road with litter picks, high viz jackets, tea making [...]

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Money Matters

Who hasn’t sat at home and thought “I wonder who is cheapest for that?” or “How can I save money on this?” or “I should really look into that, but don’t know where to start?”. Charter now offers a new Money Savers advice service to tenants, saving them thousands of pounds. Andrew Desmond and Michael [...]

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