The Xmas Card Factor
A seven-year old girl proved she has the X-Factor when she won an annual Christmas card competition.
More than 100 entries for the ‘Design a Christmas Card’ competition were received from children aged four to 11 from schools within Chester & District Housing Trust’s (CDHT) communities.
Shae Farrell, of Lache Primary School, was the overall winner and will have her design turned into the Trust’s corporate Christmas card for 2009. Shae, of Clover Lane, Lache, also won a £50 gift voucher, which was presented at CDHT’s Centurion House, Northgate Street headquarters.
Runners up were Kira Shaw, aged five, of Coniston Road, Newton and Owen McGrath, aged six, of Kipling Road, Blacon, who each received £25 vouchers.
Colin Keenan, of CDHT’s Resident Involvement Team, said:
“It’s fantastic to see the effort that the children put into their Christmas cards and picking the winner was a very hard decision for our Resident Involvement Group.
Congratulations and thank you to everyone who entered this year. We look forward to sending out our Christmas cards with the winning design.”
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Caption (L-R): Xmas card winner Shae Farrell, with CDHT deputy chief executive Su Bramley, infront of all of the entries.
Colin Keenan, Youth Coordinator – CDHT Resident Involvement Team, with CDHT Deputy Chief Executive Su Bramley, Xmas card winner Shae Farrell and runner up Owen McGrath
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Notes to editors
Chester & District Housing Trust (CDHT) is a dynamic and enterprising organisation at the forefront of delivering positive impacts in the communities with which it works. The Trust’s homes span six communities – Blacon North; Blacon South; Chester City Area; The Rurals; Lache and Handbridge; Upton, Hoole, Newton and Plas Newton.
Committed to the best principles of social enterprise with over 14,000 local customers in 6,200 properties and 53% of its 275 colleagues living within its communities, the Trust adheres to key commitments and principles relating to people, places, partnerships and performance which underpin the Vision to ‘create opportunity’, through its mission, ‘by doing the right thing’.
The Trust is about being transparent and accountable in everything that is done and to this end is one of the first organisations nationally to have established a Residents’ Board, with full delegated powers from the Trust Board, to direct services which impact upon their lives.
The Trust has a comprehensive development programme delivering over 330 new homes including the £12million regeneration of the Treborth Road area of Chester providing new homes for rent, sale and shared ownership, as well as a village green and wildlife habitats.
CDHT also provides services on a partnership basis, to a number of other customers e.g. Telecare services, TrustWorks Maintenance Services, Housing Options advice, waiting list management and choice based lettings to neighbouring local authorities and registered social landlords.
The Trust is rated as two Star excellent by the Audit Commission, has the highest possible rating from Telecare Services Association and is also credited Investors in People and is the overall Employer of the Year For Cheshire West. It has been in the ‘Top 100 Sunday Times best companies to work for’ for the last 2 years.
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