This quarter, Philip Whittaker, property surveyor (acting) and Carol Conaghan, customer services advisor have won the SPOT (Special Presentation of Thanks) Award.
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Stephen Smith, Golden Lane Housing (GLH) tenant recently interviewed Jan Trelleges, chief executive of Mencap and Neil McCall, chair of GLH’s Board of Trustees.
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Alastair Graham, director of Golden Lane Housing (GLH) shared the success of the 2014 Retail Charity Bond across the nations earlier this month.
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Golden Lane Housing is asking our tenants and their support networks what they think about our services in our annual survey.
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Manchester based learning disability charity Golden Lane Housing (GLH) celebrated its 16th Birthday on Monday, at their new look office in Manchester.
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The first Retail Charity Bond, issued in July for Golden Lane Housing and heavily oversubscribed, is shortlisted for the Social Enterprise Awards 2014.
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William has inspired Andy Locke, housing officer at Golden Lane Housing to make changes in his life and is supporting him with a personal challenge.
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Golden Lane Housing (GLH) and Mencap will be making an appearance at the first Be Free Festival in September 2014.
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Golden Lane Housing and our partners have been short listed by the Big Lottery Fund to undertake research into the needs of people with disabilities (which includes learning disability) across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland over a five year period.
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Nicola Briggs, customer services manager has won the SPOT (Special Presentation of Thanks) Award this quarter.
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On 12 September 2014 Golden Lane Housing (GLH) and others take on the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge in under 12 hours to raise money for Mencap.
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All about voting

(Supported by the Cabinet Office)

Only a third of people with a learning disability vote in the UK – Mencap want to help more people with a learning disability to use their right to vote.
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Stephen McHale and Daymien Todd, Golden Lane Housing tenants opened the markets at the London Stock Exchange today, and are understood to be the first people with a learning disability to do so.
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The first charity bond to be listed on the London Stock Exchange’s Order Book for Retail Bonds, which will fund much needed accommodation for people with a learning disability has announced it is closing its offer period two and half weeks early with an oversubscription.
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The information contained herein may only be released, published or distributed in the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, Jersey and the Bailiwick of Guernsey in accordance with applicable regulatory requirements. The information contained herein is not for release, publication or distribution in or into the United States, Australia, Canada, Japan, South Africa, the Republic of Ireland or in any other jurisdiction where it is unlawful to distribute this document. The bonds referred to below may only be sold in Jersey in compliance with the provisions of the Control of Borrowing (Jersey) Order 1958 and the Financial Services (Jersey) Law 1998, as amended.
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After learning skills to live independently Kelly, Claire, Francis and Alice wanted to share a place together.
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In previous times, housing organisations have been able to secure grants from local authorities or health authorities to support the provision of community-based housing for people with a learning disability.
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Kevin, Billy, Zena and Steve are great friends who desperately wanted to stay together when the property they were living in became unsuitable. They all have moderate to severe learning disabilities and Zena has some physical disabilities.
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Everyone should be able to live independently in a home of their choice but for people with a learning disability, this can feel out of reach.

There are not enough supported living opportunities, and those that do exist may be far from friends and family.
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