Chorley Community Housing

The Welfare Reform Act has now passed through Parliament and is set to completely change the way in which welfare benefits, including Housing Benefit, is paid. Our first issue aims to update you on how the changes could impact you if you’re currently claiming housing or other benefits. The Government have announced that they are proposing an early roll out of Universal Credit in Manchester and Cheshire which will see up to 1,500 new Universal Credit claimants coming on stream across four areas – Tameside, Oldham, …

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Later this year we will be publishing our annual report for 2011/12. This is the fourth in a series of articles about the year just finished.  We would like your feedback to help shape our annual report. Following a record breaking year in 2010/11 our in house DLO has gone from strength to strength during 2011/12.  Maintaining the high level achievements made previously was never going to be easy, but with the continued drive and ambition of our management team, …

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A new luncheon club in Lightbowne celebrated its Grand Opening in true ‘Jubilee Style’ at St Dunstan’s Parish Hall today. Thanks to the Adactus Neighbourhood Fund, local resident David Law was able to turn his dream into a reality and throw open the doors of his new weekly luncheon club to the public. ‘Lightbowne Does Lunch’ has only been running for eight weeks and has gone from strength to strength.  Numbers have soared from 3 to 30 during this time …

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More than 100 people packed out St Peter’s Parish Club on Eaves Lane in Chorley for the first Freestyle Urban Soccer FC awards ceremony. The event was held to mark the hard work and enthusiasm of almost forty boys and girls who take part in Freestyle’s three football teams, who participate in the Mid Lancs Colts Junior Football league. Paul Maloney from Freestyle said:  “All the children who have taken part in our football teams this season have worked really …

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Later this year we will be publishing our annual report for 2011/12. This is the third in a series of articles about the year just finished.  We would like your feedback to help shape our annual report. Our website saw some significant improvements during 2011/12.  We refreshed the overall look of the site to provide an enhanced browsing experience and also improved the way we present and interact with you on news and information. In July 2011 we introduced our …

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