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Works start on key SEND schools in Lincolnshire as investment continues

|Date: 5 March, 2021

Works start on key SEND schools in Lincolnshire as investment continues

Four Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) schools in Lincolnshire are set to be expanded as ...

Four Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) schools in Lincolnshire are set to be expanded as part of Lincolnshire County Council’s £86m investment programme — to improve and develop specia ...

5 March, 2021
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Brand-new hydrotherapy pool opens at Delamere School

|Date: 17 February, 2021

Brand-new hydrotherapy pool opens at Delamere School

Delamere School provides 80 places to support local children and is one of only three dedicated SEND scho ...

Delamere School provides 80 places to support local children and is one of only three dedicated SEND schools in Trafford. Bolton-based Seddon has completed the £900,000 project to replace a 20-year-ol ...

17 February, 2021
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Higgins Partnerships to deliver council homes for Lewisham Homes

|Date: 21 December, 2020

Higgins Partnerships to deliver council homes for Lewisham Homes

Higgins Partnerships has been awarded the contract by Lewisham Homes to build 26 new council homes for fa ...

Higgins Partnerships has been awarded the contract by Lewisham Homes to build 26 new council homes for families with temporary housing needs, along with six supported living apartments for young adult ...

21 December, 2020
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AKW | Providing specialist support and advice on bidet specification

|Date: 4 December, 2020

AKW | Providing specialist support and advice on bidet specification

Often taken for granted, the seemingly simple act of using a toilet can become challenging for some resid ...

Often taken for granted, the seemingly simple act of using a toilet can become challenging for some residents. Stuart Reynolds, Head of Product and Marketing at AKW, discusses a solution to intimate c ...

4 December, 2020
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Linden Farm | Autism supported living

|Date: 15 October, 2020

Linden Farm | Autism supported living

Linden Farm is a supported living development for 10 young adults with autism and high support needs. Des ...

Linden Farm is a supported living development for 10 young adults with autism and high support needs. Designed by Haverstock for Surrey County Council, the development helps to address the UK’s shorta ...

15 October, 2020
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Terry Lifts | Installing lifts to make homes more accessible

|Date: 26 March, 2020

Terry Lifts | Installing lifts to make homes more accessible

Commercial Director of Terry Lifts Adrian Sunter offers advice to local authority and housing association ...

Commercial Director of Terry Lifts Adrian Sunter offers advice to local authority and housing association specifiers on housing adaptation works and the installation of home lifts. Housing providers a ...

26 March, 2020
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Novus wins £142,000 refurbishment contract with Solihull Council

|Date: 15 August, 2019

Novus wins £142,000 refurbishment contract with Solihull Council

Contractor Novus Property Solutions has secured a £142,000 contract to deliver a series of repairs to a d ...

Contractor Novus Property Solutions has secured a £142,000 contract to deliver a series of repairs to a day centre for people who have disabilities in Solihull. The five-week project for Solihull Metr ...

15 August, 2019
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Kitchens, Bathrooms & Disability Needs | Age of independence

|Date: 9 April, 2019

Kitchens, Bathrooms & Disability Needs | Age of independence

Esther Bond, housing consultant at Altro, looks at the increasing pressures on social care, housing and h ...

Esther Bond, housing consultant at Altro, looks at the increasing pressures on social care, housing and healthcare services and discusses how housing associations and councils can help residents live ...

9 April, 2019
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Bathrooms & Disability Needs | Making accessibility a priority

|Date: 2 April, 2019

Bathrooms & Disability Needs | Making accessibility a priority

Bathrooms and shower rooms in housing association properties are typically used by people with varying ab ...

Bathrooms and shower rooms in housing association properties are typically used by people with varying abilities — so as well as being safe, they also need to be accessible and easy to use. Chris Tran ...

2 April, 2019
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Ground-breaking on new affordable homes for Eltham

|Date: 6 February, 2018

Ground-breaking on new affordable homes for Eltham

Work has started on a housebuilding programme in Eltham that will provide 29 new affordable homes to rent ...

Work has started on a housebuilding programme in Eltham that will provide 29 new affordable homes to rent. The development is the first phase of a partnership between the Royal Borough of Greenwich an ...

6 February, 2018
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