Tenants who receive their energy from GB Energy may be aware that the company stopped trading on Saturday 26 November 2016. From Wednesday 30 November, Co-operative Energy will take over responsibility for supplying all former GB Energy customers with their gas or electricity.

It is so easy to get caught up in the festive spirit that many people can forget to take simple steps to stay safe. Here are our 10 handy tips to help make sure you and your family enjoy the holiday period and stay safe.

Members of the Eastmoor Community Garden in Wakefield will be taking part in art workshops in the new year thanks to a community grant from WDH which has enabled the group to buy materials and pay a sessional worker to lead the workshops.

The West End Terriers football club based in Hemsworth will be playing great this season thanks to a community grant from WDH.

Starting on Thursday 1 December all the way up to Thursday 22 December WDH tenants will be given the chance to win a prize every day.

We have created a short video to show you how to create an online account at www.wdh.co.uk

The way people access our services is changing. Over the last few years there has been a reduction in the number of people using our Service Access Points (SAPs) and an increase in people self-serving and completing transactions online. As a result of this change in user patterns, Castleford SAP will be closing on Friday 2 December.

A Cold Calling Control Zone has been implemented to protect the residents in Outwood, Wakefield from cold callers, which has been funded by WDH.

Schoolchildren at Halfpenny Lane Junior and Infant School in Pontefract took part in a construction safety assembly last week with help from WDH and Considerate Constructors mascots, Ivor Goodsite and Honor Goodsite.

Work has begun in The Avenues, Pontefract as WDH provides off street parking, new boundary walls, fencing and gates. The scheme will also create two new green spaces for local residents.

A video highlight of our 2014 Love Where You Live Awards

WDH has added its support to a national campaign to give social landlords the right legal access to carry out annual gas safety checks.

WDH’s Cash Wise initiative has reached a landmark figure after the 400th participant attended the programme.

Havercroft Children’s Centre won the Community Group category at our 2014 Love Where You Live Awards.

Friends of Fryston Woods collected two gongs at our 2014 Love Where You Live Awards – Working with Young People and Green Hero.

Hazel Richardson won the Working with Older People category in our 2014 Love Where You Live Awards.

Juanita Allen won the Good Neighbour category in our 2014 Love Where You Live Awards.

Zara McGuinness won the Young Achiever category in our 2014 Love Where You Live Awards.

Featherstone and District War Memorial Group won the Best Neighbourhood category in our 2014 Love Where You Live Awards.

Derek Westerman was judged to have Wakefield’s Garden of the Year at the WDH 2014 Love Where You Live Awards.

Voting for the winner of our Love Where You Live Awards is now open. You can place your votes for your community champions on the dedicated website, www.lovewhereyouliveawards.co.uk, which has information on each finalist.

Children from Sandal Magna Primary School were presented with a prize after their suggestion was chosen as the winning street name on WDH’s latest development on nearby Sparable Lane.

Children from Sandal Magna Primary School were presented with a prize after their suggestion was chosen as the winning street name on WDH’s latest development on nearby Sparable Lane.

Local businesses and organisations recently attended Wakefield’s Swafia Mosque Open Day. Local partners from WDH, NHS, West Yorkshire Police and West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue joined together at the event to provide local people with information about the local services available to them.

All of our offices and service access points (SAPs) will be closed from Friday 24 August and will reopen on Tuesday 28 August.

Community groups across Wakefield District are encouraged to apply for a WDH Community Grant of up to £1500 between 6 August- 14 September.

Exciting news for all our tenants!

WDH is boosting its commitment to sustainability by installing more than 500 solar panels to the roof of its head office in Castleford.

We may just be coming out of the longest heatwave since the summer of 1976 but many of the energy suppliers’ Warm Home Discount schemes are now open to pre-register for winter 2018-19 applications. If you qualify for the scheme, it can provide a welcome £140 towards your winter energy bills.

After another successful year, we are proud to launch our latest Annual Report.

WDH’s Homebuilder team is working hard to deliver five new homes in Outwood. The development on Bevin Close, is a mixture of two and three bed homes with some for rent and some for sale through Shared Ownership. Shared Ownership is a great way for people to get on the property ladder, for more information visit www.wdh.co.uk/AvailableProperties/SharedOwnership/ for more information.

Schoolchildren at Halfpenny Lane Junior and Infant School in Pontefract took part in a construction safety assembly last week with help from WDH and Considerate Constructors mascots, Ivor Goodsite and Honor Goodsite.

Our in-house construction team, Homebuilder, has won a prestigious national award for a development in Crofton.

Creative youngsters at Shay Lane Primary School were given prizes after producing building site safety posters.

The WDH Homebuilder team are celebrating after matching their best ever score for a first site visit by the Considerate Constructor scheme (CCS)