News

Young achievers and community heroes in the Wakefield district who make a positive difference to their communities will be celebrated in our sixth annual awards.

Children from St Peters and Clifton CE Primary School have won a competition to name a nearby street.

11 WDH employees recently picked up Long Service Awards having clocked up a combined 320 years’ service between them!

We’re out and about in our Mobile Hub this summer bringing you help and advice on how to manage your tenancy online, download our new App and giving you the chance to win a holiday!

WDH has teamed up with Airedale Academy to introduce girls to careers in construction. Seven girls from Year 8 at Airedale Academy were selected to attend a Girls into Construction taster session, at WDH’s purpose built training facility, after showing an interest in a future career in construction.

Residents of Smirthwaite Estate came together on 1 June 2017 to celebrate Children’s Day.

A local woman who regularly attended a WDH work club in Featherstone has secured a permanent job after volunteering through the Dr Jackson Cancer Appeal shop.

After losing her husband, Mrs Clark, who lives in a WDH property, didn’t know if she could face the stress and disruption that home improvements can bring. However, after a little persuasion from her family she went ahead and now she couldn’t be happier with her new kitchen!

Specialist academics from Sheffield Hallam University, University of Salford and as far as Australia visited Park Dale in Airedale this week to see how the site has become one of the UK’s largest housing developments with a zero-carbon footprint.

WDH has won a national UK Housing Award for the financial help and support it provides to tenants.