Welfare Change Warning – Mixed Age Couples
A change to the welfare benefits system beginning 15 May 2019 will leave some pension-age benefit claimants significantly worse off. Steven, our Money Advice Officer, explains how this change will work in practice and what you can do to avoid being affected. What’s changing? After 15 May 2019, pensioners won’t be able to make a […]
Stop Food Waste!
Always having to clear the out of date veggies from your fridge or playing roulette with dodgy-smelling food? Steven, our Money Advice Officer, has some hints and tips to help you reduce your food waste to help the environment – and keep more pounds in your pocket. 24 April 2019 is Stop Food Waste Day. […]
National Stress Awareness Month 2019
April is Stress Awareness Month, so our Money Advice Officer – Steven – is taking the opportunity to talk about how finances can be a huge source of stress – and what you can do to reduce finance-related stress in your life. Stress Awareness Month has been held annually for the last 27 years. There […]
Universal Credit Update April 2019
There’s been some good news for some Universal Credit claimants because the Work Allowance has gone up from 1st April 2019. The Work Allowance is the amount of your earnings that are ignored before they start having an effect on your Universal Credit payments. You can get a Work Allowance if you or your partner […]
Teenage apprentice happy he took the plunge – a year into his job role
This time last year Jordan Mahoney was a 16-year-old pupil, studying at St Gregory’s High School, and revising for his GCSE exams. What a difference a year makes! You may remember that Jordan secured an apprenticeship with Ashley & McDonough Ltd – our heating contractor. The teenager wanted to follow in his Grandad’s footsteps, as he […]
Celebrations as Warrington Housing Association Choose Ashley & McDonough Ltd as Gas Maintenance & Repairs Provider
The Ashley & McDonough Team are delighted to have been chosen by Warrington Housing Association to undertake the servicing and 3* maintenance of gas fired central heating systems in the Association’s homes. The contract was procured through Fusion21’s Heating Systems Framework, via direct award and began on April 1st 2019. Darren Cunningham, Chairman of Ashley […]
Update Universal Credit with Your New Rent
All of Warrington Housing Association’s rents and service charges changed on 1st April 2019. If you are claiming Universal Credit, you will need to report this change using your online account. Reporting this change is as simple as logging in, clicking ‘Home’, then ‘Report a change of circumstances’, then ‘Where you live and what it […]
Money Matters: Andrew & Eileen’s Story
We approached Steven for help after Eileen became very ill. We were struggling to cope with extra expenses after she came out of hospital and had no idea how we were going to afford to pay for the adaptations we needed at home. The benefits system seemed like a minefield to us and we had […]
Good luck to the Gateway – at the Northern Housing Awards
We are delighted to announce we have been shortlisted for the Northern Housing Awards 2019 in the category of ‘Partnering Scheme of the Year’ for our entry showcasing the Gateway. The shortlisting follows our success at last year’s awards, where we were honoured as ‘Resident Support/Advice Programme of the Year’. A total of eight organisations have been shortlisted for the category of ‘Partnering […]
