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Pampering at Cole Court
A day of pampering, preening and
pure indulgence was held at Cole Court readying the residents for a string of
Christmas parties!
Students studying Beauty at the
College Ystrad Mynach visited Cole Court to carry out a day of nail treatments,
facials and massage for the residents at Cole Court in Mornington Meadows
Caerphilly.
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United Welsh is
recognised with mark
of Excellent
Customer Service
United Welsh has
been recognised for
its commitment to
customer service
having been
awarded
with the prestigious
Customer Service
Excellence mark.
Customer Service
Excellence or
CSE
is the UK Government
Standard and only a
handful of
organisations in
Wales have achieved
the award.
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Fit for
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Huw Lewis visits a
project that has not only saved an iconic town landmark built in 1906 but also
delivered a new community facility.
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Hanbury Chapel – Bargoed’s new Library
and community hub opens
 Once
in a while a project comes along that’s a little bit out of the ordinary,
sparking much interest and excitement. Early in 2009 a scheme emerged that
certainly ticks all these boxes.
Following the
success of the Bargoed Job Centre redevelopment into a state-of-the-art Health
Centre, United Welsh was invited to refurbish Hanbury Baptist Chapel just up the
road.
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Llys
Nant Mynydd Opens its doors
 LLys
Nant y Mynydd, Nantyglo has opened its doors to its first tenants. With very
few apartments left
the official opening ceremony with the Deputy Leader of Blaenau Gwent County
Borough Council and other dignitaries took place in October.
44 independent apartments are
situated in the stylish scheme. On-site there is a restaurant, coffee shop,
craft room, computer suite, gym, hairdresser, potting
shed and spacious communal areas.
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Fitzroy
residents make an impact
Tenants of Fitzroy Lodge Living + scheme in Blackwood have formed
a new Residents Association
Launched
on Friday 14th October with a day packed full of activities at the
Living + scheme in Cefn Fforest, the tenants welcomed special guests Chris Evans
MP for Islwyn and Jocelyn Davies AM for South Wales East along with Caerphilly’s
Mayor Cllr. Vera Jenkins.
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Excellence in the
Built Environment
United Welsh has been acknowledged at the 2011 RICS Awards, the most
respected and professional award of its kind in the construction industry - Find
out more
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Royal Visit on Valentines Day
HRH The Princess Royal has officially opened Plas Hyfryd, a
state-of-the-art housing development for older people in Caerphilly.
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Good
will towards all women?
Although Christmas was a festive time for many, it wasn’t for all – particularly
women and children fleeing domestic abuse
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United Welsh TV
United Welsh has
become the first housing association in Wales to offer a range of services to
tenants through digital television.
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Visit to Oak
House
Jocelyn Davies AM visits Oak House to launch a new report into
the Supported People Programme.
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DIY SOS
The property team at United Welsh recently took a break from the
office and embarked on a DIY SOS style clean-up project.
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The UK's first Zero-Carbon Passive House
At a showcase exhibition at the National Eisteddfod for Wales, United Welsh and
its partners have launched the UK’s first zero-carbon Passive House.
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2010 Tenant Fun Day success
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Over
600 tenants
descended on
Caerphilly Leisure
Centre and enjoyed a
great days
entertainment.
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Time to start work on a multi-million pound
housing scheme
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The Deputy Minister for Housing and Regeneration, Jocelyn Davies AM helped
pupils from Coed-y-Garn primary school bury a ‘Time Capsule’ to signify the
start of a multi-million pound housing development in Nantyglo.
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'You said, we did' - Starter tenancies
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In
response to feedback from our tenants a new starter tenancy will be launched on
1st April 2010.
The tenancy will give new
tenants the opportunity to demonstrate that they can settle successfully into
their local community.
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Time Banking gets off to a flying start
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United Welsh and tenants from our Oak House hostel in Cardiff have successfully
launched a new Time Banking project.
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Launching Solar Schools in Wales
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Jocelyn Davies AM, Minister for Housing and Regeneration launches the Solar
Schools project at Pontlottyn Primary School.
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United Welsh scoops top housing award
United Welsh
has been acknowledged for its impressive work in developing and regenerating
communities.
