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Residents received home safety awareness tips building on good community spirit in the village of Tattenhall.

Chester & District Housing Trust (CDHT) residents have fired up their imaginations to brighten up their gardens. Residents have designed their own clay tiles and created two mosaic centrepieces in the communal areas of Leyfield Court, Lache, one of CDHT’s sheltered housing schemes.

The winners of Chester & District Housing Trust’s (CDHT) Garden Competition 2009 have been announced at a packed awards ceremony at the Trust’s base at Centurion House, Northgate Street.

Cheshire West and Chester Council, Chester & District Housing Trust (CDHT) and Weaver Vale Housing Trust (WVHT) are working together to deliver a new, unified Choice Based Lettings service, named Trust HomeChoice for all customers to access homes across West Cheshire.

Solar panels will reduce fuel costs at a further thirty Chester & District Housing Trust properties where renewable energy efficiency initiatives have been introduced.

Eleven colleagues from Chester & District Housing Trust (CDHT) have been awarded qualifications as part of an on-the-job training scheme.

Green fingered residents at Cheshire West and Chester’s largest housing association are being asked to take part in their annual gardening competition.

Talented young gardeners have been rewarded at a children’s flower growing competition in Chester.

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Haven of tranquillity at Eco-Garden

Green fingered residents cleared the summer growth at their eco garden helped by a team of gardeners from Chester & District Housing Trust (CDHT).

Colleagues from Chester & District Housing Trust were on the ball at the Blacon Festival as they joined Chester MP Christine Russell and players from the Chester Romans American Football team on Independence Day

Whereas Sir Alan Sugar gets to take on only one apprentice, a further two apprentices a year are learning on the job at Chester & District Housing Trust (CDHT).

Plastering, plumbing, tiling and joinery are among the courses on offer as part of free multi-skill training for colleagues at Chester & District Housing Trust (CDHT).

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Chester MP visits Regeneration Project

Chester MP Christine Russell met residents, councillors and builders during a walkabout of a £12.3 million regeneration project which is creating sustainable communities for the future.

Colleagues have received certificates and vouchers for making cost saving suggestions which have been implemented at Chester & District Housing Trust (CDHT).

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Community Spirited Tea at the Square

Residents received home safety awareness tips building on good community spirit in the village of Christleton.

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Final curtain for anti-social behaviour

A social landlord has launched dramatic new measures to curb anti-social behaviour (ASB).

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Learning on the job

CDHT has recently accepted six Work Based Learning students for work placements from the University of Chester. Each specialises in specific areas such as making a video which will be shown in CDHT’s company induction, producing and collating CDHT’s photography bank, IT network testing, event management and production of leaflets.

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Award-winning family homes available

Family homes which are creating sustainable communities for the future in an area of Chester have won a building award for the quality of their construction.

Residents are to gain wider access to affordable housing with a new Choice Based Lettings service delivered in partnership across the region.

Chester & District Housing Trust (CDHT) has launched a special skills exchange project with Uganda. This project is being developed in partnership with Liverpool Hope University and the Mountains of the Moon University in Fort Portal, Western Uganda, as well as the Volunteer Missionary Movement, a UK and Irish based charity.

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About Chester & District Housing Trust

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 3 years, reaching its highest position of 47th this year.

For more details please visit www.cdht.org or request a copy of CDHT’s Corporate Plan 2009-2014.

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