Orwell Housing Association is piloting a new government scheme to provide grants for computers and internet access to low-income families. The £300 million Home Access programme, announced by the government in September 2008, is intended to deliver equal learning opportunities to the 35 per cent of families that currently have no access to the internet…
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General News
Triple win for Capita Support
Capita Software Services has signed recent deals with the London Borough of Ealing and Aberdeenshire and South Lanarkshire Councils for Capita Support which enables access to multiple functions within the councils’ ‘supported housing’ and ‘supporting people’ services. Aberdeenshire Council selected Capita Support to monitor, renew and evaluate social care contracts. Expected to be operational by…
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NorthgateArinso’s hosted HR for One Housing
One Housing Group has signed a seven-year deal with NorthgateArinso to implement a fully-managed HR and payroll service based on the software provider’s ResourceLink system. ResourceLink supports web recruitment, self-service modules and reporting. The new features are expected to make the recruitment process faster, letting HR staff focus on strategic issues and enabling cost-savings. Susan…
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Nationwide IT forum launched by Aster
Aster Group has set up a new national online forum for all IT and technology staff working in the housing sector – have a look at www.nhitforum.co.uk. As far as we are aware, there is no other nationwide forum specifically covering technology in social housing, so we applaud Aster Group for setting up this free…
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HTSB – Standards matter
The momentum behind our push for technology standards in housing continues to grow. The second Housing Technology Standards meeting, kindly hosted by Saul Stevens from Family Mosaic, in early June was well-attended by both housing providers and, for the first time, representatives from the leading housing technology suppliers. Given that the focus of the Housing…
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Housing Technology Standard v1.0
The first meeting to discuss our plans for technology integration and communication standards in housing was held in early April at Circle Anglia’s London offices. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the high-level goals for what the Housing Technology Standard (HTS) should achieve and how it would make application integration and data transfer…
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