South East Eye - October 2009
Helping with Crisis this Christmas
Carol Wrate, Strategy and Enabling Officer at Canterbury City Council, also plays an invaluable role as a regular volunteer for Crisis Christmas. Can she persuade you to join her at a centre this Christmas?
Introducing your new officer for professional development
Martin Pearce works as a Senior Housing Officer for Southampton City Council. For the past four years, he has been studying for his Diploma of Higher Education in Housing at Southampton Solent University. Here he explains why he decided to take on the role of Membership and Professional Development Officer with CIH South East.
Keeping on the right side of the law
Tim Crook, Principal Solicitor at Housing Law Services, presents the first of his regular housing law updates. Here he looks at the case of R (Weaver) v London & Quadrant Housing Trust (2009), its impact and what happens next.
Anita Iles has had a busy couple of years. She works as an income recovery officer and has recently become a mum again - to four-month-old George. Amidst this, she achieved Distinction in her CIH Diploma in Higher Education (level 4) and a CIH Achievement Award. Here she shares how it happened.
Learn about housing - a taste of things to come
August 2009 saw the launch of CIH Level 2 Certificate in Housing taster sessions in Kent. These free tasters are part of a new training partnership between West Kent College, Real Strategies Community interest Company, West Kent Consulting and local housing providers - Housing and Communities Training.
Housing education courses in the South East
There are two educational establishments in the South East running CIH courses at present - Southampton Solent University and West Kent College (as part of the Housing & Communities Training Partnership, South East). There is also a specialist CIH-accredited development and regeneration course run by Chichester-based housing consultants, Adams Integra. Other options are distance-learning courses, centres in the London region and in-house arrangements.
£37,000 for young people and families services in East Sussex
Crime Reduction Initiative's East Sussex Young People and Families Services is developing a new Home Improvements Scheme. It supports families to learn decorating skills, while gaining an accredited qualification and making improvements to their home. And it's all thanks to a £37,247.42 donation by CIH South East.
Richard Capie, Director of Policy and Practice at the Chartered Institute of Housing, was one of the key speakers at this year's CIH South East conference in Brighton.
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