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New Homes for Hopwood Lane, Halifax
In partnership with the Homes and Communities Agency and Calderdale Council, we are proposing to build seven new energy efficient, family homes for affordable rent on Hopwood Lane in Halifax. For more information and to have your say, click here

Connect's 2016 Tenant Report out now
Click here to read our 2016 Tenant Report. It's a document that we publish every year for all our tenants. It will help check if we are keeping our promises about our services and if we are meeting the national standards set out by our regulator.

Homes for Cathy
We’re proud to be a member of the Homes for Cathy group, a national alliance of housing associations helping to raise awareness of the continuing needs of homeless people. We, like the other group members, were set up following the ‘Cathy Come Home’ BBC television drama directed by Ken Loach in 1966. This November will mark the 50^th anniversary of this drama, which highlighted the plight of a homeless family and inspired people to form housing associations. Find out more.

Introducing our new Chief Executive Helen Lennon
Connect is delighted to announce the appointment of Helen Lennon as our new Chief Executive. Helen has worked for Connect for over 20 years and following an open recruitment process, has been chosen by the Board to lead the organisation. We also wish a fond farewell to Jenny Brierley. Click here for more information. 

Hot off the press! The Summer edition of Get Connected is now available.
Click here to read the latest quarterly tenant newsletter. In this issue we say hello to our new Chief Executive - Helen Lennon, farewell to Jenny Brierley, meet the CRF, have details on our Happiness Course, meet the Money Matters Team, meet Connect's longest married couple of 75 years, say farewell to the lovely Sue Hendry after 22 years as she retires and much more!

Our latest Business Plan 16-19
Click here to view our latest Business Plan for 2016 - 2019 - Taking A Stand.  

New look Get Connected for Spring!
This year our tenant magazine Get Connected is 10 years old (so is Connect!) so it's the perfect time to give the magazine a spring clean. Click here to find out about the changes to our latest tenant newsletter and have a read!

Connect has moved...
…from The Media Centre in Huddersfield to our own new premises in Dewsbury. Click here for more information.

Latest job vacancies
Ever considered a career at Connect? Click here to see what vacancies we currently have.

Hawthorn Mill wins a Bronze EAC Housing for Older People Award!
We are pleased to announce that our Older People’s scheme, Hawthorn Mill has been awarded a bronze EAC Award. The scheme managers, Sue and Sandra took six tenants to the awards show on 17 February to pick up the prize. Read more about the event and award here.

Connect shortlisted for TWO UK Housing Awards!
We are very pleased to announce that we have been shortlisted for two UK Housing Awards under the categories ‘An outstanding approach to income management’ for our Economic inclusion strategy and ‘An outstanding approach to meeting specialist Housing needs’ with Calderdale Council for our Heatherstones Court scheme. Read more about it here.

Money Matters
Our Money Matters team can help our tenants with Welfare Benefits, understanding Welfare Reform, Universal Credit, budgeting, debt advice, improving digital skills, reducing fuel costs, improving energy efficiency, creating CVs, job searching, training, volunteering or apprenticeship opportunities. If you would like help with any of the above, click here for more information.