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Local talent gives Church Street a
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make-over
Phase
one of the Church street regeneration project in Ebbw Vale
has
been successfully completed with the help of local trainees.
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United Welsh has once again been
awarded 1st Place in the annual 'Caerphilly in Bloom' competition for the Best
High Street Premises 2009.
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Keeping tenants safe
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United Welsh is
pleased to announce that following a recent review of our gas service provisions
we have achieved the Gas Safe Registration.
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Tenant Fun Day is a success!
Nearly 500 United Welsh tenants packed out
Abertillery Sports Centre for the annual tenants fun day.
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Hard work
pays off!
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A group of young men from across Blaenau Gwent have been rewarded for their hard
work and commitment with full-time jobs in the construction industry.
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Training =
Full-time employment
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Seven
people from the Caerphilly Borough have been honoured for their determination in
overcoming barriers to employment – with the
help of
United Welsh,
JobMatch and partner
construction companies.
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New Health
Centre for Bargoed
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A new £1.6million health centre that will provide a
range of services and facilities for people living in the Bargoed area has been
officially opened by Leighton Andrews, Deputy Minister for Regeneration.
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Work starts
on 'Housing with Care' scheme
The Deputy
Minister for Housing, Jocelyn Davies AM helped construction workers with the
groundbreaking of an £8 million Extra Care facility in Caerphilly.
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New Homes, Sustainability,
Employment
Jocelyn Davies AM, Deputy
Minister for Housing has been laying bricks at a £3 million housing project in
Bargoed that has created local housing and jobs.
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United Welsh supports new
credit union
Smart Money Credit Union has
been officially launched during two identical events in Caerphilly and Ebbw
Vale. Caerphilly
Council Leader Lindsay Whittle and The Mayor of Blaenau Gwent, Jennifer Morgan
conducted proceedings at their respected venues.
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Children design their
'Dream' home
Children at
Deighton Primary school in Tredegar have been helping United Welsh to design a
“Dream Home”. The children were asked to draw, paint or build their dream home
and came up with some imaginative artwork.
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Only the best homes for
Caerphilly
Cllr Lindsay Whittle, Leader of
Caerphilly County Borough Council has officially opened a new housing
development at Pen Rhos to provide much needed affordable housing for the people
of Caerphilly.
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Support for the Credit Union
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Welsh has made a firm commitment to support the valuable work being done by the
Caerphilly and District Credit Union.
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more about it
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United Welsh leads the way
 United
Welsh Housing Association has again been recognised for its work within the
housing sector of Wales. They have walked away with first prize in the “Val Feld
Communication in Housing” Award and the “Effective Engagement of hard to Reach
Groups” Award at the 2008 TPAS Cymru Participation Awards held at the Angel
Hotel in Cardiff.
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more about it
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 Integrate
lands £37m
Integrate, a development consortium of which
United Welsh is a part, has been awarded in excess of £37m to develop new
affordable housing for the people of Wales.
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more about it
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 Launched
in style
‘Homes
within Reach’ has been officially launched at a high profile event in Cardiff.
The scheme will provide much needed help to first-time buyers across Wales who
currently can't afford to buy a home on the open market.
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more about it
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 50yrs in a United Welsh house!
In 1957 Mrs
Lloyd moved onto Rectory Road,
Swyfydd. The
96 year old grand-mother of seven and
great
grand-mother of five has seen a great deal change
over the
past 50yrs.
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more about it
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Regeneration in Action
The community of Forgeside near Blaenavon has benefited from grants of nearly
£900K from the Welsh Assembly Government. The money has been used to refurbish
60 properties and build 5 new houses.
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More quality housing for
Caerphilly
Councillors and officials from
Caerphilly County Borough Council have inspected the latest phase of quality new
housing to be delivered by United Welsh. The properties at Pen Rhos are the
first phase of a larger development that will see more affordable housing
provided for the people of Caerphilly.
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United Welsh Scoops Top
Housing Award
United Welsh has been acknowledged for
its impressive work on increasing environmental sustainability. At a high
profile event in the Celtic Manor Resort, we were rewarded for our
environmentally friendly approach to housing development, community
regeneration, and employee commitment to all things ‘green’.
