Salix Homes has won an award from the National Federation of ALMOs (NFA) in recognition of its 2014 ‘connecting customers’ project, which teaches tenants essential IT skills and money management to help prepare them for the introduction of universal credit. The project is now being introduced across Salford. Tenants identified by Salix Homes as unemployed…
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Digital Inclusion
Free internet for tenants?
It is widely accepted that through community networking, we help individuals to connect with their communities, maximising their own potential and fuelling regeneration. Facilitating this is therefore often acknowledged as one of the duties of a social housing provider. Any digital inclusion strategy has to explore how the internet can be used to enhance community…
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Results of the Digital Deal funding programme
The Tinder Foundation has announced the results of its Digital Deal funding which was designed to stimulate digital inclusion activities in social housing. 12 housing providers took part in the Digital Deal, which was jointly funded by the Department for Work and Pensions and the Department for Communities and Local Government. Key findings from the…
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CarelineUK leads £1m social isolation project
The telecare provider CarelineUK has received a grant of £320,000 from the UK innovation foundation Nesta and the Technology Strategy Board (TSB) to help elderly and vulnerable people in the South West connect with their local communities and services. CarelineUK has contributed an equal amount to the ‘Community Channel, South West’ project, with the balance…
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Universal credit and satellite navigation
Universal credit and satellite navigation: you might wonder what the two have in common. Generally speaking, a sat-nav gets you to where you want to go and it also gives you an estimate of your arrival time. If you stop for a coffee or get stuck in traffic, the clever little gizmo recalculates the time…
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Experian and Capita accelerate Rental Exchange project
Experian has partnered with Capita’s software services business to make it easier to collect and share rental data from social housing providers in order to improve tenants’ credit records. Capita is the first software provider to support the Rental Exchange project, the scheme driven by Big Issue Invest and Experian to help the social housing…
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