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21st December 2012
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
We would like to wish all our homeowners and supporters a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
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29th October 2012
The Winterbourne View scandal
Like everyone else we have been shocked and saddened by the ongoing revelations of abuse and cruelty at the Winterbourne View Care Home.
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7th September 2012
National Lending Important Update!
We regret that national lending coverage is now currently unavailable again.
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24th May 2012
Spam, spam, spam...
Whilst we make every effort to ensure that our regular newsletters get through to everyone, from time to time they make get stuck in your spam filter!
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23rd April 2012
Spread the word!
It is amazing how many of our buyers originally found out about us from someone we had already helped.
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8th February 2012
A flying start!
The year may only be a few weeks old but we have already been out and about discussing home ownership with potential new owners and delivering our first MySafeFuture workshop.
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1st December 2011
We are back! A new beginning and a new business...
If you have subscribed to our newsletters you will have seen that our shared ownership scheme is now up and running again across parts of the UK.
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8th March 2011
An end...and a beginning
It is with regret that we have to announce that our main lender, KRBS (now part of The One Savings Bank plc), has decided that it can no longer consider supporting the HOLD (Home Ownership for people with a Long-term Disability) scheme.
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14th December 2010
A further update on our progress
Whilst we continue to work tirelessly to launch our new shared ownership model we are still unable to announce when this might be available.
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1st November 2010
An update on our progress
Over the past few weeks we have made progress in terms of developing a viable and secure new model for our buyers and lenders.
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30th September 2010
Thanks for your patience
We are still working on a new mortgage product with our main lender and will update you all again as soon as possible.
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2nd September 2010
A New Era
The fallout from the recent economic turmoil is having an impact on all of us and home ownership for people with a disability is no exception.
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30th July 2010
Buy the book that changes lives!
Back in 1996, when people with disabilities faced incredible challenges if they wanted to buy their own home, the first edition of Ownership Options laid the foundations for what has now become a much more widely accepted housing route.
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1st July 2010
Possible Implications of the 'Emergency Budget' on Home Ownership for People With a Disability
As we're all now aware the new coalition Government is busily tightening its budgets and looking for ways to cut the nation's outgoings.
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16th June 2010
New e-Newsletter Coming Soon! Sign Up Today!
Our regular bi-monthly e-newsletters are the best way to keep up to date with what we're doing and any changes that may have an impact on home ownership for people with a disability.
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1st June 2010
Practice Makes Perfect
We're always pleased when we get a positive mention in the press so we were delighted to read a story about us and one of our buyers, Alison, in 'Learning Disability Practice' magazine.
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21st May 2010
We've joined the Coalition too!
Okay, it's not the political coalition, although we hope that they carry on supporting the rights of people with a disability.
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26th April 2010
Just in Case...
If you were still in any doubt about the difference that home ownership makes to someone with a disability we've written up a number of case studies that clearly reveal the truth.
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14th April 2010
April newsletter out now!
The April edition of our MySafeHome newsletter is out now and it's full of exciting news about our latest developments.
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17th March 2010
Help us help you help them
As the organisation that helped to pioneer a unique home ownership opportunity for people with a disability over a decade ago we?re passionate about continuing to do whatever we can to give more people the chance to turn their hopes into homes.
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8th March 2010
Think outside the Voicebox
Voice Social Marketing helps organisations from across the health, public, charitable and voluntary sectors get their message across.
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5th February 2010
New newsletter...out now!
We've just sent out our third newsletter featuring a great case study about a group of disabled friends who wanted to live close to each other, whilst still having their own space.
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4th January 2010
Happy New Year!
We hope you had a very happy Christmas and New Year.
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17th December 2009
MySafeHome - The Director's Cut
Over the years our Managing Director, David Abbey, has given countless presentations on how home ownership for people with a disability really works.
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3rd December 2009
Learning Disability Today 2009
The Annual Learning Disability Today Event, held this year in Islington on 25th November, is one of the biggest and most prestigious shows for people with a learning disability as well as those who support them.
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24th November 2009
To have and to HOLD (everything you wanted to know about Home Ownership for people with Long-term Disabilities)
The HCA (Homes and Communities Agency) has just produced a really useful list of Frequently Asked Questions relating to HOLD, clearing up many of the misunderstandings that people might have about the scheme.
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2nd November 2009
Coming soon!
Overwhelmed by the positive reactions to our recent DVD (featuring interviews with just a few of the happy homeowners that we have helped over the past ten years) we are getting out and about on the road once again, filming some more extraordinary stories
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8th October 2009
Read all about us!
We're always trying to raise the profile of home ownership opportunities for people with a disability so, when Learning Disability Today Magazine contacted us to write an article for them we were delighted to accept.
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22nd September 2009
We're listening...
Here at MySafeHome we're always listening to the needs of our customers and partners. That's why we've added Browsealoud to our website, enabling you to listen as well as read all about us.
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16th September 2009
MySafeHome launches its brand new DVD
As part of celebrating the tenth anniversary of our first homeowners we've caught up with some of the many people that we've already helped. You can see a clip for yourself at MySafeHome TV.
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10th September 2009
MySafeHome Celebrates 10 years of turning hopes into homes
Although we've been around since 1997 our first homeowners didn't move in until 1999. So, as they're the people that really matter to us, we're celebrating our real tenth anniversary in 2009.
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10th September 2009
Shop4Support and see4yourself!
As proud partners of InControl we're delighted to be one of the first organisations to appear on their brand new Shop4Support website which went live on 3rd August 2009.
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9th September 2009
Welcome to our new website
It's been months in the planning, but we're proud of the results and hope that our new website will make turning hopes into home even easier.
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