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Yorkshire Housing complete £250,000 retrofit project
Work to retrofit thirty houses and flats with heat pumps and solar panels in the Craven area has been completed. Work started on properties in Skipton, Burton-In-Lonsdale, Clapham and Horton-In-Ribblesdale in March. As part of the project solar panels have been...
Nick Atkin heralds’ new era as colleagues are welcomed into new workspace
Our sector leading flexible approach to working is transforming services for customers The COVID-19 pandemic has had a dramatic effect on how and where we work. The latest figures show that a quarter of workers are now hybrid working. At Yorkshire Housing we’d always...
Yorkshire Housing apprentice wins top award
Yorkshire Housing apprentice Muhammad Uddin has scooped a top prize at the inaugural WY Apprenticeship Awards held in Bradford on Thursday 9 June. The awards celebrated the work of apprentices throughout the county and was hosted by The Yorkshire Evening Post, in...
Community news
Yorkshire Housing’s grass cutting services resume
Yorkshire Housing is due to restart grass cutting services from this week. The service will be provided in a way that is safe for both colleagues and customers under the current COVID-19 lockdown. This will be a grass cutting service only at first. This is because...
Yorkshire Housing makes foodbank campaign donation
Yorkshire Housing has donated £25,000 to kick-start a fundraising drive will help foodbanks supply much-needed essentials to people hit by the coronavirus pandemic. The cash is for the More than Homes campaign – which launched today (Tue) and aims to raise an initial...
Yorkshire Housing bring cheer to NHS workers
Pictured above is a small selection of the items donated by Yorkshire Housing residents to frontline NHS workers Yorkshire Housing staff helped vulnerable older people present food hampers packed with essentials plus a cash donation to frontline NHS workers. Residents...
Customer stories
Yorkshire Housing customers come together to speak out on tackling climate change
Yorkshire Housing customers have teamed up with housing associations across the north to publish new advice on tackling climate change in their homes and neighbourhoods. The first of its kind, the Social Housing Tenants’ Climate Jury saw 30 social housing...
Pen pal scheme connects residents
In celebration of World Friendship Day 2021 (30 July) we’re sharing news about our new pen pal scheme which has been connecting older residents and helping them beat isolation. Customers from Sheffield, York, Bradford and Barnsley have formed new friendships...
Yorkshire Housing selected as a ambassador for #SaferHomes4All campaign
Yorkshire Housing selected as a ambassador for #SaferHomes4All campaign As part of it's ongoing Resident Safety Campaign, Inside Housing has appointed Yorkshire Housing, and 11 other housing associations, as its Safer Homes Ambassador. Representing Yorkshire...
Services
Yorkshire Housing pioneering Together with Tenants
Together with Tenants is a great opportunity for Yorkshire Housing as we look to achieve our vision. A key part of this strategy is the following: “Everyone should have the opportunity to live in a quality home they can afford.” We are committed to delivering a great...
New technology to speed up repairs
New technology will help Yorkshire Housing improve the customer experience of repairs and renovations. The housing association’s asset management system is to be streamlined later this year – bringing with it improvements in service delivery. Asset management is a key...
Committee helps keep Yorkshire Housing on track
Yorkshire Housing makes itself available for scrutiny from the people we serve – our customers. In this blog, Customer Service Committee member Amy Green (pictured below) details the work she and her colleagues do to make sure we keep our services on track.My name’s...
Apprenticeships
Apprenticeships at Yorkshire Housing… now that’s a bright idea!
National Apprenticeship Week runs from 5 to 9 March and, to support the week, Yorkshire Housing is celebrating the success of their apprenticeship programme by showcasing apprenticeships as a pathway to a great career. Under the hashtag #NAW2018, and the theme...
Apprentice vacancies at Yorkshire Housing
Our apprenticeship vacancies are open now. Come and work for a top 100 apprentice employer – we need you!
National recognition for Yorkshire Housing apprenticeship programme
Yorkshire Housing has been highly commended in the large employer of the year category at the government-backed National Apprenticeship Awards – after winning the Yorkshire, Humber and North East regional category.
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125 affordable homes given approval for site in Huddersfield
A major project in Linthwaite, Huddersfield, to build 125 high quality, eco-friendly affordable homes has been given the go-ahead by planners. Casey have been granted permission to build on the site at the former Broad Oak Farm. The £22 million project is being...
Yorkshire Housing co-funds Sheffield’s first black mental-health friendly salon
Our customer Ursula Myrie is the founder and managing director of survivor led mental health and wellbeing service, Adira. Adira recently opened Sheffield’s first mental health friendly black hair and beauty salon - Tyrah's Touch. We’re proudly co-funding it alongside...
Local MP visits £24 million housing scheme in Boroughbridge
We welcomed the Member of Parliament for Harrogate and Knaresborough, Andrew Jones MP, to our £24 million development at Castle Locke, Knaresborough on Friday 4th February. Mr Jones was joined by Yorkshire Housing Chief Executive Nick Atkin, Executive Director...
Yorkshire Housing to increase investment in apprenticeships by 60%
To mark National Apprenticeship Week, we've committed to increasing our investment in apprenticeships by 60% in a boost to local jobs. The additional £140k in funding will allow us to employ a total of 30 apprentices across a variety of roles in areas such as...
‘Its the future’: Work starts to install Heat pumps in twenty Ryedale homes
We're working with Communitas Energy CIC to use the Warm Homes Fund to install Air Source Heat Pumps in twenty homes in Ryedale, North Yorkshire. Funding was secured by Ryedale District Council along with North Yorkshire County Council via The Warm Homes Fund, set up...
West Yorkshire Housing Partnership reaches major milestone
The Mayor of West Yorkshire, Tracy Brabin, met with Yorkshire Housing and other members of the West Yorkshire Housing Partnership today as they published their first annual report. The report highlights the important work being done to put housing front and...
