Tessa, Elizabeth and Katie lived together for many years in Northumberland when they chose Mencap to support them as their needs were no longer being met.
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On 13 September 2015, Marie Howorth, housing manager is taking on the Tough Mudder challenge to raise money for Mencap.
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Gauri Mannra, receptionist at the Centre of Engagement in the North voted in the General Election 2015. She describes how she made an informed decision.
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Felicity Ford, development officer has won Golden Lane Housing’s SPOT (Special Presentation of Thanks) Award this quarter.
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Giving our tenants choice about their home is where Golden Lane Housing’s (GLH) journey begins. Over 1,500 people with a learning disability live in over 600 properties in their community that we own or lease.
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Mencap’s Hear My Voice campaign is all about giving people with a learning disability and their families the chance to speak to their political candidates. To make sure they are truly heard.
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Kenny Long, Golden Lane Housing tenant and two of his friends in Warrington are the first customers to receive a general repairs service from our new in-house work team.
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As Golden Lane Housing (GLH) launches its new in-house repairs service, the operatives explain why they wanted to join the team and what it means to them.
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Using Golden Lane Housing’s Great Tenants scheme Dean lives on his own in Exeter supported by Sense. After receiving the information about Mencap’s Hear My Voice campaign he describes what is important to him.
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Paul and Claire, Golden Lane Housing (GLH) tenants helped us to make the right choices for our new in-house repairs team.
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Congratulations to Andy Locke, housing officer and Duncan Sinclair, customer advisor repairs who were presented with the SPOT (Special Presentation Of Thanks) award this quarter.
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This Valentine’s Day Mencap are celebrating the brilliant, all-embracing, unpredictable, life-changing, liberating, confidence-giving, can’t-stop-smiling power of love.
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Golden Lane Housing tenants and their support are getting involved in developing our new repairs service launching in April 2015.
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The Customer Excellence Standard is awarded to Golden Lane Housing with areas achieving compliance plus.
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Golden Lane Housing (GLH), a leading housing charity for people with a learning disability has received a boost at the start of 2015 by becoming the latest Registered Provider of social housing in England.
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London, 22 December 2014 – Socialstockexchange.com, the UK’s home of impact investing, has today granted membership to Golden Lane Housing (GLH).
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During the Christmas period Golden Lane Housing’s office will be closed from 12 noon on Wednesday 24 December 2014 until 9am on Friday 2 January 2015.
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Welcome to the new look Voices Together, bringing our tenants’ news from across Golden Lane Housing and tenant involvement.

This issue has been designed by our tenants and the words have been provided by our new Voices Together team, Gauri, Becky, Matti and Jayne.
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Thank you to everyone who took part in helping us to raise money for Mencap on #XmasHat14 Day. We hope you had a fun day!

The winner is Graham from Assured Fire and Security, chosen by Gauri and Matti – well done!
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We’ve rounded up five of our highlights from 2014.

These are just some of the many wonderful things that have happened this year to improve the lives of people with a learning disability.
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