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Claire from Thirsk is the latest person to get on the property ladder with our Shared Ownership scheme after buying her home on our St Mary's development.

Despite ongoing coronavirus restrictions, volunteers across the Wakefield district have been out maintaining the parks and greenspaces for everyone in their local communities to enjoy. Through our Communities Together Agreement, our Engagement team in partnership with Tivoli Group Limited, our ground’s maintenance contractors, have been proud to be able to contribute to the amazing work of these green fingered volunteers. Together we have donated over 30 litter pickers and other gardening equipment to support the maintenance of these wonderful spaces.

Today, WDH has launched new apprenticeship opportunities to find and nurture the best talent in the Wakefield district and encourage more people to consider a trainee role in housing.

Each year thousands of people are injured at home in the garden while out enjoying the nice weather. Watch our video for more useful tips to help keep you and your family safe at home this spring and summer.

In the run up to Easter, employees from our Improvements team went over and above to collect and give out over 600 Easter eggs donated from our contractors.

If you are currently claiming Universal Credit, from 05 April onwards you will receive a ‘to do’ notification on your UC online journal called ‘Confirm your Housing Costs’. Below is an example of what this ‘to do’ task will look like.

Saturday, 27 March marks the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Earth Hour, where millions of people around the world switch off their non-essential lights for an hour in the evening to show they care about the future of our planet.

Due to a major fire at Hemsworth telephone exchange on Sunday, 21 March 2021, a number of our Care Link customers’ alarms were affected.

Due to a major fire at the Hemsworth telephone exchange on Sunday evening, 21 March 2021, a number of our Care Link customers are affected.

Undoubtedly COVID-19 continues to have impact on all our lives and the health and wellbeing of our customers and employees remains our priority. To keep everyone as safe as possible, we have adapted and scaled back some of our services, including our Hubs and Services Access Points (SAPs) remaining closed.