Happy Birthday George. Many happy returns.

Give all UK households a set amount of subsidised energy, says thinktank Proposal to help people heat two rooms, provide hot water and run key appliances without incurring more debt

This ⬇️
A rising block tariff approach has the potential to both support struggling households, deliver affordable warmth and it's associated health benefits, and incentivise energy efficiency investment all in one go. It's the sort of radical policy shift we need
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Get well soon Emma 💐

Leeds' new local paper West Yorkshire deserves great local journalism. Help us launch it.

Leeds-based contacts (or even those of you who aren't based here, but love the city) this new start-up local media outlet is looking for support.
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How Todmorden is turning the climate challenge into an opportunity - Asif Husain-Naviatti I was struck recently by how powerfully Todmorden, in the Calder Valley, was able to demonstrate that communities can turn climate and social challenges into opportunities for resilience, innovation, ...

YHCC Chair Asif Husain-Naviatti writes about a recent Commission visit to #Calderdale in West Yorkshire, and the benefits and opportunities that are coming out of the community response🏘️ www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion... @calderdale.bsky.social @cvclt1.bsky.social @connecthousing.bsky.social

Perhaps the cops set off in time for a dawn raid, but forgot that Sandringham is in Norfolk 😉 #nomotorways

National Apprenticeship Week 2026 - Connect Housing Our apprentices make a real difference every day while developing the skills, experience and confidence they need for long‑term careers.

Ever considered an apprenticeship?

For #NationalApprenticeshipWeek 2026 we've been speaking to our apprentices to find out why they chose this route and if they'd recommend it to others.

Read more below!

Commission meeting learns how Calderdale is tackling climate impacts | Yorkshire and Humber Climate Commission The Yorkshire and Humber Climate Commission unites diverse stakeholders to advise, support, and monitor an ambitious regional climate action plan.

Kicking off 2026 in #Calderdale, where our first meeting on 28 January took us to #Todmorden to recognise the outstanding #community work across the borough from tackling #flooding to making buildings resilient and fit for the future🏘️ Read more: yorksandhumberclimate.org.uk/news/news/co...

Most of Great Britain’s major rail operators are back in public hands – is it working? Explore the Guardian’s tracker to see which operators are nationalised and if services are improving under public ownership

Especially daft when several of those companies are back in public ownership.
www.theguardian.com/business/ng-...

@leedsmuseums.bsky.social

𝗔 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗠𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶-𝗦𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗟𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 - 𝗔𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗪𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗲𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 Explore art through touch, sound, scent not just sight. Curator Gill Crawshaw is also offering guided visits for small groups.
Email gill.crawshaw@gmail.com
2 – 14 December, 11am–4pm,
Leeds Art Gallery, Central Court (first floor)

Bradford city centre

Today we are in #Bradford celebrating the multitude of individuals, communities & organisations who are driving positive change across Y&H.

At this year’s gathering, we're delighted to be joined by other climate groups & commissions – to connect with each other and build on our shared ambitions.

Those changes could be made quickly with some clear direction from the top. Double benefit of more homes being built and more affordable too.

There is so much opportunity to streamline the application process and multi-layered approvals needed in the current Planning system, especially for smaller sites and sites where 100% affordable housing is being delivered by Housing Associations with grant. 1/2

Absolutely!

"the easiest way of reaching all the people your messaging is intended for" - given all the algorithms, isn't that a huge assumption? (Their's, rather than your's). Is their audience on X? Are their messages getting through and not being drowned out by the dross?

I submitted a planning application for a new housing scheme with car free streets between homes and separate parking courts. Highways told us it didn't meet their "design standards" and we were told it would be rejected. We now have a scheme with a road in front of every home... 😔

On the one hand, we have research which shows children need safe, welcoming streets for play - and on the other, research which shows the deadly risk posed to children by SUVs.

Politicians and policymakers need to join the dots.

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Individuals and families living in supported housing rely on these services to help keep their independence, regain their confidence and feel safe, happy, and secure. #StartsAtHome

Why would you take the plane when a train goes that fast? You arrive directly in the city center, and there's no hour long security check.
Please @ec.europa.eu tax kerosene and use the money to lower the price of rail.

Scroll your phone and you’ll see a London of fear and decline.

Walk its streets and you’ll find a city where difference is a strength and communities look out for one another.

The reality will outlast the fiction.

Community-led and not-for-profit.

Interested in an office/desk at the new enterprise centre in Todmorden? Contact us.

Register with B-With-Us if interested in a social rented Passivhaus home.

Coming to Ferney Lee, Todmorden in summer 2026.

#todmorden
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Thanks for the reply and the link. That's a shame. Perhaps @pmsmith.bsky.social can provide access. @housingtoday.bsky.social comes as part of your @cihhousing.bsky.social membership. Maybe they can organise you to get a login (given your the minister, and all...)

In my 20+ years experience developing as a small housing association housebuilder, @pmsmith.bsky.social analysis here is spot on. www.housingtoday.co.uk/comment/gove...
Layer upon layer of requirements hike up the cost and risk => fewer homes being built. @matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social please note

Hi. Just completed your form. Can you amend to include Yorkshire and the Humber as a region in its own right please? Feeling a bit marginalised!?! 😉

Show Your Stripes Visualising how the climate has changed for every country across the globe

#Showyourstripes where you live showyourstripes.info/s/europe/uni...

Good coverage of what we all know needs to be done to start chipping away at the housing crisis. But to be clear the £11.5bn for 90,000 homes is the public subsidy. Housing Associations will invest at least as much as that on top to deliver all those new homes.

Bravo!

And here are some pictures to record the visit to Lily Close in Halifax with @katedeardenmp.bsky.social last week. The weather that afternoon was lovely which helped show off the new homes and their beautiful Pennine surroundings! @connecthousing.bsky.social #ukhousing

Enjoyed showing off @connecthousing.bsky.social new zero-carbon affordable homes in Halifax to @katedeardenmp.bsky.social this afternoon. Talked heat pumps, air tightness, MVHR, PV panels & accessibility, but also impressed with the build quality and spacious houses. Photos to follow... #ukhousing