Adactus Housing Group

Southport Sea Cadets have been successful in obtaining a £1,000 worth of computer equipment from the Adactus Housing Group’s Neighbourhood Fund. The equipment including laptop and printer will be used to benefit the whole of the North West Sea Cadet Corps. Julie Deponeo, Neighbourhood Development Officer at Adactus Housing Association, said “The Sea Cadets is a great group for children to be part off and I really happy that we have been able to provide this equipment to assist them …

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Under current government plans, from April next year tenants of working age who are under occupying their properties by one or more bedrooms will have their housing benefit cut and will have to make up the shortfall themselves. As approximately 60% of Adactus tenants rely on benefits to pay a proportion or all of their rent, this would have significant implications for many of our tenants. For example, a working age couple who are paying rent with Adactus of £65 …

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Adactus Housing in conjunction with Active Living from Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust are running activities for sheltered housing residents to get fit and have some fun at the same time. The activity programme includes a great variety of exercises for local people. It offers a safe, effective and enjoyable physical activity for residents across the borough in a range of local and accessible Community and Leisure venues. All activities are suitable for beginners and focused on the over 50’s. …

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Following a full review of our graduate development programme we are pleased to advise that we will be recruiting three additional graduates this summer. We are very proud of the staff who work for us and have been awarded a two-star status in the Best Companies accreditation 2012. We also made number 26 of The Sunday Times Top 100 ‘Best Not-For-Profit Organisations to Work For’ list published on Sunday 26 Feb 2012. Our strengths include team unity and personal development. …

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The Neighbourhood Fund is a substantial pot of money controlled by our tenants to support projects and initiatives in the local area. We originally set up the Fund in 2010 to make sure our customers benefited directly from the cost efficiencies made to the business. A total of £200,000 was made available and tenants used a ‘Dragons Den’ process to decide which of the competing projects would receive financial support with a total of 70 projects across the North West …

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