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General, Neighbourhood | 13/05/2019
500+ vacancies make jobs’ fair a big hit for Tameside…

Friday 10 May saw the 4th Tameside Jobs Fair hosted by Jigsaw Homes Group at its Head Office in Ashton.  The event proved hugely popular with over 476 job seekers from…

Jigsaw Support | 03/05/2019
Pioneering homelessness service to rehouse women offenders in Greater Manchester receives national award

Jigsaw Group’s pioneering homelessness service which has helped to rehouse women offenders in Greater Manchester with zero reoffending rates has won a national award. Jigsaw Support’s Housing First was crowned…

 
General | 02/05/2019
Office closure – May day Bank Holiday

Our offices will be closed on Monday 06 May 2019. Our offices will re-open as usual on Tuesday 07 May 2019. If you need to report an emergency repair during…

 
Development | 24/04/2019
Succesful partnership paves the way for 114 affordable homes in Preston

Jigsaw Group has teamed up with Lane End Group that purchased the former Cottam Hall Brickworks site in Preston from BXB Cottam Properties Ltd, to deliver 114 much needed affordable…

 
Jigsaw Foundation | 03/04/2019
Jigsaw celebrates first year of merger with neighbourhood investment and new £500,000 Jigsaw Foundation

Jigsaw Homes Group marked its first anniversary today (3 April) by opening applications to its new £500,000 community fund and launching new action plans to improve neighbourhoods across the North…

 
Jigsaw Foundation | 02/04/2019
Jigsaw Foundation launches

Jigsaw Homes Group marks its first anniversary on 3 April 2019, with the launch of Jigsaw Foundation.  The new fund gives residents the chance to bid for a share of…

 
General | 02/04/2019
Jigsaw Rewards Scrutiny Panel on Welfare Reform

On Tuesday 30th October 2018, our Welfare Reform Scrutiny Panel met for the final time at our office in Ashton to look at the final recommendations for the report. Tenants…

 
Jigsaw Rewards | 02/04/2019
Jigsaw Rewards Scrutiny Panel on Energy Efficiency

On Wednesday 23rd January 2019, our energy efficiency Scrutiny Panels met for the final time at our offices in Leigh and Ashton to look at the final recommendations for the…

 
General | 01/04/2019
Greater Manchester Housing First project launches in Oldham, Stockport and Tameside

  A three-year project that aims to rehouse over 400 homeless people starts today (1 April) with the first phase of Greater Manchester Housing First (GMHF) roll out across the…

01/04/2019
Greater Manchester Housing First project launches in Oldham, Stockport and Tameside

  A three-year project that aims to rehouse over 400 homeless people starts today (1 April) with the first phase of Greater Manchester Housing First (GMHF) roll out across the…

 
General | 04/03/2019
Have your say – Together with Tenants

Our trade body, the National Housing Federation (NHF) has launched a nationwide consultation around its plans to create a new relationship between tenants, residents and housing associations. This plan is…

 
General | 04/03/2019
Have your say – Together with Tenants

Our trade body, the National Housing Federation (NHF) has launched a nationwide consultation around its plans to create a new relationship between tenants, residents and housing associations. This plan is…

General | 04/03/2019
Bold and ambitious Greater Manchester drive to tackle homelessness accelerates with Housing First announcement

The Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, has revealed the consortium commissioned to lead on delivering hundreds of new homes for people previously sleeping rough as the city-region’s ground-breaking Housing…

 
General | 27/02/2019
Bold and ambitious Greater Manchester drive to tackle homelessness accelerates with Housing First announcement

The Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, has revealed the consortium commissioned to lead on delivering hundreds of new homes for people previously sleeping rough as the city-region’s ground-breaking Housing…

 
General | 27/02/2019
Residents to bid for share of £500,000 in new community fund to improve neighbourhoods

Residents in Trafford will soon get the chance to bid for a share of £500,000 towards community projects through a new fund set up to help improve neighbourhoods across the…

 
Scrutiny | 14/02/2019
Jigsaw Rewards detailed survey feedback – three quick Miles Platting surveys

As Jigsaw Homes Group we provide annual events and community involvement in Miles Platting. The housing team and neighbourhood engagement officer work together to provide seasonal activities to involve the…

General | 31/01/2019
Domestic abuse service secured for a further five years with support for children

Housing association New Charter Homes, part of Jigsaw Homes Group, has been successful in retaining its contract to run the Bridges domestic violence service on behalf of Tameside Council. The…

 
In Your Area | 31/01/2019
51 new homes to be built in Ormskirk in new mixed-use development set to boost employment

51 new affordable homes are to be built in Ormskirk, West Lancashire, as part of a mixed-use development which will create jobs in the area with a new Lidl supermarket…

 
General | 31/01/2019
Our first 250 days

This month, we celebrated our first 250 days as Jigsaw Homes Group. Take a look at this timeline to see what we’ve achieved since we launched in April this year….

 
Jigsaw Foundation, Jigsaw Rewards | 21/01/2019
Jigsaw Foundation award funding to deliver a community sports intervention programme

Jigsaw Foundation has awarded £5,950 in funding to Bootle JFA, a community group in Sefton. The grant will be used to deliver a community sports intervention programme to young people…