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United
Welsh mourns the loss of long serving Board Member
John Skipper, who died suddenly on Saturday 17th
November, had been a Board Member at United Welsh since its independence in 1989
until he retired from the Board at this year’s AGM in July.
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New resource base for learning difficulties
Cllr Harry
Andrews, Leader of Caerphilly County Borough Council, has officially opened a
new state-of-the-art resource centre in Wyllie near Blackwood. The centre will
provide a base from which people with learning disabilities can access
community-based activities.
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 State of the art bungalow is a taste of
things to come!
Trish Law AM and
Dai Davies MP have officially opened a state-of-the-art supported housing
bungalow in Blaina. The bungalow will provide accommodation for individuals with
learning disabilities and has been built specifically to meet the needs of the
new occupants.
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Event is a huge success!
Tenants have labelled United Welsh’s
annual event a great success. Held at the Village Hotel in Cardiff on 19th
July, over 170 tenants turned out to find out more about United Welsh and have
some fun!
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United Welsh delivers for tenants
United Welsh
is delivering good quality services for its 3,600 tenants, according to an
inspection report published today by the Auditor General for Wales. The housing
association demonstrated a range of strong capabilities and examples of good
practice in the provision of housing services for its tenants.
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Innovative and affordable
United Welsh has begun work on a new
housing development with a difference. The first of its kind in Wales, this
innovative development involves the construction of modular style homes under
the controlled conditions of a factory. Most importantly of all, the houses are
being built specifically to help first-time buyers.
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Team United Welsh ‘Race for Life’ in Memory of
Sue
On Sunday 3rd
June almost every female employee from United Welsh put on their running shoes
to ‘Race for Life’ and raise money for cancer research and to remember Sue
Phillips, a work colleague who sadly passed away in September 2006.
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A Tailor-Made Approach
Jeff Cuthbert (AM) has officially opened two
state-of-the-art supported housing bungalows in Ystrad Mynach. The bungalows
will provide accommodation for individuals with learning disabilities and have
been built specifically to meet the needs of the new occupants.
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Housing for a Fresh Start
A new housing development in Bridgend, South
Wales, has opened its doors to support vulnerable people. The building will
provide supported accommodation to people who have turned their backs on
substance misuse and made a firm commitment to stay drug free
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supply chain - 1st of its kind in Wales
At a conference held in Cardiff
on 28th February, Assembly Minister for Social Justice and
Regeneration, Edwina Hart, launched the Integrate supply chain. The first of its
kind in Wales, the supply chain is a huge step forward in the delivery of better
quality housing services for the people of Wales.
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 Tenants
enjoy new kitchens
Work is well underway to fit brand new
kitchens in many United Welsh properties across south Wales.
Over the next few years the housing association will invest over
£3 million improving the standard of kitchens in many of its
properties.
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Raising money for a happy
Christmas 'Home and Away'
This year United Welsh has responded to two
requests for help in making Christmas a bit more special for children both in
Wales and abroad. A number of fund raising activities have been organised for
Rhymney Women’s Aid and the ‘Leaves of Hope’ appeal in Belarus. The money will
contribute towards gifts for children living in either a refuge or orphanage
over Christmas ‘Home and Away’.
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 100
years old and £1000 richer!
A double celebration is underway this year for a
United Welsh tenant who turned 100yrs on August 1st and then scooped
the top prize of £1000 through the United Welsh loyalty scheme a few months
later.
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 Integrate
trained on success
The
‘Integrate’ consortium, of which United Welsh is a member, have been recognised
at the prestigious UK Housing awards that were held in London on 9th
November 2006.
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 Going
pink for Breast Cancer Care
Pink fashion was the order of the day on 27th October
as employees from United Welsh turned up for work in support of
Breast Cancer Care.
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 New
chair of the board
United Welsh has
appointed Peter Laing as the new Chair of the Board. Peter will
take over from Phillip Westwood who had completed four years in
post and felt that it was time to stand down.
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 ‘Pitch in for charity’
On Friday 8th
September employees from United Welsh took to the fairways of the West
Monmouthshire Golf Club in support of Blaenau Gwent CBC ‘Mayor’s charity golf
tournament’. The event raised over £3,000, money that will be split between two
very worthy causes.
