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Voting for the winners of our Love Where You Live Awards opens today. You can place your votes for your community champions on the dedicated website, which has information on each finalist.

WDH is celebrating after landing an internationally-recognised award for demonstrating high health and safety standards. We have received a RoSPA Gold Health and Safety Award which recognises our outstanding practices and procedures which provide our employees with a safe working environment.

WDH has pledged its support to Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care Partnership (WY&H HCP) and the West Yorkshire Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) new anti-racism movement. We have joined nearly 550 organisations and community allies, who have signed to support the Root Out Racism movement. It was co-created by over 100 WY&H HCP ethnic minority colleagues with the aims to proactively challenge racism across all aspects of society, to improve health inequalities, and to help individuals and organisations alike to become actively anti-racist.

Our judges have deliberated and whittled 93 strong nominations for our tenth Love Where You Live Awards down to 30 successful shortlisted finalists who all demonstrated community spirit over the last year.

WDH's Capital works team continue to trial new methods of engagement with residents on their capital reinvestment projects across the district to help increase customer satisfaction.

Year Four students from Fairburn View School in Airedale were invited by WDH and Esh Construction to help name a street on the new housing development that is currently being built at Pemberton Road in Castleford.

Today, WDH is launching the WDH Community Grant Scheme for 2021 to help community groups in the Wakefield district with grants of up to £1,500. The aim of the scheme is to help increase community spirit and enhance the quality of life for local people, especially now as government restrictions are starting to ease.

Pontefract and Wakefield hubs are closed on Saturday 28 August, Sunday 29 August and Monday 30 August 2021. They will open as usual on Tuesday 31 August.

Following the recent warnings and media stories that energy prices are set to rise for millions of households this coming winter, our Sustainability team is advising tenants to use our energy saving guides and to get in touch with them for advice and support on how to switch and save.

With the easing of restrictions, teams at WDH have been able to get out and about again in the community.