Cheltenham Borough Council’s cabinet is set to consider an independent report recommending that it retains and strengthens its partnership with Cheltenham Borough Homes (CBH) at its meeting on 26 January 2021.The report, undertaken by Campbell-Tickell, found that CBH is “a focused housing management organisation with a committed team that is widely perceived by stakeholders as […]
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Council makes £75k investment for two new community hubs in Cheltenham
Cheltenham Borough Council has recently agreed to invest £75,000 of grant funding through Cheltenham Borough Homes to create two more community hubs, important in building and maintaining strong and resilient communities across Cheltenham. The award of the funding followed a successful joint bid to the Better Care Fund from Cheltenham Borough Council and Cheltenham Borough Homes and will be used alongside further direct investment […]
PLEASE READ: Important information about Coronavirus (Covid-19)
Important information about Coronavirus (Covid-19) following the Prime Minister’s announcement on 4 January 2021 England has moved into a national lockdown. You must stay at home as much as possible. For a full breakdown of restrictions visit GOV.UK. Do not leave your home if you, or anyone in your household has symptoms of coronavirus and book a test We are continually monitoring […]
PLEASE READ: EU Settlement Scheme
Now that the United Kingdom has left the European Union, most EU, EEA or Swiss citizens (including family members) will need to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme to continue living in the UK beyond 30 June 2021.We understand this may be a stressful time but have detailed below what you will need to do […]
£180m housing investment gathers pace with more new homes completed
The site of Holy Name Hall, a former church hall, built in the early 1960’s on Pennine Road, Cheltenham has received a major transformation to help meet the affordable housing need in the town. Cheltenham Borough Homes managed the acquisition of the site, from the Diocese in February 2019 on behalf of Cheltenham Borough Council. Architects were able to design eight, two-bedroom affordable houses for rent on the site as part of […]
Cheltenham Borough Homes and the Wiggly Worm team up to share a little Christmas cheer
Volunteers from leading Cheltenham arm’s length management organisation, Cheltenham Borough Homes have teamed up with charity The Wiggly Worm to provide meals to more than one hundred residents this week. At this time of year Cheltenham Borough Homes’ (CBH) festive helpers would usually be preparing to host a Christmas party for people in their independent living schemes. Due to COVID-19 restrictions this year’s party was put on ice, […]
Fall into Autumn with the latest CBHnews!
Autumn is in the air and so is the latest copy of CBHnews!This edition is jam packed and full of good new stories including; the winners of our virtual CBH Tenant & Leaseholder Awards 2020, an update on our plans to bring more high quality homes to Cheltenham and our new Interim CEO, Steve Slater […]
“I’m really happy to be in a home where I can feel safe”
Today (7 October) is #HousingDay and our very own Vice-Chair of the Board, Shane Brimfield, shares why his home makes him feel safe. After 10 years as a long-distance Trucker in America, Shane and his wife returned to the UK and to Cheltenham where four generations of his family were raised. They discovered, when applying […]
**Drum roll** … and the winner is…
Lifetime Achievement Award and Tenant of the Year Award:Play the video below to find out who won our Lifetime Achievement Award and Tenant of the Year Award.To nominate a special person or group for next year’s awards – click here.
The Power of Three
The community investment team at Cheltenham Borough Homes (CBH) has won at the national Tpas 2020 awards. The amazing achievement was reinforced by being named finalists in not one, but three categories including; ‘Team of the year 2020’, the Strive programme in the ‘Excellence in employment, skills and training award – under 10,000 homes’, and […]