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Post office Pay at the post office with a GHA rent payment card.


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theKEY - www.gha.org.uk CARE COURSE: GHA tenant Funmi Komolafe GHA HELPS CONTRACTORS GIVE SOMETHING


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New homes are also helping people into work


HA’S new homes not only provide modern, spacious places for tenants to live –


they’re helping people into work at the same time. GHA contracts for new-build homes all include guarantees that a percentage of jobs and apprenticeships go to people who are unemployed. More than 2000 people have secured jobs and apprenticeships that way since the ‘community benefit’ scheme started in 2006. GHA tenant Ryan Docherty, from


Penilee, started work as a trainee scaffolder last summer with GHA contractor McTaggarts. He’s working on a building site in Springburn, a position he got through the community benefit scheme. Ryan, 18, said: “There aren’t that many jobs out there so this was a great opportunity.


“It’s good. I’m learning so much about construction. “This is my first steady wage so it makes a difference.


“Working full-time helps you grow up. I’d recommend getting in touch with GHA to see what’s available.” The community benefit scheme – run by Wheatley Foundation – has now been extended beyond the firms who build new homes. That means that more GHA


contractors – the firms who provide staff mobile phones, for example, or supply the electricity for GHA offices – will also provide benefits for GHA communities. Wheatley Foundation’s Lorraine


McLaren said: “Our community benefit clause has been an important way of increasing opportunities for tenants. “As well as jobs and training, our suppliers will be doing things like volunteering, making donations to community groups, providing work placements for our tenants, and more.


“It’s a great way to help even more people in our communities.” If you’re looking for construction


work, email wheatley.pledge@ wheatley-group.com


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A NEW training course can help tenants increase their skills, land a job – and make a difference to other people’s lives. A three-week course called Routes


into Care can prepare people for working in the care sector by helping them improve their knowledge and get on-the-job experience. The course also involves a two-


week placement to give people practical experience to see if working in care is for them. And everyone who completes the course is guaranteed a job interview with Loretto Care, GHA’s partners in Wheatley Group.


It’s a good opportunity to kick start a new career.


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