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Voluntary Right to Buy Scheme

Government plans to extend Voluntary Right to Buy The government committed to further testing of the Voluntary Right to Buy in their most recent manifesto, and in May 2022, the Prime Minister announced that the government had plans to extend …

Case study: Viri cooks up new business skills with support from One Manchester Business Enterprise

Viri cooks up new business skills with support from One Manchester Business Enterprise Viri Alonso Lara is one of the latest business entrepreneurs to have participated in One Manchester’s free business enterprise workshops, which take …

Barry Wears joins One Manchester as new Chief Finance Officer

One Manchester is pleased to announce the appointment of Barry Wears as our new Chief Finance Officer.

DWP restarts scheme to move benefit claimants over to Universal Credit

The DWP scheme to move all benefit claimants over to Universal Credit by the end of 2024 has re-started. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) scheme to move everyone who claims benefits over to Universal Credit by the end …

FREE Social Media for Business workshop, 26 April

26 April: Social Media for Business workshop (FREE) Is Facebook or …

Meet us at our estate walkabouts

We’re pleased to announce when our estate walkabouts will be taking place. This is the chance for tenants to meet your One Manchester place coordinator, Manchester City Council representatives and your local councillors. If you have any …

Supporting Ukraine

UPDATED 4 May 2022: Manchester City Council has issued some helpful advice and guidance for those …

Fire safety update - March 2022

One Manchester staff donate hundreds of coats to Greater Manchester primary schools

It was during a winter craft session that Youth Opportunities Coordinator, Michelle Wright noticed some of the kids attending weren’t wearing coats. “I was working with primary school children and it was really cold,” Michelle says …

Are you entitled to Healthy Start?

The 'NHS Healthy Start' scheme can help low-income households and expectant mothers to get £4.25 a week, or £8.50 a week for a family with a child under 12 months old, for items such as fruit, vegetables, milk and tinned pulses. The scheme can also …

Share your views on tenant satisfaction measures

As part of our commitment to ensuring your views are heard, we encourage customers to read through the government’s 22 proposed tenant satisfaction measures which cover five themes. The 22 proposed measures will apply to housing …

Fire safety at tower blocks