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Consultation begins on One Medway Plan

|Date: 19 January, 2024

Consultation begins on One Medway Plan

Medway Council is consulting on a new council plan and is seeking the views of local people as it shapes ...

Medway Council is consulting on a new council plan and is seeking the views of local people as it shapes its agenda for the coming four years. The One Medway Plan will set out the council’s vision, am ...

19 January, 2024
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Planning approval for new Children’s Centres for South Tyneside

|Date: 13 March, 2023

Planning approval for new Children’s Centres for South Tyneside

South Tyneside Council have granted planning permission for two new Children’s Centres in Jarrow and Hebb ...

South Tyneside Council have granted planning permission for two new Children’s Centres in Jarrow and Hebburn together with a purpose-built Children’s Assessment Centre within South Shields. The three ...

13 March, 2023
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What will social housing providers need to address in 2023?

|Date: 5 January, 2023

What will social housing providers need to address in 2023?

Challenging economic conditions and the Government’s legislative agenda will dominate much of 2023 creati ...

Challenging economic conditions and the Government’s legislative agenda will dominate much of 2023 creating continued challenges for social housing providers. Here, Winckworth Sherwood’s social housin ...

5 January, 2023
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Industry responds to the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement

|Date: 18 November, 2022

Industry responds to the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced his Autumn Statement yesterday. Which included measures to support those ...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced his Autumn Statement yesterday. Which included measures to support those most in need, a cap on social rents and an additional £6bn funding boost to deliver energy eff ...

18 November, 2022
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Housing has a crucial role to play in reducing health and wellbeing inequalities

|Date: 28 April, 2022

Housing has a crucial role to play in reducing health and wellbeing inequalities

Following the announcement of Legal & General (L&G) and UCL Institute of Health Equity (IHE) ente ...

Following the announcement of Legal & General (L&G) and UCL Institute of Health Equity (IHE) entering into a four-year partnership to further the role of business in reducing inequalities in U ...

28 April, 2022
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Seven ways to create healthy communities post-COVID

|Date: 13 July, 2020

Seven ways to create healthy communities post-COVID

Town planners should be ‘visionaries’ to address the converging public health, climate emergency and econ ...

Town planners should be ‘visionaries’ to address the converging public health, climate emergency and economic recovery challenges to create healthy communities post-COVID, according to a new report by ...

13 July, 2020
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Legal Update | Housing and social care

|Date: 12 February, 2020

Legal Update | Housing and social care

Social housing providers are well-placed to take a lead in delivering and transforming social care. Winck ...

Social housing providers are well-placed to take a lead in delivering and transforming social care. Winckworth Sherwood’s Charlotte Cook explains why. Social care is a political hot potato. Proposals ...

12 February, 2020
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Six things social housing providers need to consider in 2020

|Date: 10 January, 2020

Six things social housing providers need to consider in 2020

2019 has been one of the most tumultuous years of the past decade, with Brexit again dominating the natio ...

2019 has been one of the most tumultuous years of the past decade, with Brexit again dominating the national conversation. But social housing providers have had to contend with much more. What does 20 ...

10 January, 2020
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Award-winning recruitment scheme helps hundreds of people into careers in social care

|Date: 28 November, 2019

Award-winning recruitment scheme helps hundreds of people into careers in social care

A life-changing Kirklees Council scheme has scooped a national award after supporting hundreds of people ...

A life-changing Kirklees Council scheme has scooped a national award after supporting hundreds of people into a career in social care – making sure vulnerable people get the support they need. The In2 ...

28 November, 2019
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Spending Review | Funding package will provide more certainty for councils

|Date: 5 September, 2019

Spending Review | Funding package will provide more certainty for councils

Chancellor announces increase in spending power for local government and package to provide more certaint ...

Chancellor announces increase in spending power for local government and package to provide more certainty for councils about how local services will be funded next year, however beyond the £54m of ne ...

5 September, 2019
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