Wigan Borough Care & Repair and Wigan Council were presented with the ‘Excellence in Commisioning Home Improvement Agency Services’ award by local MP and Shadow Health Secretary Andy Burnham on Friday 11 May 2012.
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Update on Trafford Services
Trafford Care & Repair sent out the following update about its services to community groups across Trafford today.
Trafford Care & Repair, a local voluntary organisation provides services for older people in Trafford. These include:
A handyperson service at £15 per job for jobs that relate to safety or warmth in the home – other small jobs [...]
MP Visits Trafford Care & Repair
Kate Green MP for Stretford and Urmston visited Trafford Care & Repair on January 6th. She was presented with our report celebrating 10 year’s activity in the borough.
Kate told us that she understands what an important service Care & Repair is for local residents.
To download the Trafford Care & Repair 10 Year Service Review, please click [...]
Scheme to help needy ‘success’
A project to help vulnerable elderly people access benefits and support has been hailed a success. More than 20 companies, charities and public services teamed up for the 18-month Combining to Care scheme.
The project – run as a pilot across central and east Manchester – was so successful it is now being considered as a template to [...]
Care & Repair Supporting Initiative for Warmer Homes
Manchester Care & Repair will be helping keep even more people in Greater Manchester safe and warm this winter. Across the 3 main areas in which we work, Manchester, Trafford and Wigan we are working in partnership with local authorities and community organisations to provide extra winter support to older and vulnerable people, using funds [...]
Help with Winter Fuel Payments
Extra Help With Winter Fuel Costs – get yours now
People who are receiving certain benefits or have an income of less than £16k may be entitled to £120 credit on their electricity bill from their suppliers known as a “Warm Home discount”. This would be reduce the amount they need to pay at the time [...]
MC&R Seeking Customer Panel Members
Manchester Care & Repair is currently seeking customers to be a part of our upcoming customer panel meetings. The purpose of the Customer Panel is to help Care and Repair to learn from customers by discussing the ways in which Care & Repair can develop its services.
Customers are people who use Care & Repair [...]
Stay Warm in Your Home This Winter
With winter looming, and the temperature outside falling, it is important to remain warm in your home. If your home does not have adequate insulation, not only are you wasting money and energy, you could be putting your health in serious danger.
If you believe your home may be in need of insulation, there are several [...]
Cuts to Generation Project
Care & Repair heard today that its Manchester City Council funding for the Generation Project has been proposed as a service cut.
In the same paper there is the potentially misleading statement that “We have retained all neighbourhood wellbeing groups – sometimes called Good Neighbour Schemes”. The Generation Project provides a neighbourhood well-being group for [...]
Foundations Training
Manchester Care & Repair has been chosen to deliver ‘Skills and Development for Handypersons’ Training for Foundations, the national body for Home Improvement Agencies. Our Training and Development Officer Jim Lewis will deliver the course in four different locations across the country.
This course is designed to improve the effectiveness of handyperson skills specifically gaining a greater understanding [...]
