http://www.rbhousing.org.uk All the latest news from http://www.rbhousing.org.uk en-us Thu, 4 Mar 2010 16:00:43 +0000 7 http://www.rbhousing.org.uk/newsfeed/news_more.php?news_id=1055 Thu, 4 Mar 2010 15:59:55 +0000 Manchester company, ID Interactive has won the tender to build the new website and staff intranet for our new website. ID Interactive plan to work with focus groups of both housing staff and local tenants to ensure their needs are carefully consider... http://www.rbhousing.org.uk/newsfeed/news_more.php?news_id=1054 Tue, 2 Mar 2010 15:30:35 +0000 We have teamed up with Groundwork Oldham & Rochdale to pilot a new scheme designed to give young unemployed people in the Rochdale area an opportunity to develop their environmental skills. 22 year old James Pickering from Spotland, Rochdale had be... http://www.rbhousing.org.uk/newsfeed/news_more.php?news_id=1053 Tue, 2 Mar 2010 14:34:41 +0000 RBH has recently embarked on a new ‘Under Occupancy’ Scheme, in partnership with the Council’s Home Improvement Agency. Together we hope to provide some relief to the current housing shortage by identifying, assisting and supporting local tenants i... http://www.rbhousing.org.uk/newsfeed/news_more.php?news_id=1052 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:37:25 +0000 We are set to become the first ALMO in the country to participate in the government’s Mortgage Rescue Scheme. Brighter Horizons the charitable subsidiary of Rochdale Boroughwide Housing has successfully applied to take part in the scheme and a seal ... http://www.rbhousing.org.uk/newsfeed/news_more.php?news_id=1051 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:33:14 +0000 We have teamed up with Homestart Rochdale Borough and the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents to support a scheme aimed at reducing accidents in the home among the under-fives. Mark Fisher, Head of Repairs said: “We are always happy to l... http://www.rbhousing.org.uk/newsfeed/news_more.php?news_id=1049 Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:42:19 +0000 RBH staff have worked hard throughout the cold snap to help tenants and residents, and especially the vulnerable, to stay safe during the severe weather. The Rochdale North and Heywood Estate Caretaking Teams have worked to clear ice and snow from a... http://www.rbhousing.org.uk/newsfeed/news_more.php?news_id=1048 Fri, 8 Jan 2010 10:12:38 +0000 RBH staff would definately have made Santa’s ‘nice’ list this year, as they provided Christmas cheer to local tenants, with the aim of bringing a smile to the faces of some of our customers, in particular the elderly, who may not necessarily have man... http://www.rbhousing.org.uk/newsfeed/news_more.php?news_id=1047 Fri, 18 Dec 2009 08:24:36 +0000 You may have read in our last tenants newsletters that, Professor Ian Cole, one of the country’s leading housing experts had agreed to chair an Investment and Involvement Commission to examine future options for how Council owned housing in the boro... http://www.rbhousing.org.uk/newsfeed/news_more.php?news_id=1046 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:55:44 +0000 We have teamed up with Groundwork Oldham & Rochdale to pilot a new scheme designed to give young unemployed people in the Rochdale area an opportunity to develop their environmental skills. Teresa Jennings from Groundwork explains: “The 'Green Team... http://www.rbhousing.org.uk/newsfeed/news_more.php?news_id=1045 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:48:21 +0000 We are delighted that Melrose Place Natural Play Area has been named as one of 16 new ‘Greener Living Spaces’ projects to be funded by Marks & Spencer in partnership with the environmental charity Groundwork. The M&S funding comes from the 5p th...