The health, safety and well-being of our customers and colleagues continues to our highest priority. All of our colleagues are kept informed about the latest guidance and ensure they always follow excellent hygiene standards and social distancing. Any colleague who...
Proud of your patch? Enter our gardening competition. You could win a B&Q voucher! We’re encouraging our tenants and their families to get growing in their gardens as part of our ‘Hafod in bloom’ competition. There are a number of categories available to enter and...
Today is the start of Learning at Work Week. We believe our colleagues are vital to help us achieve our goals, which is why investing in our people is a key priority. For this Learning at Work Week, we will be focusing on three themes: Learning, Curiosity, and...
Are you aged 25–40? We want to hear from you! We’re looking for individuals to help us in our Reimagining Old Age research by taking part in a one hour workshop. What will I have to do? The workshop will be online via Teams so you’ll need internet...
Read our Director of Research and Innovation, Jamie Smith’s latest contribution to Welsh Housing Quarterly (WHQ) which explores the potential for technology to change lives. The role of technology in people’s lives has long been a concern in social housing....
We’ve teamed up with period product brand TOTM to trial providing free pads, tampons and liners to our customers in Cardiff who need them. Please note, this trial is currently only available to Hafod customers. If you need urgent access to products, please ask your...
A message from our Chief Executive: His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh was an extraordinary man. Since his passing on Friday the tributes we have seen across the media have highlighted aspects of his life and achievements that were unknown to...
One and two bedroom apartments available now at our Tŷ Cwm Extra Care scheme, independent living for over 50s* with optional care and support services. Rent from only £296.90 per week (one person) which includes: meals utilities a range of onsite facilities Support...
In August 2020, after losing her job and struggling with her mental health, Amanda one of our customers led a community garden project and set up a vegetable garden for her block of flats. After discussions with Fatoma, her Neighbourhood Housing Coach, about wanting...
Together with 100 partner organisations, we have helped to develop Community Housing Cymru’s (CHC) Home manifesto which asks all political parties to put home at the centre of their plans, ahead of the forthcoming Senedd elections in May. More than ever, the...
We’re proud to be working with environmental charity Hubbub and O2 on a new initiative to provide devices and connectivity in Cardiff. As part of the Community Calling campaign, we will be distributing 500 smartphones and tablets to individuals without digital access....
As I am sure you will have seen, the recent kidnap and murder of Sarah Everard has captured the nation’s attention, and rightly so.
We see at first hand the difference that intergenerational activities have across our services. Many of our care homes have forged links with local schools in their area and have regular visits from pupils (pre-Covid) or, more recently, receive arts and crafts and...
According to recent research, there are thousands of people in Wales who are not yet claiming the benefits that they are entitled to.
When our customers contact our customer services team, we ask them if they’d like to take part in our question of the month. In December our question of the month was: have you or someone in your home ever struggled to afford period products? Out of the 147...
At the beginning of the pandemic, after being furloughed from his job, Ben one of our customers in Barry started a community newsletter to bring the residents of his street together. The ‘Gateholm Gazette’ began as a weekly newsletter put together and produced by Ben...
Are you a private landlord interested in leasing your property for temporary accommodation to help homeless families and individuals?
We’re pleased to announce that our Llys Yr Orsaf development in Barry has been highly commended in the Best Social Housing category in the Vale of Glamorgan Council’s Building Excellence awards which were announced on 1 February. Llys Yr Orsaf has provided 21...
Our Director of Research and Innovation, Jamie Smith, is part of Community Housing Cymru’s Innovation Working Group that will be identifying the challenges facing people and communities in Wales, and looking at the ideas the housing sector has to tackle those...
Do you like to share your ideas and opinions? We’re looking for customers to join us to help us make decisions, review the way we work and represent our customers’ voice. Your feedback is important and will help us to shape the services you receive. There’s lots...
Jamie Smith, our Director of Research and Innovation has contributed to January’s edition of WHQ magazine. Read his take on embedding innovation to the way we work and how we are innovating social isolation and loneliness. In doing various roles involving...
One of our Neighbourhood Coaches, Amy, has been working closely with one of our customers and former Hafod Care colleague, Mrs Marsh, since the first lockdown in March 2020. Amy identified that Mrs Marsh was going through an extremely hard time following the...
Our Golau Caredig Extra Care Scheme recently joined forces with Home Instead and Three Peas Ceramics for a community crafting project. Three Peas Ceramics supplied beautiful ceramics and decoration packs for our residents’ socially distanced crafting session....
Omar is extremely passionate about Tai Pawb’s vision and explains in his own words what this opportunity means to him.
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