July & August 2008
Sheffield Homes presents a week of summer fun - 27th August 2008
Sheffield Homes and its Decent Homes partners; Kier Sheffield, Lovell Partnerships Ltd, Keepmoat, Wates Living Space and Henry Boot Construction sponsored a Week of Summer Fun for young people in areas where Decent Homes work is taking place.
Open Day at Mount View Lodge - 27th August 2008
Sheffield Homes’ Sheltered Housing Scheme, Mount View Lodge at Derbyshire Lane, Norton Lees, will be opening its doors to the public on Thursday 4 September from 3pm to 5pm for a Get Involved Open Day! The invite is open to the tenants' families, local community groups and older residents from the area.
Customer survey captures views on housing service - 27th August 2008
Thousands of questionnaires will be distributed across the city from next week as Sheffield Homes launches its annual Customer Satisfaction Survey.
Community Groups to enter the Dragons Den - 26th August 2008
A ‘Dragons Den’ style community funding competition is just one of many exciting fun competitions and activities at Sheffield Homes’ 2008 annual residents conference.
Repairs, debt prevention and customer service on the up - 26th August 2008
Sheffield Homes has released its latest performance figures which show big achievements in repairs, debt prevention and customer service.
Crabtree Grange residents show off their newly refurbished homes - 20th August 2008
Residents at a Sheffield Homes Sheltered Homes Scheme enjoyed a get together and free lunch in celebration of their newly refurbished accommodation.
Manor Castle residents say ‘YES’ to excellent estate services - 18th August
120 residents from the Manor Castle area of the city are saying ‘YES’ to excellent estate services, following the signing of a new contract between Your Estate Services (Y.E.S) and South Yorkshire Housing Association (S.Y.H.A).
Langsett Fun Day is back! - 14 August 2008
Langsett Fun Day returns for its fourth year on Wednesday 20 August. The event will take place between 11am and 3pm at Walkley Primary School and promises to be a fun packed day for all.
Sheffield Homes customers get hands on with repairs - 11 August 2008
Sheffield Homes and repairs contractor Kier Sheffield presented a series of fun and interactive sessions at Sheffield Homes’ 10th Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) Tenants Forum at Sheffield Wednesday Football Club.
Sheffield Homes presents a week of summer fun for young people - 6 August 2008
Sheffield Homes and its Decent Homes partners; Kier Sheffield, Lovell Partnerships Ltd, Keepmoat, Wates Living Space and Henry Boot Construction are sponsoring a Week of Summer Fun for young people in areas where Decent Homes work is taking place.
Volunteers Needed to Set Up Mosborough TARA - 5 August 2008
Do you live in or around Mosborough? Would you like to be able to have the chance to work closely with Sheffield Homes towards the provision of an effective and improving housing service? If so we are looking for volunteers to form a Tenants’ and Residents’ Association
(TARA) in Mosborough.
Junior Neighbourhood Wardens Patrol the South East - 5 August 2008
Sheffield Homes have been getting a helping hand from school children in the south east of the city this summer who were keen to help towards keeping their community clean, tidy and trouble free.
Everything in the Garden's Rosy at Mount View Lodge - 31 July 2008
Sheffield Homes staff have donned their gardening gloves and dug in to help fulfil the wishes of residents of Mount View Lodge Sheltered Scheme, Norton Lees, who have been keen to develop their outdoor garden areas.
Y.E.S. Team Neighbourhood Wardens take on role of posties for the day to raise funds for Children's Hospital - 29 July 2008
Sheffield Homes Your Estates Services (YES) Wardens who took on the role of posties for the day, managed to raise £100 of funds for Sheffield Children’s Hospital.
Sheffield Homes Tenants to put their Ideas into Repairs Pot - 22 July 2008
Sheffield Homes and repairs contractor Kier Sheffield will be presenting a series of fun and interactive sessions at Sheffield Homes’ next Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) Tenants Forum.
Bus Tour Highlights Environmental Changes in the North of the City - 21 July 2008
Sheffield Homes organised a bus tour for members of the local Tenants’ and Residents’ Associations (TARA’s) in the north of the city. The tour gave staff the chance to show the TARA reps, along with Area Board members, the range of environmental works that have been carried out across the whole of the north area over the last year.
Sheffield Homes donation helps Hope volunteers to dig deep – 21 July 2008
Sheffield Homes has helped the Sheffield HOPE 2008 project ‘dig in deep’ and give a makeover to two communal gardens in the Batemoor and Jordanthorpe areas of the city, by donating gardening equipment worth £200. Staff from Sheffield Homes Area South West Team were also there to help with the gardening; picking up their spades and forks to join the HOPE volunteers.
Arbourthorne community centre receives a fantastic face lift - 17 July 2008
Sheffield Homes and its Decent Homes partners have teamed up to give a local community centre a fantastic face lift.
Experience some Culture at Norwood & Bishopsholme Community Centre - 17 July 2008
Norwood and Bishopsholme Community Centre, Busk Meadow, Norwood, will open its doors on Saturday 26 July for local residents to gain a cultural experience and get the chance to purchase some local art work.
Parson Cross Festival Returns! - 9 July 2008
Parson Cross Festival is back for another year and is shaping up to be a glorious explosion of colour, singing and dancing!
Budding superstars sing their heart out in S-Factor finals - 7 July 2008
Budding Sheffield superstars took to the stage at the Megacentre in the finals of the Sheffield Homes ‘S Factor’ competition. Sheffield Homes asked local youngsters to put their song writing skills to the test and produce a rap or song that would raise awareness of the dangers of playing on building sites.
Lovell Reading Challenge a whole new ball game for Sheffield pupils! - 4 July 2008
Sheffield-based affordable housing and regeneration specialist Lovell has joined forces with Sheffield Homes and Sheffield United Football Club to help youngsters from four schools in the city improve their reading skills.
Sheffield Homes to Feature in Japanese 'Safe & Efficient Housing' Programme! -
The work of Sheffield Homes gained international recognition when it was selected to feature in a Japanese teaching programme.