Get Connected Summer 2016
Get Connected is Connect housing's tenant magazine that is sent our quarterly with news and exciting happenings reported on.
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In this issue:<br />
High Five<br />
Latest news and events<br />
Here to help<br />
Find out about our free<br />
Money Matters service<br />
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Welcome<br />
The big news to share with all residents is that from 1st August <strong>2016</strong><br />
we say hello to our new Chief Executive – Helen Lennon. We find<br />
out more from Helen about what the future holds (see page 8) and<br />
we wish a fond farewell to Jenny Brierley for over fourteen years<br />
of dedication to Connect.<br />
Quizzes, crafts<br />
and conversation<br />
All the latest from the CRF<br />
True to our values<br />
Meet Helen Lennon,<br />
our new Chief Executive<br />
600 homes<br />
being improved<br />
This year’s improvement<br />
programme<br />
Be safe<br />
Staying safe in<br />
your home<br />
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Helen was previously<br />
Director of Neighbourhoods<br />
and Communications and<br />
we have taken the opportunity<br />
(as we do when we get any<br />
job vacancy) to look at whether<br />
to replace that role.<br />
In order to get best value for<br />
money, rather than replace<br />
this post, we have made<br />
some changes to how we<br />
organise ourselves. The result<br />
is a structure based on three<br />
Directors, instead of four, which<br />
will still enable us to manage<br />
the organisation successfully<br />
and deliver our vision.<br />
Martyn Broadest is Director<br />
of Homes, Christine Fox is<br />
Director of Neighbourly Places,<br />
and Sean Flynn continues<br />
as Director of Finance and<br />
Resources.<br />
These changes are internal<br />
and don’t affect how we<br />
deliver our services.<br />
It’s Connect’s 10 year anniversary<br />
this year and we hope you will<br />
join us at our event on 20th<br />
September. We’ll be sharing<br />
more details soon, but please<br />
save the date. It will be an<br />
event that celebrates local<br />
communities and looks forward<br />
to the next chapter in our story.<br />
We hope you enjoy this issue of<br />
<strong>Get</strong> <strong>Connected</strong> – happy reading.<br />
Share your<br />
thoughts<br />
<strong>Get</strong> in touch by<br />
phone, email,<br />
Facebook or Twitter<br />
Diamonds are<br />
forever<br />
Stories from the<br />
community<br />
Making a<br />
difference<br />
Social enterprise at our<br />
young single homeless<br />
scheme<br />
Back cover<br />
All the details you need<br />
to get in touch<br />
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Thank you<br />
0300 5000 600<br />
communications@<br />
connecthousing.org.uk<br />
/ConnectHousing<br />
@ConnectHousing<br />
Tenants, volunteers and community partners have all been involved<br />
in this issue of the magazine and we’d like to say a big thank you to<br />
Christie, Diane, Eunice Clarkson, Hazel, Sue Hendry, Jackie Jones,<br />
Joanne, Kath, Maureen, Mr & Mrs Ogden, Rose, Nicola Sharp,<br />
Sheila and Tony.<br />
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