Local charitable organisations have new opportunity to benefit from grants of up to £50,000 Grants available to tackle housing issues in local communities Application process now open Local community housing projects and charities are being urged to put their case forward as Nationwide, the world’s largest building society, makes £500,000 available to help make a difference to communities across the region. The Society is inviting applications for grants of between £10,000 and £50,000 for housing projects that will support the…

Staff working for Bellway Wales – which has its divisional head office in Cardiff – have raised and donated an amazing £12,745 for Cancer Research UK over the past two years. Fundraising events were organised by employees from the Cardiff office in St Mellons and the division’s developments across South Wales and Gloucestershire, with the totals raised by staff boosted by double match funding from Bellway’s head office in Newcastle upon Tyne. Further events are now already being planned for…

Official figures show it would take the average Brit between seven and 29 years to be able to put down a 10% deposit on a house in their city Londoners need to save for the longest amount of time to buy a home, while people in Edinburgh should be able to get on the property ladder more quickly Piggyback Property offers an alternative way to benefit from the property market, even for those who cannot afford to buy outright January…

As the deadline for compliance moves closer, training course provider Landlord Training Wales is providing an essential training course designed to help landlords secure the qualifications they will need to secure in order to manage their properties in Wales. The online based training comes after last year’s announcement by the Welsh Government. By November 23 2016, landlords and letting agents in Wales will have to register with government body Rent Smart Wales and complete a mandatory training course to obtain a…

A new agreement between Community Housing Cymru and Public Health Wales has committed the organisations to working more closely together to improve the lives and health of people in the most deprived communities in Wales. A Memorandum of Understanding signed on 19 November 2015 will ensure that the organisations work together to identify common problems and develop joint solutions. The memorandum is a commitment to a joint focus on prevention and early intervention, to ensuring work is informed by the…