Housing Quality Magazine March 2021

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 Laptop love Beyond Housing

 Christmas charity Incommunities

The housing association responded to the call for new laptops for those most in need, funding 20 computers to ensure kids are able to carry on learning.

After encouraging supply chain partners to get involved, Incommunities raised £2,817 for mental health charity Cellar Trust.

 Special something Salix Homes Resident Keri Muldoon provided her neighbours with a Valentine’s gift, as the popular lollipop lady helped to lift spirits during the lockdown.

 Gifting grassroots Bourneville

 Laptop lifeline LiveWest

Village Trust Community groups in Birmingham and Telford working to help those hit hardest by Covid have been given a £17,500 funding boost by BVT.

A housing association has given £67,000 and 100 laptops to help disadvantaged children across the South West learn from home during the Covid-19 lockdown.

 Community care believe housing  Garden greats One Manchester Awarded £4,000 by their housing association, residents stepped forward to get involved on a local allotment in a bid to encourage others into gardening.

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HOUSING QUALITY MAGAZINE MARCH 2021

More than 95 grants have been awarded to local community groups, supporting food banks, sports clubs and mental health projects. Grants ranged from a few hundred pounds to nearly £20,000.


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