WDH has created its first ‘flexible bungalows’ to help meet the changing accommodation needs of older and vulnerable people.

More than 30 of the district’s best gardens have been judged this last week as part of the 2014 WDH Love Where You Live Awards.

WDH has donated £410 to the Outward Bound Trust thanks to a survey carried out - which will pay for another place on next year’s Young Person’s Development Programme.

Kind-hearted Wakefield and District Housing (WDH) employees have donated nearly £800 to two local hospices.

Youngsters from a school in Normanton celebrated with a picnic and games after spending three months helping a group of local residents improve Haw Hill park.

A Wakefield foodbank has received a generous donation from a WDH tenant group.

More than 100 nominations have flooded in for this year’s WDH Love Where You Live Awards – with a prize of £500 for each of the eight winners to give to a community group of their choice.

Thousands of people could see their money worries eased after WDH’s Cash Wise scheme was widened to include all social housing tenants in the district.

WDH is proud to support Move More Every Day, a new initiative designed to help local people become healthier and more active.

A team of young aspiring entrepreneurs from a school in Pontefract has won an enterprise competition organised by WDH.

A spectacular showcase of dance was performed by over 200 students at the Castleford Civic Centre last month.

A new dance initiative for children and young people is set to launch at Castleford Academy on Wednesday, 23 May.

WDH’s Sustainability Team handed over a hamper full of eco-friendly products to two lucky tenants as part of Fuel Poverty Awareness Day last month.

Smawthorne Welfare Action Team won the Community Group Category in WDH’s 2017 Love Where You Live Awards having beat previous champions Havercroft Parents Forum after a fierce battle for digital votes.

Residents at WDH’s Springfield Independent Living Scheme were celebrating their newly refurbished homes today after completion of a £3.5 million refurbishment.

WDH have teamed up with Castleford Academy to offer the first of their Girls into Construction taster sessions at The Store, WDH’s purpose built supply store and training facility in Normanton.

The way people access our services is changing. Over the last few years there has been a reduction in the number of people using our Service Access Points (SAPs) and an increase in people self-serving and completing transactions online. As a result of this change in user patterns, Castleford SAP will be closing on Friday 2 December.

Young people in the Wakefield district have the chance to get active this summer – thanks to a new community initiative with top coaches.

Our Care Link service, which provides support and peace of mind for elderly, disabled and vulnerable people in their own homes, is 25 years old next Monday!

Do you live in a WDH property, are you over 16 and are you looking for a job but don’t know where to start?