Useful Links

Synergy Housing Group
http://www.synergyhousing.co.uk/

The Synergy Housing Group is one of the largest social housing providers in the Wessex Region, helping to build thriving neighbourhoods where people choose to live and developing new sustainable quality homes that are fit for the 21st century.

Purbeck Housing Trust
http://www.purbeckhousing.co.uk/

Purbeck Housing Trust provides over 1600 homes for rent with a further 35 properties let under shared ownership leases.

Weymouth & Portland Housing
http://www.wphousing.co.uk/

Weymouth & Portland Housing is a Registered Social Landlord and not for profit organisation dedicated to the provision of high quality, affordable housing and related services for local people.

National Housing Federation
http://www.housing.org.uk/

The National Housing Federation represents 1,400 independent, not-for-profit housing associations in England and is the voice of affordable housing. Our members provide over 2 million homes for 4 million people.

iN business for neighbourhoods
http://www.inbiz.org/

iN business for neighbourhoods is a long-term change programme for the housing association sector and its representative body, the National Housing Federation. Its goal is to unify the sector, enabling us to create successful neighbourhoods where people want to live and challenge negative perceptions of housing associations and their customers.

Dorset For You
http://www.dorsetforyou.com/

There are six district or borough councils, the county council and two unitary authorities in Dorset. The county council is the main provider of education, social care and health, highways, trading standards and libraries.

Citizens Advice Bureau
http://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/

Citizens Advice Bureau provide free, confidential and independent information about almost anything. The most common problems they deal with generally relate to benefits, employment, debt, housing, consumer affairs and family relationships.

Dorset County Tenants Federation

http://www.dctf.btik.com/

Dorset County Tenants Federation (DCTF) are a tenant led and tenant run organisation. Their aim is to influence local, regional and national strategy to the benefit of Dorset and all tenants.

Tenant Services Authority

http://www.tenantservicesauthority.org/

Tenant Services Authority is responsible for investing public money in housing associations and for protecting that investment and ensuring it provides decent homes and services for residents.

National Tenants Voice

www.hays.com/jobs/ntv/

National Tenant Voice is a new organisation for tenants of housing associations, housing co-ops and local authorities (including ALMOs) in England. It is being set up to give tenants a voice, influence and expertise at national level.

Dorset Partnership for Older People's Project

www.dorsetforyou.com/popp

The national aim of POPP projects is to 'encourage councils in England with their NHS, local government, voluntary and community sector partners to devise innovative approaches to establishing sustainable arrangements for supporting older people in active and healthy living'.

Tenants and Residents Organisations of England

www.taroe.org/

TAROE, the Tenants' and Residents' Organisations of England, is a democratically run, accountable, national organisation which unites tenants' and residents' groups from the regulated housing sector across England.