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How’s your calendar looking in August? If you’re free any day from Friday 23 August to Monday 26 August, why not check out Bolton’s award-winning Food and Drink Festival? Read on for the details.

For more information on these properties, please tap here: www.boltonathome.org.uk/properties-for-sale.

If you'd like to learn more about why we sell some of our properties, and how we're working to reduce the overall number of empty homes we have, tap here: www.boltonathome.org.uk/empty-properties.

Live in Rainford House, Blackshaw House, Rogerstead House, Fernstead House, or Arundel Court..? You’re invited to join our Resident Building Safety Panel, where you'll earn shopping vouchers as a thanks for your involvement.

Read on to learn more about this exclusive opportunity.

Our UCAN centres’ opening hours will change for the summer months of July and August 2024. From September 2024, the way we offer some UCAN services could change as part of a review to ensure we’re focusing our resources where our customers need them most. Please read on for details.

You're missing out on free shopping vouchers if you aren't a member of our Resident Voices Channel yet. Read on to avoid missing out on any more.

We’re thinking of the 72 people who lost their lives following the tragic event at Grenfell Tower in 2017 and our hearts go out to everyone impacted by the fire in different ways.

If you were to join our Resident Voices Channel, you'd receive quick and easy online surveys that’ll invite you to share your opinions, ideas, and feedback on our services so we can make them better for customers.

Read on for details on how to become a member.

On Wednesday 15 May 2024, we brought together our colleagues, partners, community groups, and local residents to celebrate the re-launch a vibrant community hub in Deane. Read on for a short video about our refurbishment of the Willows Centre, and to hear from some of the groups that use it each week.

There’s a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as a Peer Navigator if you live in Little Lever. In the role, you’ll work on a variety of community projects in your neighbourhood – just make sure you’ve applied before 9am, Friday 28 June.

Read on for further details on the role.

We hope you’re well. Our CEO, Noel Sharpe, wanted to share some of our future plans and priorities in a short film. If you’ve time (4 mins), you can watch it by tapping on this article.

Noel covers things like investing in properties, addressing damp, condensation, and mould, our new name, ways you can tell us what you think, and more.

Last Thursday (9 May 2024), we joined colleagues and beneficiaries of Backup Charity - along with several other ‘Guardians’** - to celebrate the striking impact the charity continues to have over a round of ten-pin bowling.

Read on for the details and to learn more about Backup's tremendous work in providing safe and stable places for young people aged 16 to 25.

Keen to make an impact? With so many ways to shape what we do in 2024, what better time to make your mark?

Take that first step in making a difference by visiting our www.boltonathome.org.uk/be-involved page.

We understand there are questions about our approach to managing empty homes and the circumstances under which we might choose to dispose of a property. We recognise your concerns and would like to provide some clarity. Please read on for details.

A new page on our website (www.boltonathome.org.uk/our-performance) tracks how satisfied our customers are with things like repairs, the quality and safety of homes, complaints handling, communication, and more.

Tap that link above to see the results, or read on for further details.

We wanted to share some news about Greenworks. This initiative is part of our broader efforts to make our properties more eco-friendly and help the environment.

Please read on for the full update.

Reckon you’d have time to help us clean up the spaces and communities we love this May? Read on for details of litter picking events happening during the next few weeks (May 2024).

Our new build properties not only provide homes for people, we’re also helping the declining numbers of swifts by installing swift bricks which provide a safe place for them to raise their young. Read on for details. 

On Thursday 18 April, our New Bury UCAN Centre was host to the final session of the successful 'Kidz 2 Cookz' project, where 30 enthusiastic pupils from St James CE Primary School (in Farnworth) realised their potential as outstanding young cooks. Read on for photos and the full story.

Our newest five-year business plan is out now. It shows what we’re focusing on and what we promise to do.

Tap here to read Our journey ahead, our plan for 2024 to 2029.

Read on for an overview.

Unsure about your rights as a social housing resident? We have a dedicated webpage that'll help you to understand and exercise your rights, raise issues with your us (your landlord), and shape/improve the services you receive and the homes you live in. Read on for the link.

Read on for an update on our Valley House office opening arrangements as of April 2024.

Looking for some free family activities for you and the kids to get involved in during the Easter holidays..? We’ve still a handful of events planned for next week (week commencing Monday 8 April 2024).

Read on for details of upcoming events.

We’ve officially come together as of 31 March 2024. You might remember that we put forward this proposal last February. We thought about how could achieve more together, and decided to be one team. This has now become a reality after we consulted Arcon’s customers and following Board approval. We’re also excited to tell you that we’ll change our name to Be One Homes starting from April 2025. This new name shows our commitment to working together as one team. Please read on for details.

If you live in one of our high-rise buildings (at least seven stories, or 18 metres in height**), why not join us and your neighbours in making sure your building is as safe and accessible as possible? Read on for details on joining our new Resident Building Safety Panel. 

There were laughs and smiles all round last Thursday, 29 February, as we held a special event to celebrate (over) five years since the launch of our Peer Navigator project in 2018. Read on for photos and further details.

In December 2023, we announced the closure of the Johnson Fold UCAN Centre on Johnson Fold Avenue. The reasons were low usage and the availability of other community support services in the area, including our pop-up UCAN service at Sabden Garden.

We’ve now decided to sell the building. Read on for more details.

We charge rent on a weekly basis. Around every five to six years, there’s an extra week in the rent year to align with the calendar year. This will be the case for 2024/2025. Please read on for details.

We wanted to take a moment to pay tribute and say thank you to Olwyn Cunliffe, who recently passed away. Read on for details.

‘Our Plan’ outlines how we work to create homes and communities we can all be proud of.

While it’s not a brand new edition, we’ve recently updated some parts of our 2023-2028 plan with latest facts and figures to show our progress and commitment to transparency and customer satisfaction. Read on for details.