May & June 2005
Cleaning Contract for Council Flats - 13th June 2005
Sheffield City Council’s Facilities Management and Transport Services has been successful in its bid to win the contract to clean the tower blocks and flats managed by Sheffield Homes.
Schools Sing Praises of Sheffield Volunteers - 8th June 2005
Around 150 people who devote their time without pay on behalf of 9,000 council tenants in the Parson Cross, Foxhill and Herries areas will attend an awards ceremony to highlight the role they have played in improving the quality of life in neighbourhoods.
Sheffield Homes’ performance deals a blow for burglars - 7th June 2005
A free, anti-theft marker pen has been delivered to every council tenant in Sheffield as part of a crime crackdown organised by Sheffield Homes in partnership with South Yorkshire Police.
Decent Homes contractor wins host of awards - 27 May 2005
Construction company Frank Haslam Milan, part of Keepmoat Plc, has scooped a record five National Gold Awards, as well as ten silver and seven bronze, in the Considerate Constructors Scheme 2005. Keepmoat is one of five contractors working on Sheffield's Decent Homes programme.
Hard hats and goggles hammer home school safety message - 25 May 2005
Sheffield school kids will don hard hats and safety gear in the coming months for the biggest safety campaign the city has ever seen. `Stay Safe in Sheffield’, run by Sheffield Homes, will target children in a bid to warn them of the dangers of playing on building sites as work starts on a £1bn, five-year council home improvement programme.
New warden service to tackle anti-social behaviour - 18 May 2005
Council tenants troubled by anti-social behaviour on their estates will benefit from a new out-of-hours, mobile safety warden service. The Sheffield Homes Safer Estates Warden Service, will focus on tackling and deterring nuisance behaviour across the city.
All tenants now set to influence multi-million pound homes investment - 10 May 2005
All Sheffield’s council tenants have been given a direct and influential say in the management of their homes for the first time, following the setting up of the final five local boards which join five already established in the city.
Minorities encouraged to get their voices heard - 10 May 2005
Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) tenants are being encouraged to take part in their own housing forum, thanks to a Sheffield Homes initiative.