Sandwell Borough Council has used GIS to create an interactive game to engage young people on the Tibbington estate, inviting players to enter a virtual environment. There they can use a range of building tools to present their thoughts and opinions about the area’s regeneration. The ‘Gaming the Tibby’ project is thought to be the…
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Unity hybrid mail service for housing
Housing associations could reduce the costs of their postal communications to tenants, contractors and suppliers by up to 70 per cent with the new Unity hybrid mail service. Developed by Haigh Consultancy Services and GI Direct, the Unity service lets housing associations send their post via the internet direct to GI Direct’s base in Leicester…
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Bromford makes impact with integration
Impact Applications has launched the latest version of its repairs and maintenance system, ImpactResponse v7. The recently-upgraded system enables seamless integration with a wide range of interfaces, allowing it to talk to housing management, finance, scheduling, stock control and sub-contractor systems. ImpactResponse currently integrates with 15 third-party applications, including an interface to the UK’s largest emergency…
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Speedy HR and payroll at RCT homes
RCT Homes has gone live with Carval Computing’s HR and payroll system after becoming Wales’s largest housing organisation since taking control of Rhonnda Cynon Taf Borough Council’s 10,000 properties and 300 employees. Having taken on the extra stock and becoming the UK’s first Community Mutual Trust, a model for community-owned housing produced by the Welsh…
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Grand Union masters GIS with Ordnance Survey
Grand Union Housing Group is using GIS, including Ordnance Survey’s MasterMap, as a fundamental part of the information infrastructure which supports its management of 10,000 properties across Aragon HA, Macintyre HA, Mid Bedfordshire District Council and South Northants Homes. Graeme Gould, GIS officer, Grand Union, said, “My main role has been to create the extensive…
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Anchor’s IT programme helps the homeless
Homeless and unemployed people in London’s Canning Town are being supported by Anchor House’s ‘Aspirations’ programme which uses technology to combat poverty and social exclusion. Anchor House, which has developed from a basic hostel to a pioneering centre of excellence in the homeless sector, launched the Aspirations programme to move its 200 residents from computer…
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