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stgeorgeDecember, & 2018redfield Issue 21 www.stgeorgeandredfieldvoice.co.ukvoice FREE EVERY MONTH IN ST GEORGE AND REDFIELD In your free local New affordable housing monthly newspaper: St George Lantern development on Whitehall Road Parade The team behind the St A HOUSING association is George Lantern Parade are now operating a series of new selling Christmas Cards. homes on Whitehall Road. The Turn to page 3 site of the former ‘White Hart’ public house now comprises of 14 affordable homes. Built St George Park by Clayewater Homes, the new Bee and Butterfly houses are owned and managed by Curo Places Limited, part of garden the Bath based Curo Group. If you have been through the The three-bedroom homes main entrance of St George are being let through Bristol Park you will probably have City Council’s Home Choice seen work on the garden area scheme on secure affordable beside the derelict toilets. rent tenancies below the Local Turn to page 5 Housing Allowance rate. Marvin Rees, Mayor of Fly Tipping Bristol, recently welcomed the with funding also coming from is so excited about moving into first families into their new Bristol City Council’s Affordable our beautiful new home – it’s like Enforcement Whitehall Road homes and Housing funding budget an early Christmas present. We Bristol City Council aims to commented: “It’s great to meet (£322,000) and Homes England really don’t mind about getting provide a more responsive the new residents and see how (£520,000). any other gifts because now approach to fly tipping. building new, high-quality Amongst the first new we’ve got a lovely new home for Turn to page 10 affordable homes changes residents are Hazel Spinks, her our family.” people’s lives for the better. partner Mark Garnett and their Cllr Paul Smith, Cabinet Working in partnership with three children. They were handed Member for Housing, was also housing associations like Curo is the keys to their new home by the at the launch event, and told essential to solving the housing Mayor and Curo Chief Executive, Merry crisis and meeting our city’s during a ceremony that marked the Voice: “This scheme is the target of 2,000 new homes, the official completion of the first 100% affordable housing Christmas including 800 affordable homes, affordable housing development. development in Bristol to be & Happy by 2020.” The family of five previously lived delivered with support from the New Year Curo Group has invested in a two-bed maisonette. Hazel, Council’s Affordable Housing over £2.8m into the scheme, commented “Our whole family funding budget. “ Need an Electrician ? -Free Quotes -Inspection and Testing Full Electrical Test with NICEIC Certificate from £95 -New builds and Extensions Consumer Unit Change with Certificate from £270 -Extra Sockets and Lights -Fire Alarm, Smoke Detectors -Anything Electrical we can do !!! 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If you have been through the The three-bedroom homes main entrance of St George are being let through Bristol Park you will probably have City Council’s Home Choice seen work on the garden area scheme on secure aff ordable beside the derelict toilets. Turn to page 5 As we come to the end of 2018 it is a good rent tenancies below the Local Housing Allowance rate. Marvin Rees, Mayor of Fly Tipping Bristol, recently welcomed the with funding also coming from is so excited about moving into fi rst families into their new Bristol City Council’s Aff ordable our beautiful new home – it’s like Enforcement Whitehall Road homes and Housing funding budget an early Christmas present. We Bristol City Council aims to opportunity for us all to look back on what we have commented: “It’s great to meet (£322,000) and Homes England really don’t mind about getting provide a more responsive the new residents and see how (£520,000). any other gifts because now approach to y tipping. building new, high-quality Amongst the fi rst new we’ve got a lovely new home for Turn to page 10 aff ordable homes changes residents are Hazel Spinks, her our family.” people’s lives for the better. partner Mark Garnett and their all achieved personally during 2018, as well as a Cllr Paul Smith, Cabinet Working in partnership with three children. They were handed Member for Housing, was also housing associations like Curo is the keys to their new home by the Please continue to provide us with news and at the launch event, and told essential to solving the housing Mayor and Curo Chief Executive, Merry crisis and meeting our city’s during a ceremony that marked the Voice: “This scheme is the Christmas target of 2,000 new homes, the offi cial completion of the fi rst 100% aff ordable housing time to look ahead to the adventures (and no doubt including 800 aff ordable homes, aff ordable housing development. development in Bristol to be & Happy delivered with support from the information of what is going on in our local area. As by 2020.” The family of fi ve previously lived New Year Curo Group has invested in a two-bed maisonette. Hazel, Council’s Aff ordable Housing over £2.8m into the scheme, commented “Our whole family funding budget. “ challenges) that 2019 will bring. a hyper local monthly newspaper we love to report Need an Electrician ? -Free Quotes Earlier this year we published information on on what is important to the residents of our area and -Inspection and Testing Full Electrical Test with NICEIC Certificate from £95 -New builds and Extensions Consumer Unit Change with Certificate from £270 exciting plans for St George Park. Hopefully we can -Extra Sockets and Lights what our local groups are working on. Simply send -Fire Alarm, Smoke Detectors -Anything Electrical we can do !!! Elderwood Electrical Electrical Installation, Maintenance and Testing look forward to some changes in the park – which for www.ElderwoodElectrical.com Office:- 0117 9322379 Mobile:- 07725 058581 information to [email protected] many is the ‘heart’ of our area – over the coming year. 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