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Oldham Council and Jigsaw Homes start work on new homes for young people at risk of homelessness

|Date: 11 December, 2024

Oldham Council and Jigsaw Homes start work on new homes for young people at risk of homelessness

Work has started to transform a vacant brownfield site into 15 homes for young people at risk of homeless ...

Work has started to transform a vacant brownfield site into 15 homes for young people at risk of homelessness. The one-bedroom apartments are being built at Foundry Street, just outside Oldham town ce ...

11 December, 2024
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Housing associations look to leaders of the future to tackle housing crisis

|Date: 6 March, 2024

Housing associations look to leaders of the future to tackle housing crisis

Young people encouraged to pursue careers in housing as sector marks Scottish Apprenticeships Week. Young ...

Young people encouraged to pursue careers in housing as sector marks Scottish Apprenticeships Week. Young people have been urged to pursue apprenticeships in housing as the sector looks to put recruit ...

6 March, 2024
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Wates exceeds social value targets and launches social enterprise programme for fourth consecutive year

|Date: 14 February, 2024

Wates exceeds social value targets and launches social enterprise programme for fourth consecutive year

Wates has exceeded its social value targets to assist social enterprises and get young people engaged in ...

Wates has exceeded its social value targets to assist social enterprises and get young people engaged in a career in the construction industry and launched its unique social enterprise support program ...

14 February, 2024
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Wates to train nearly 400 people in suicide prevention in new charity partnership

|Date: 19 May, 2023

Wates to train nearly 400 people in suicide prevention in new charity partnership

Wates Group announces a new partnership with the charity PAPYRUS to train almost 400 people across its co ...

Wates Group announces a new partnership with the charity PAPYRUS to train almost 400 people across its company and in local communities to prevent suicide among young people. Employees of Wates Group, ...

19 May, 2023
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Young people hit hardest through the lockdowns, survey of social housing residents shows

|Date: 18 February, 2022

Young people hit hardest through the lockdowns, survey of social housing residents shows

Nearly seven in 10 social housing residents surveyed (69%) aren’t hopeful for the future of their local c ...

Nearly seven in 10 social housing residents surveyed (69%) aren’t hopeful for the future of their local community after lockdown, according to the latest output from the Resident Voice Index initiativ ...

18 February, 2022
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Construction comes to the rescue of lost new talent

|Date: 24 September, 2021

Construction comes to the rescue of lost new talent

New Government-backed scheme launches to help young people find apprenticeships and first jobs in constru ...

New Government-backed scheme launches to help young people find apprenticeships and first jobs in construction — an industry fighting hard for new recruits. In the wake of official statistics showing ...

24 September, 2021
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Sovereign kickstarts employment for 40 young people

|Date: 20 January, 2021

Sovereign kickstarts employment for 40 young people

Sovereign Housing Association is offering 40 young people the chance to kickstart their careers with a si ...

Sovereign Housing Association is offering 40 young people the chance to kickstart their careers with a six-month paid work placement in departments across the organisation. Sovereign — which has 60,00 ...

20 January, 2021
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