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 Van
Community Centre Fun Day
On Saturday 22nd July the Van
Communities First Partnership held it’s annual ‘Funday’. The event was
officially opened by Jeff Cuthbert (AM) who praised the work of the Communities
First Partnership and in particular the efforts of Elaine Griffiths who does so
much for the Van Community Centre.
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 United
Welsh Annual Conference
On
Thursday 13th July 2006 United Welsh held its first annual conference
at the Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff. The event was attended by some very
high profile speakers and focused on the issue of cross-sector partnership
working.
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Surfing for beginners
United Welsh have launched a new scheme to get more of its older residents on-line and surfing the Internet.
The scheme called ‘Active On-line’ has been set up to respond to concerns that many older people in Wales are being left-behind
by new technology.
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Team United Welsh 'Race for Life'
On Sunday 4th June almost every female employee from United
Welsh put on their running shoes to ‘Race for Life’ and raise
money for cancer research.
The team raised over £3,000 for the fundraising event, money that will go
towards cancer research
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More
affordable housing planned for Caerphilly
Caerphilly will have 48 new affordable homes by 2008 following a major land
purchase by United Welsh.
United Welsh as bought three acres of wasteland at Pen Rhos, at the top of
Nantgarw Hill, which was formerly used for tipping colliery
spoil, with a £4.25 million social housing grant from the Welsh
Assembly Government.
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Caerphilly Tigers kick start new team
Caerphilly’s aspiring young female rugby players now have their own team to
join following sponsorship from local housing association United
Welsh. 
Caerphilly and Cardiff-based United Welsh has sponsored the first Under-14s
side of the Caerphilly Tigers, the female rugby teams based at
Caerphilly RFC who are affiliated with the Welsh Women’s Rugby
Union and play teams all over south Wales.
Funds have
provided the team kit as well as equipment including balls,
cones and tag tails. The sponsorship has also paid for brand
new shirts, socks and shorts for the Tigers’ Under-17s team as
well as rugby coach training.
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United Welsh makes a difference with pupils
United Welsh has teamed up with pupils from
Hengoed Primary School to make a difference to the environment
on national Make a Difference Day.
Seventeen children aged between six and 11 spent the day (8 November)
picking up the litter from their school grounds and playing
fields equipped with litter-grabbers provided by United Welsh
and joined by the organisation’s community services team.
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DIY Homebuy Scheme gets first-time buyers onto the property ladder
First
time buyers in Blaenau Gwent are being given a helping hand up the property
ladder thanks to a new £150,000 scheme run by United Welsh.
The DIY Homebuy Option will lend first-time buyers up to 30 per cent of the cost of
their home on a first-come-first-served basis on property purchases completed by
mid March 2006. This means, once they have found the home they want to buy,
purchasers only have to fund 70 per cent of the sale price through either a
mortgage or mortgage and deposit combined.
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United Welsh launches specialist 55+ Team
United Welsh has launched a specialist team to develop a range of housing solutions for the
over-55s in response to increasing and changing demand.
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United Welsh named 4th Best Workplace in UK 2005
United Welsh housing association has been named among the five best places to work
in the UK in the Financial Times 2005 ‘Best Workplaces’ Special Report for
the second consecutive year.
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Minister opens state-of-the-art homeless facility
United Welsh, one of Wales’ leading housing associations, is celebrating the
completion of a brand new state-of -the-art hostel for the homeless, which
will provide temporary accommodation for up to twenty residents at any one
time.
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UWHA launches Virtual Tour of Sheltered Housing Developments
Anyone facing the difficult
decision of whether or not to move into sheltered accommodation is now able
to take a tour of their potential new home without having to leave their own
front room.
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United Welsh Housing Association in UK’s Top 5 Best Places to Work
United Welsh housing association has been named the fifth best place to work in the
UK in the Financial Times 2004 ‘Best Workplaces’ Special Report published
today (Wednesday 28th April 2004).
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UWHA responds to the needs of Cardiff tenants
United Welsh Housing
Association has responded to the needs of its tenants with the opening
of a new office in Cardiff.
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